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gin, tep. lanceolate acute fringed with shortly stalked glands, pet. 
elliptical entire without dots or glands, styles half the length of 
the capsule. — E. B. 371. — St. two feet high, simple. Fl. in 
terminal dense panicles. Seeds with longitudinal crenatc ridges. 
—Bushy limestone hills. P. VII. VIII. E. 
12. H. pulchrum (L.) ; st. erect round glabrous, I. cordate am- 
plexicaule pellucid-punctate glabrous, sep. broadly ovate obtuse 
fringed with sessile glands, pet. ovate-lanceolate fringed with 
glands.— E. B. 1227.— St. 12—18 in. high, nearly simple. Fl. 
in loose, axillary, opposite, and terminal panicles. Buds tipped 
with red. Ant'h. red. — Dry heaths, banks, woods. P. VI. VII. 
13. H. elodes (L.)-; st. ascending round shaggy rooting be- 
low, I. roundish-ovate sessile pellucid-punctate shaggy, sep. ovate 
bluntish glabrous fringed with shortly stalked glands, pet. ovate 
entire, styles nearly as long as the capsules. — E. B. 109. — St. 
prostrate below, then ascending and leafy. Fl. in terminal and 
axillary few-flowered Danicles. " Seeds longitudinally furrowed." 
Leight. Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. 
Order XIX. ACERINE^E. 
Cal. 5-, rarely 4 — 9-parted, imbricated. Pet. the same number, 
inserted round a hypogynous disk. Stam. generally 8, inserted 
on the hypogynous disk. Ovary 2-lobed, 2-celled. Style 1. 
Stigmas 2. Fruit winged, separating into 2 indehiscent carpels 
of 1 cell and 1 — 2 seeds. Embryo curved, albumen 0. — Trees 
with opposite leaves. 
1. Acer. Fl. polygamous. Caps. 5-parted. Pet. 5. Stam. 
usually 8, longer in the male flowers. 
1. Acer Linn. 
1. A. campestre (L.) ; 1. 5-lobed : lobes entire or slightly cut, 
corymbs erect, sep. and pet. linear hairy, wings of the fruit hori- 
zontally diverging, ovary downy, stam. of the male flowers as 
long as the corolla. — E. B. 304. — A small tree with corky bark 
full of fissures. — Woods and hedges. T. V. VI. Maple. 
*2. A. Pseudo-platanus (L.) ; 1. 5-lobed unequally serrated, 
racemes pendulous, ovary downy with spreading wings, stam. 
of the male flowers twice as long as the corolla. — E. B. 303. — 
A large handsome tree. — In hedges and plantations. T. V. VI. 
Sycamore. 
Order XX. GERANIACE^E. 
Sep. 5, persistent, imbricated. Pet. 5, clawed, twisted in 
aestivation. Stam. generally monadelphous, 2 or 3 times as 
many as the petals, some often abortive. Fruit of 5 carpels with 
