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The Maples are exogenous trees, with com i 
f 8 ‘ plete unsymmetrical, often 
et: tegen racemes or Gavahes petals naked 
es 0 e calyx; anthers i itudi ; ) 
carpels, and seeds without an exil. SE os; ee 
''!Exogenous trees and shrubs, often havin imbi it, wi 
u rubs, gaclimbing habit, with com- 
oe. Partially Symmetrical flowers ; imbricated calyx; naked, stalked 
yf ; ovules hanging by cords; simple stigma; and Lut b 
veh . Pa aoe ate ie ee beautiful trees or climbers, with 
‘ é rs, € of them yielding fruit i i- 
cinal properties. "They are ia a A 8, others with valuable medi 
} CXXXVIII. Aceracee. 
CXXXIX. Malpighiacew. 
oe bs ; al 
Tul pe’ oO ae td ae estat | gerry 
the West fades or South merice tied Han Fhe fe 
and one of Australia. : . 
In skimming over the surface of the vegetable world, as our 
limited space compels us 
to do, we necessarily 
leave unnoticed a vast 
number of genera inte- 
resting alike for their 
properties, for their beau- 
ties, and for the physio- 
logical peculiarities they 
so anomalous that botan- 
ists can only link them together in the 
system by the discovery that the three 
pieces which constitute their calyx are in 
reality five, two petal-like bodies lying 
within the sepals being part of the calyx. 
They are natives, for the most part, of the 
tropics, especially of South America, India, 
and Africa. While many species yield most 
delicious fruits, others are deadly poisons, 
even where the fruit is safe and delicious— 
Sapindus Senegalensis, for instance: the 
bine SE seeds are known to be poisonous to man and 
, beast. Amid structures so diversified their 
- ee sf properties are equally so. The greater part 
are bitter, and the roots milky; even the 
Toots of the Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanas) having an abundant 
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