658 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Leea, 
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stems, Leaves from simple to decompound. Leaflets, the 
single leaves, which are rarely present, from ovate to nearly 
round ; those of the compound leaves from ovate-oblong to — 
linear-oblong, serrate, smooth on both sides, Corymbs ter- 
minal, trichotomous. Flowers small, yellow; structure as 
in the former species. Berries round, pulpy, smooth, glau- 
cous, black, size of a marrow-fat pea, six-seeded ; when dry 
torose, 
6. L. Staphylea, R. : 
Shrabby. © Leaves compound and super-decompound ; 
leaflets \inear-oblong, finely taper- os — smooth 
on both sides, ‘Cyyuiin thin. 
Aquilicia Otillis = Otillis ze — ) Gert, corp i. 27. 
t. 57. 
~Staphylea? indica. Bevel Ind. 7. t. 24. afi me 
» Beng. Kookoor-jihwa. ies 
Teling, Ancados. “onrkerts TPR 
Stems several, erect, stout, ligneous. Branches few; the 
young ones flexuose, smooth ; round, articulated. Leaves al- 
ternate, compound, and decompound, commonly about eigh- 
teen inches long ; pinne opposite, generally two pair, the low- 
er pair is sometimes compound; all terminate with an odd one. 
Leafets opposite, petiolated, linear-oblong, pointed, serrate, 
smooth on both sides ; frem four to seven inches long,and from 
two to three broad, Petioles and petiolets round, smooth, Sti- 
pules large, adjoined to the Jower part of the petiole, colour- : 
ed, leathery, falling. Cymes terminal, large, with frequeut- 
ly a smaller one accompanying the chief one. Flowers 
small, greenish white, very numerous. Calyx cup-shaped, 
five-toothed, permanent. Corod one petalled. Tube a lit- 
tle longer than the calyx. Border five-parted ; divisions ob- 
_ long, concave, with an incuryed point. Nectary a yellow, 
fleshy, five-cleft ring, inserted into the mouth of the tube of 
—e ae a contracted rim mateo into 
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