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19. ACERINEjE. 20. GERAN1ACE.E. 
fringed with sessile glands, pet. ovate-lanceolate fringed with 
glands. — E. B. 122/. — St. 12 — 18 in. high, nearly simple. FI. 
in loose, axillary, opposite, and terminal panicles. Buds tipped 
with red. Anth. red. — Dry heaths, banks, woods. P. VI. VII. 
13. H. elodes (L.) ; st. ascending round shaggy rooting be- 
low, 1. roundish-ovate sessile ])ellucid-punctate shaggy, sep. ovate 
bluntish glabrous fringed with shortly stalked glands, pet. ovate 
entire, styles nearly as long as the capsules. — E. B. 109. Elodes 
palustris R. 5182. — St. prostrate below, then ascending and leafy. 
FI. in terminal and axillary few-flowered panicles. “ Seeds lon- 
gitudinally furrowed.” height. Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. 
Order XIX. ACERINE^. 
Cal. 5-, rarely 4 — 9-parted, imbricated. Pet. the same number, 
inserted round a hypogjmous disk. Stam. generally 8, inserted 
on the hypogynous disk. Ovary 2-lobed, 2-celled. Style 1. 
Stigmas 2. Fruit winged, separating into 2 indehiscent nuts 
each with 1. cell and 1 — 2 seeds. Embryo curved, albumen 0. — 
Trees with opposite leaves. 
1. Acer. FI. polygamous. Calyx 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 dovMiy, stam. of the male flowers as 
long as the corolla. — E. B. 304. R. 4825. — A small tree with 
corky bark full of fissures. — Woods and hedges. T. V. VI. 
Maple. 
*2. A. Pseudo-plat anus (L.) ; I. 5-lobed unequally serrated, 
racemes pendulous, ovary downy with spreacbng wings, stam. 
of the male flowers twice as long as the corolla. — E. B. 303. R. 
4829. — A large handsome tree. — In hedges and plantations. T. 
V. VI. Sycamore. 
Order XX. GEEANIACE^. 
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 shells co- 
hering round a long beaked torus, each terminated by an indu- 
rated style which finally twists up, separating from the torus, 
and carrying with it the pericarp. Seeds solitary, without albu- 
men. Cotyledons convolute, plaited. 
1. Geranium. Sep. 5. Pet. 5. Stam. 10, monadelphous. 
