. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. AESCULACEAE. Vol. 5. Aesculus Pavia L. Red or Little Buck- eye. Fig. 2819. Aesculus Pavia L. Sp. PI. 344. 1753. A shrub, 4°-i2° high, rarely a small tree up to 18° high. Leaflets 5-7, stalked, oblong, lanceolate, or obovate, 3-5' long, I'-lJ' wide, acute or short- acuminate at the apex, all narrowed at the base, finely serrate, nearly glabrous on both sides when
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. AESCULACEAE. Vol. 5. Aesculus Pavia L. Red or Little Buck- eye. Fig. 2819. Aesculus Pavia L. Sp. PI. 344. 1753. A shrub, 4°-i2° high, rarely a small tree up to 18° high. Leaflets 5-7, stalked, oblong, lanceolate, or obovate, 3-5' long, I'-lJ' wide, acute or short- acuminate at the apex, all narrowed at the base, finely serrate, nearly glabrous on both sides when mature, shining; inflorescence loose; peduncles 1-3- flowered; flowers bright red-purple, I'-iJ' long; calyx tubular, its lobes short; petals 4, connivent, the upper longer than the lower; stamens about equal- ling the longer petals; fruit smooth; seeds dark brown. In rich soil, Virginia to Florida, west to Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas. Fish-poison. April-May. Aesculus austrina Small. Southern Buckeye, a simi- lar shrub or small tree, has leaves tomentose beneath, and yellow-brown seeds: it inhabits the South-central _ States, ranging north to Missouri. Family 81. SAPINDACEAE R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SO-\PBERRY F.\MILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one exotic genus), mostly pinnate or palmate, without stipules. Flowers polygamo-dioecious, regular or slightly irregular. Sepals or calyx- lobes 4-5, mostly imbricated. Petals 3-5. Disk fleshy. Stamens 5-10 (rarely fewer or more), generally inserted on the disk. Ovary, i, 2-4-lobed or entire, 2-4-celled: ovules i or more in each cavity. Fruit various. Seeds globose or compressed; embryo mainly convolute: cotyledons often unequal; endosperm none. About 125 genera, including over looo species, widely distributed in tropical and warm regions. Trees or shrubs: fruit a berry. i. Sapindus. Herbaceous vines ; fruit an inflated pod. 2. Cardiospermum. I. SAPINDUS [Tourn.] L.
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