68 18. ACEEACE^. 19. GERAjriAC'EiE. 



**** Styles 3 ; stmn. united throughout their lower half in 3 sets, 

 a scale between each set ; pet. equal-sided. 



12. H. elddes (L.) ; st. ascending round shaggy rooting lelow, 

 I. roxmdish-ovate sessile pellucid-punctate shaggy, sep. ovate 

 bluntish glabrous fringed with shortly stalked (reddish) glands, 



let. ovate entire, styles nearly as long as the capsules. — K B. 



,09. Elodes palustris S.. vi. 342. — St. prostrate below, then 

 ascending and leafy, 6 — 8 in. long. Fl. in terminal and axillary 

 few-flowered cymes. — Spongy bogs. P. VII. YIII. E. S. I. 



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Order XVIII. ACERACEiE. 



Cal. 5-, rarely 4 — 9-parted, imbricate. Pet. the same number, 

 inserted round an hypogynous disk. Stam. generally 8, inserted 

 on the hypogynous disk. Ovary 2-lobed, 2-celled. Style 1. 

 Stigmas 2. Fruit winged, separating into two indehiscent nuts 

 (samaras) each with 1 cell and 1 — 2 seeds. Embryo curved, 

 albumen O.^Trees with opposite leaves. Stip. 0. 



1. AcBR. Fl. some imperfect. Calyx 5-parted. Pet. 5. 

 Stam. usually 8, longer in the male flowers. 



1. A'cBK lAnn. Maple. 



1. A. campes'tre (L.) ; 1. 5-lobed, lobes entirely or slightly 

 out, corymbs erect, sep. and pet. linear hairy, wings of the fi-uit 

 horizontally diverging, ovary downy, stam. of the male flowers 

 as long as the corolla. — U. B. 303 — A small tree with corky 

 fissured bark— Woods and hedges. T. V. VI. Maple. E. S. ? I. 



|2. A. Pseudo-plat' anus (L.) ; 1. 5-lobed, unequally serrate, 

 racemes pendulous, ovary downy with spreading wings, stam. of 

 the male flowers twice as long as the corolla. — E. B. 304. M. 

 V. 164. — A large handsome tree. — In hedges and plantations 

 even in the North of Scotland. T. V. VI. Sycamore. E. S. 



Order XIX. GEEANIACE^. 



Sep. 5, persistent, imbricate. Pet. 5, clawed, twisted in the 

 bud. Stam. generally monadelphous, 2 or 3 times as many as 

 the petals, some often abortive. Fruit of 5 carpels cohering 

 round a long beaked axis, each terminated by an indurated style 

 which finally twists up, separating from the axis and carrying 

 with it the carpel. Seeds solitary, without albumen. Cotyle- 

 dons convolute, plaited. — L. without stipules. 



1. Qbeanixjm. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. Stam. 10, monadelphous, 

 alternately larger and with glands at their base, all perfect. 



