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2 H. paniClllata, Don. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets 2 or 4, ob- 

 long, obtuse, entire, smooth, opposite ; panicles axillary and terminal, with com- 

 pressed branches ; flowers hoary-tomentose ; calyx-lobes and petals 4, rounded ; 

 cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. (Melicoeca paniculata, Juss. ?) — South Florida. — 

 Branches purplish, dotted with white. Leaflets 2' -3' long. 



3. SAPINDUS, L. Soap-berry. 



Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, regular, with a scale at the base of each 

 within. Stamens 8- 10, inserted on the hypogynous disk. Styles united. Stig 

 mas 3. Ovary 3-celled, the cells 1-ovuled. Fruit baccate, globose or 2-3- 

 lobed, 1-3-seeded. Seeds bony. Embryo incurved. — Trees, with abruptly 

 pinnate leaves, and small polygamous flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or 

 panicles. 



1. S. marginatum, Wild. Petioles wingless; leaflets 9 -18, opposite or 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate, unequal-sided, strongly veined above ; panicles large, 

 dense-flowered ; fruit globose. — Georgia and Florida, near the coast, and west- 

 ward. — A tree 20° - 40° high. Flowers white. 



4. CARDIOSPERMTJM, L. 



Sepals 4, the 2 outer ones much shorter. Petals 4, irregular, each with a 

 petal-like scale at the base within ; those of the 2 outer petals entire, the others 

 with a crested appendage on the inner edge. Stamens 8. Disk 2-glandular. 

 Cells of the ovary 1-ovulcd. Style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, locu- 

 licidally 3-valvcd, inflated. Seed furnished with a cordate aril. — Herbs, climb- 

 ing by tendrils. Leaves biternate. 



1. C. Halicacabum, L. — South Florida, apparently native, and not un- 

 common in cultivation. — Annual. Stem slender. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 incisely lobed and toothed. Capsule pear-shaped, 1' in diameter. 



5. 2ESCULUS, L. Horsechestnut. Buckeye. 



Calyx 5-lobcd, unequal. Petals 4- 5, unequal, clawed. Stamens 5-8, usu- 

 ally 7, inserted on the annular hypogynous disk. Style slender. Ovary 3-cellcd, 

 the cells 2-ovuled. Capsule coriaceous, 1- 3-celled, loculicidally 2 -3-valvcd, 

 1 - 3-seeded. Cotyledons very large and thick, partly united. — Trees or shrubs, 

 with opposite long-petioled digitate leaves, and showy polygamous flowers, in 

 terminal panicles. 



§ 1. JEsculus proper. Fruit prickly. 

 1. .ZE. glabra, Willd. Stamens almost twice the length of the erect nearly 

 equal pale yellow petals ; panicle oblong-ovate, loosely flowered ; leaflets 5, oval 

 or oblong, acuminate, unequally serrulate, smooth or slightly pubescent beneath. 

 (JE. pallida, Willd ) — Banks of rivers, Tennessee and northward. May and 

 June. — A small tree with rough strong-scented bark. Flowers small. 



$ 2. Pavia. Fruit smooth. 

 2 JE. Pavia, L. Stamens slightly exserted ; claws of the two upper 



