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CELASTRINE^. I. Staphylea, 



3 Euo NYMus. Calyx 4-6-lobed (f. 2. a.), flat, with the base 



1 6 Harto'gia. Calyx 4-5'cleft. Petals 4-5, spreading, 



covered by the peltate disk. Petals 4-6 (f 2. b.), spreading, in- Stamens 4-5. Style thick, bifid; lobes bifid. Drupe dry/ 

 serted in the disk. Stamens 4-6, inserted in rather prominent ovate, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



glands. Style 1 . Capsule 3-5-celled, 3-5-angled (f. 2./.); cells 

 1-4-seeded, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve- 



4 Cela'strus. Calyx small, 5-lobed. Petals 5, unguiculate. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary immersed in the disk. Style 1, crowned by 



17 CuRTi'siA. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 4, 



Style crowned by 4-5 stigmas. Drupe subglobose, succulent, 



containing a 4-5-celledj 4-5-seeded nut. 



18 Nemopa^'nthes. Flowers dioecious or polygamous from 



2-3 stigmas. Capsule 2-3-valved, usually with a complete or an abortion. Calyx very small. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Stigmas 

 incomplete dissepiment in the middle of each valve, and usually 3-4, sessile. Berry subglobose, 3-4-celled, 3-4-seeded. 

 wnth a single seed in each cell. 



5 Ca THA. Calyx flat, 5-lobed. Petals 5, inserted under the 

 margin of the disk. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals. Caj)- 



19 Ski'mmia. Calyx small, 4-parted. Petals 4, concave. 



Stamens 4, very short. Style 1. Berry ovate, umbilicate, ob* 

 soletely 4-furrowed, somewhat 4-valved, filled with farinaceous 



sule 3-4-sidcd, 3-4-celled; cells 1-seeded. Style short, crowned pulp. Seeds 4. 



by a 3-parted stigma. 



20 Le^pta. Calyx small, 4-parted. Petals 4, inflexed, tri- 



6 Plectro'nia, Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals 5, ses- angular. Stamens 4, inserted at the angles of the disk, 

 sile. Stamens 5, short. Style filiform, crowned by an ovate Style almost wanting. Stigma obtuse. Berry 4-lobed; lobes 



stigma. Berry oblong, S-celled, 2-seeded. 



7 Mayte^nus. Flowers polygamous. Calyx small, 5-cleft, 

 Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 5. Disk fleshy. Stigma sessile, 

 2-3-lobed. Capsule 1-4-valved, with a dissepiment in the middle 

 of each valve. Seeds few. 



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8 Alzate'a. Calyx 5-cleft, 5-angled, coloured. Stamens 

 5, .hypogynous ? Style 1. Capsule obcordate, 2-valved, 2- 

 celled, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds 

 numerous, girded by a membrane. Corolla none. 



9 Crypteronia. Flowers monoecious. Calyx small, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla none. Stamens 5. Style crowned by an 

 obtuse stigma. Capsule 2-celle(I, 2-valved, many-seeded. 



10 Polyca'rpia. Calyx 5-lobcd. Petals 5. Stamens 5, 

 short. Ovary depressed. Style very short, crowned by a 

 lobed stigma. Capsule woody, 5-celled, 5-valved, or from abor- 

 tion only 3-4-valved, with a dissepiment at the base of each 

 valve. Seeds few, covered by a jagged aril. 



1 1 Eljeode'ndron. Calyx small, 4-5-lobed, Petals 4-5. 

 Stamens 4-5. Disk fleshy. Style very short. Drupe dry, 

 containing a 5-celled nucleus, rarely 2-celled from abortion. 

 Seeds solitary or twin in the cells. 



12 Actege'ton, Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 4. Stamens 4, connate at the base. Stigmas 2, sessile. 

 Berry globose, 1-3-seeded. 



13 PrELi'piUM. Calyx urceolate, 4-lobed. Petals 4, in- 

 serted in the 4-lobed disk by the broad claws. Stamens 4. 

 Ovary compressed. Style almost wanting. Fruit samaroid, 



1-seeded. 



'f Genera allied to Celastrinece^ hut differ 7naterially in the 



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valvate cestivation of the petals, 



21 Perrotte'tia. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, valvate in ses* 

 tivation, inserted under the disk. Stamens 5, inserted with the 

 petals. Stigma sessile. Berry subglobose, containing 1-2 

 wrinkled nuts. 



22 DuLOKGiA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 adnate to the ovary. Petals 5, valvate in sestivation, inserted 

 round the base of the disk. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals. 

 Stigmas 2, sessile. Fruit globose, baccate 2-celled ; cells 2-3- 

 seeded. 



Tribe I. 



STAPHYLEA^CEiE (plants agreeing with Staphylm in 

 some characters). D. C. pi'od. 2. p. 2. Seeds bony, truncate 

 at the hilura, without aril. Albumen wanting or sparing. Co- 

 tyledons fleshy. Leaves compound. - 



I. STAPHYLE'A (name abridged from Slaphylodendron, 

 its name in ancient botany, derived from (Tra^v\7],stapliyle^a' 

 bunch or cluster, and derSpov, dendron^ a tree ; the flowers and 

 fruit are disposed in clusters), Lin. gen. no, 374. Lam. ill. t. 

 210. D. C. prod. 2. p. 2. — Staphylodendron, Tourn. inst. 386. 



Bumalda, Thunb. 



Lin. syst. Pentandria^ Di'Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted (f. L 

 a.), covered by an urceolate disk at the base; lobes oblong, 



coloured. Petals 5 (f. 1. /.), Stamens 5. 



concave, 



2-3-lobed. 



C5! 



Ovary 



Styles 2-3, sometimes connected together. Capsule 

 „«,„„.v..w 2-3-celled; cells membranous (f. 1. c), opening on the inside, 



\^ *^ J • J /• . • 1 1 1 ° • 1 ««*"«* v^iw, few-seeded, sometimes connected together at the base sometimes 



much compressed, indehiscent, girded by a wmg, 2-celled, 2- ^^ ^: i i i .i c i i u ^^^^-^^^^ ". "^^t, someumc 



, , ^ ' ^ ^ 5> ^^ ^^"j ^ their whole length. Seeds globose.— Shrubs with impari-pinnate 



^^'^" • or trifoliate, opposite, rarely alternate leaves, bearing 2 stipulas 



14 Traelia'xa. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading. at the- base of the petioles (f. 1. 6.), and at the base of the leaflets. 



Disk erect, 10-crenaie. Stamens 5. Style 1. Berry roundish, Flowers white, disposed in racemose panicles. 



2-celled, 2-seeded. 



Tribe III. 



Cassinie'/e. Petals broadest at the base. Fruit indehiscent. 



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15 CassiVe. Calyx small, S-parted. Petals 5, spreading. 

 Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Drupe dry, containing a 3-celled, 3- 

 seeded nut. Seeds hanging from the top of the cells. 



Leaves trifoliate. 



1 S. TRiFOLiA (Lin. spec. 386.) leaflets ovate, acuminate, 

 regularly serrated, young ones downy beneath ; styles smooth ; 

 capsules bladdery. P2 • H. Native of North America, from 

 New York to Carolina, on rocks. Schmidt, oestr. baum. 2. t. 81. 

 A very common shrub in the gardens. 



Three-leaved Bladder-nut. 



6 to 8 feet. 



May 



CIt. 1G40. Sh. 



(D. C. prod. 2- p. 2.) 



