12-2 AR B O R E TUM E T F R U T IC E T UM B R IT A N N IC UM .
G e n u s II.
X I I I . r iC E R A 'C EÆ . XIV. Æ S C U L A CEÆ. 123
N E G U 'N f ìO Mcench. T h e N e g u n h o , or B o x E l d e r .
Dice'cia Pentandria.
Lin, Sÿst,
romp, alluding to th e tremulous and playful motion o f th e long pinnated leavesfuaUffise^d*“ '" ’’
Gen. Char Sexes dioecious. F/otoers without a corolla. Cali/x with 4 - 5
Male flowers upon thread-shaped pedicels, and disposed
rL eL e s rii» c “ ' p 7 i racemes. (Dec. P ro d .) — nDe cidru*o“u"’s trees, natives o f North Amdiesrpicoased in
f /a v e s compound, opposite exstipulate, deciduous; impari-pinnate.—
llie ie is only one species m British gardens.
¥ 1. N . FirAxiNiKo'LiUM Nuit. The Ash-leaved Negimdo.
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., l . p .
M3. ; Dec. Prod., 1, p. 696. ; D o n ’s
Mill., I. p. 661.
Simomjmes. A 'c e r Ncgvndo L., Mich.
Arò. ; N . flceroides Moench and Torr.
>. J r a y ; Negimdium americànum
Rofin. ; th e Asli-Ieaved Maple, the
Black Ash ; E 'ra b le à F euilles de
1‘rene, Fr.; E 'ra b le à Giguières, Illinois
; E sch e n b lattrig er Ahorn, Ger. :
Acero americano, Ita l.
E n gravings. Mich. Arb., 2. t . 16.;
Schmidt Arb., 1. t. 12.; Wa ts. Dend.,
L 172.; th e p late o f this species in Arb.
B n t., 1st edit., v ol.v.; and o ur fig . 164.
from Schmidt. '' ®
Spec. Char., 4'c. Leaves of from
•3 to 5 leaflets, th e opposite
ones coarsely and sparingly
toothed, the odd one oftener
3-lobed than simple. (Dec.
Prod.) A deciduous tree, of
the middle size. Canada to
Carolina. Height 15 ft. to
30 ft. ; in England 30 ft. to
40 ft. Introduced in 1688.
Flowers yellowish green, appearing
with the leaves;
April. Keys brown ; ripe ill ^'’tpìndojraa-mifòlium.
th e ie IS a female plant in the collection o f W. Borrer, E sq ., Henfield,
Varieties,
Uhe plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.; and
Ï N f q , r about 1 in. long.
Ï N. f 3 molaceum B o o th .— Young shoots covered with a violet bloom
1*:5. Negïmdo /ra x in ifò lium cm p um .
A „ p id - r o w i . .. m e , n r j o r .e e ie e l.l, from
common soil.
described.
O r d e r XIV. ÆSCULA'CEÆ.
Synonymes. Castanàceæ £m/r ; Hippocastàneæ Dec.
ORD. CHAR. Calyx campanulate, 5-lqbed. Ovary roundish trigonal _ W *
lame and globose; albumen wanting. E m b r yo cm ved, m v e rte d , witn
riesliv thick gibbous cotyledons, not produced above ground in germination
compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; leaflets 5— ®®''-
i-ited Flowers terminal, in racemes, somewhat panicled. — All the known
plants of this order c -'o ss-fecu n d ate freely, an d by m o s t botaniM^
included in one genus; b u t so are the garden
have thought it more convenient to foUqw hose a®tbois who separate he
species into two genera. These are Æ 's cu lu s and Pavia, whicn are thus
contradistinguished : —
Æ 's c u l u s L . Capsule echinated-
P a 'v /.'I Boerh. Capsule smooth.
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