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and 3-valved. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, enclosed in a fleshy scarlet aril. Embryo 
in the axis of copious fleshy albumen. — Climbing shrubs, with alternate leaves, 
and small greenish flowers in axillary or terminal racemes. 
1. C. scandens, L. Leaves oblong-ovate or obovate, acuminate, serrate, 
smooth; racemes terminating the branches, nearly simple; capsule orange- 
colored. — Woods and banks of streams along the mountains of North Carolina, 
and northward. June. 
5. MAYTENUS, Juss. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx flat, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 5, very short, 
inserted with the petals under the edge of the flat circular disk which envelops 
the ovary. Ovary 2-3-celled, with a solitary erect ovule at the base of each 
cell. Style very short and thick. Stigma 2-3-lobed. Capsule coriaceous, 
1 - 3-celled, loculicidally 2-3-valved, yellow within. Seeds 1-3, enclosed in a 
thin pulpy aril. Embryo in the axis of thin fleshy albumen. — Trees or shrubs. 
Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers chiefly in axillary clusters. 
1. M. phyllanthoides, Benth. Leaves fleshy, alternate, oblong-obo- 
vate, obscurely crenate and reticulate, glabrous; flowers minute, clustered, ap- 
parently perfect; capsule obovate, 3-angled, 1-celled, 1 -9-sceded. — Bon 
Florida. — Leaves 1' - 1} long. 
Orper 41. STAPHYLEACE®. (Brapprn-NvuT FAMILY.) 
Erect shrubs, with opposite pinnate stipulate leaves, and perfect regular 
pentandrous flowers. — Calyx 5-parted, colored. Petals and stamens 5, 
perigynous. Ovary 2-3-celled. Ovules 1-8 in each cell, attached to 
the central angle of the cell. Fruit capsular or baccate. Seeds bony, 
truncated at the base. Embryo straight in scanty albumen. 
1. STAPHYLEA, L. BLADDER-NUT. 
Flowers perfect. Calyx erect, persistent. Petals obovate, erect, alternate 
with the sepals, imbricated in the bud. Stamens inserted with the petals into 
the edge of the 5-lobed disk which fills the base of the calyx. Ovary 3-celled, 
the cells sometimes separate above, 6-8-ovuled. Capsule 3-lobed, membrana- 
ceous, inflated, few-seeded. — Leaflets stipellate. Flowers white, in drooping 
compound racemes. 
1. S. trifolia, L. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets ovate, acuminate, serrate, _ 
pubescent beneath, the terminal one long-stalked ; racemes lateral and terminal s 
; "edi connivent; capsule reticulated, 1—3-seeded. — E Deep. Neid t 
