. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. 120 SAPINDACEiB. SAPINDACE/E. Character of the Order.—Trees or shrubs, with alternate or opposite, simple or compound leaves. Flowers commonly irregular and unsymmet- rical ; sepals 4 or 5 ; petals 4 or 5, sometimes wanting ; stamens 5 to 10, perigynous or hypogynous, inserted upon a fleshy disk ; ovary 2- or 3-celled, each cell 1- or 2-ovuled. A large order, chiefly tropical. Represented in North America l)y about a dozen genera only, one of which, yEsculus, comprises species
. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. 120 SAPINDACEiB. SAPINDACE/E. Character of the Order.—Trees or shrubs, with alternate or opposite, simple or compound leaves. Flowers commonly irregular and unsymmet- rical ; sepals 4 or 5 ; petals 4 or 5, sometimes wanting ; stamens 5 to 10, perigynous or hypogynous, inserted upon a fleshy disk ; ovary 2- or 3-celled, each cell 1- or 2-ovuled. A large order, chiefly tropical. Represented in North America l)y about a dozen genera only, one of which, yEsculus, comprises species of medicinal importance. ^SCULUS.—HonsE-CuESTNUT, Buckeye. Character of the Oenu>^.~-Calyx campanvdate,. 54obed. Corolla : i:)etals 4 to 5, expanded, .more or less unequal. Stamens G to 8, commonly 7 ; filaments long and slender, often unequal. Ovary 3-celled, each cell. •-'•.J Via. lis.—/"Esculus Hippocaptanum. 2-ovuled ; style single. Fruit a large, smooth or prickly capsule. Trees or shrubs, with oj^posite, digitate leaves. Flowers in a terminal thyrse or dense panicle, often polygamous, most of them sterile. >Esculus Hippocastanum Linne.—Ilorfte-Chestnut. De)<cripfion.—Ciiiyx obtusely 5-t()othed. Corolla : petals oblong, un- guiculate, fringed and wavy, white with a small red or yellow spot above. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, Laurence, 1845-1893. New York : W. Wood
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