XANTHOCERAS (from xanthos, yellow, and keras, a horn; alluding to the yellow, horn-like glands or nectaries between the petals). ORD. Sapindaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, hardy tree, thriving in any light garden soil. It is difficult to propagate in any other way than from seeds; but root cuttings sometimes succeed. XANTHOCERAS sorbifolia (Sorbus-leaved). fl. white, with blood-red streaks at the base, large, regular, polygamous; sepals five, equal, boat-shaped, imbricated; petals five, elongated, clawed, without scales; disk cup-like; stamens eight; pedicels long, bracteate at base; racemes simple, terminal. fr. three-celled, the size of an apple. l. alternate, exstipulate, imparipinnate; leaflets serrated. h. 5ft. to 15ft. China, 1870. See Fig. 231. (B. M. 6923; F. d. S. 1899; G. C. n. s., v., p. 565, and xxvi., p. 205; I. H. 1877, 295; R. H. 1872, p. 291.)