18. aceracej:. — 19. gekaniacej:. 
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**** Styles 3 ; stam. vnited throughout their loioer half in 3 sets, 
a scale hetfeen each set : jiet. eijnal-si'led. Elodes. 
12. //. ehides (L.) : st. ascending round sluiqtjn rootiiuj belov, 
1 roundish -ovate sessile pellucid-punctate s)ia'j(/)/. sep. ovate 
bluntisb glabrous fringed with shortly stalked (reddish) 
glands, pet. ovate entire, styles nearly as long as the capsules. 
1 —£. B. 109. E. palvstris B. vi. 342.— St. prostrate below, 
then ascending and leafy, 6 — 8 in. long. Fl. in terminal and 
axillary few-Howered cvmes. — Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
Order XVIII. ACERACE.i:. 
Cal. 5-, rarely 5 — 9 - parted, imbricate. Pet. the same 
number, inserted round an hypogynous disk. Stam. generally 
8, inserted on the hypogj'nous 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, allmmen 0. — Trees with opposite leaves. 
Stip. 0. 
1. AcEE. Fl. some imperfect. Calyx .')-parted. Pet. .5. 
Stam. usually 8, longer in the male tlowers. 
1. A'CER Linn. Maple. 
1. A. campes'tre (L.) ; 1. o-Iobed, lobes entirely or slightly 
cut. cori/mhs erect, sep. and pet. linear hairy, wings of the fruit 
horizontally diverging, ovary downy [vai. h.'iecia-pn.n (dc), or 
glabrous, var. jfirt-ariion (Waiir.)], stam. of the male tlowers as long 
as the corolla. — E. B. 304. — A small tree with corky fissured 
bark.— Woods and hedges. T. V. VI. Ma^jle. E. S.? I. 
I 12. A. Pseudo-plat'aiius (L.) ; 1. 4-lobed, onequally serrate, 
I lyicemes pendtdous, ovaiy downy wnth spreading wings, stam. 
of the male flowers twice as long as the corolla. — E. B. 303, 
B. V. 164. — A large handsome tree. — In hedges and plantations 
j even in the North of Scotland. T. V. VI. Si/camore. E. S. I. 
Order XIX. GERANIACE.E. 
Sep. 5, persistent, imbricate. Pet. 5, clawed, twisted in the 
bud. Stam. generally monadelj^hous, 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 
I style which finally twists up, separating from the axis and 
carrying with it the carpel. Seeds solitary, without albumen. 
. Cotyledons convolute, plaited. — L. with stipules. 
