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4 — 5, unequal and irregular, hypogynous, unguiculate. Sta- 

 mens 7 — 8, distinct, unequal. Anthers versatile. Ovary com- 

 posed of 3 united carpels, 3-cornered, 3-celled. Styles united, 

 filiform. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit coriaceous, sub-globose, 

 1 — 2 — 3-celled, with 1 seed in each cell, dehiscence loculicidal. 

 Seeds large, with a smooth shining testa and pale hilum. Em- 

 bryo curved, inverted, without albumen. Cotyledons very thick, 

 3eshy, cohering, not rising in germination. 



Genus L— JES'CTJLUS. L. 7—1. 

 (From esca, nourishment.) 



Sepals united, forming a 4 — 5-toothed, tubular calyx, more 

 or less unequal. Petals 5, or by the abortion of the anterior 

 one but 4, more or less unequal and often dissimilar. Stamens 

 6 — 8, usually 7. Capsules 2 or 3 celled. Seeds large, solitary. 



1. JE. pa'via, (L.) A shrub or small tree, with irregular, thick, ob 

 tuse branches. Leaves by fives. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, unequally 

 toothed, glabrous, or minutely pubescent along the veins. Flowers in 

 terminal racemes. Calyx tubular, purplish. Petals 4, unequal, conni- 

 vent, the claws of the lateral ones about as long as the calyx, upper 

 ones the longest. Stamens 6 — 8. Capsules nearly round, 3-celled, co- 

 riaceous. — Red. ^ . April — May. Common. 3 — 5 feet. Buckeye. 



2. JE. fla'va, (Ait.) A small shrub or tree, branches fiexuous, gla- 

 brous. Leaves by fives, pubescent along the midrib on the under sur- 

 face. Leaflets lanceolate, ribbed, acuminate, serrate. Petiole long, with 

 a pubescent line along the upper side. Flowers in a terminal condensed 

 panicle. Calyx pubescent, 5-cleft, with obtuse segments. Petals ir- 

 regular, very unequal, claws pubescent within, limb of the upper ones 

 minute, of the lateral ones larger, roundish. Stamens usually 7. Fil- 

 aments villous. Fruit large, 2 inches in diameter, pubescent. — Yellow. 

 ^ . March — April. Mountains, a tree 30 — 80 feet, and in Middle Geor- 

 gia a small shrub, 4 — 6 feet. 



3. JE. parviflo'ra, (Walt.) A small shrub. Leaves by fives or sev- 

 ens, tomentose underneath. Leaflets petiolate, oval-obovate, serrate, 

 acuminate. Flowers in long racemes. Calyx ob-conical. Petals 4, ex- 

 panding, spatulate, nearly equal, longer than the calyx. Stamens 

 much longer than the petals, 6 — 7. — White. ^ . April — May. Upper 

 districts of Geo. and S. Car. 3 — 4 feet. 



Order XL.— SAPINDA'CEiE. 



Sepals 4, unequal, aestivation imbricate, 2 of them outer and 

 larger. Petals equal in number to the sepals, and alternate with 

 them, with a tuft of hair at the base of each. Stamens 6 — 8, 

 filaments hairy near the base, anthers introrse. Ovary com- 

 posed of 3 united carpels, surrounded by a glandular disk. 

 Styles united. Stigmas obtuse. Ovules generally solitary. 

 Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 2 obliterated, 1 — 2-seeded. 



