84 SAri.NDACK.K. (S(tAl"-Iti:KI{V 1 AMILV.) 



(Iriiiic ti|)|n'il witli the sliorl ami tliick style. — Sliaily banks, ami (the variet\') 

 iu j)iiR'-l)arreii ponds, Floriilu to North Carolina, and westward. July. — 

 liaecnies ;3' - 6' lnn^. 



2. CLIFTONIA, Banks. Tin. 



Calyx niinntc, composed of 5 - 8 scale-like persistent sepals. Petals 5 - 8, 

 ohovate, concave, short-clawed, spreading. Stamens mostly 10, in 2 rows ; 

 the filaments erect, thick, contracted al)ove the middle; those oj)posite the 

 petals longer : anthers round. IStigma sessile, 3 -4-lobed. Drupe dry, 3-4- 

 winged, 3 - 4-celled, with a single linear seetl in each cell. — A shruh or small 

 tree. Leaves oblong, smooth, and somewiiat glaucous. Racemes terminal, 

 many-flowered, with leafy deciduous bracts. Drupes nodding. 



1. C. ligUStrina, Banks. (Mylocarium, Willd.) — Pine barren ponds 

 and swam])s, Florida and the lower districts of Georgia, westward. March - 

 April. — Leaves 2' long, llacemes 2' - 4' long. Flowers white, fragrant. 



Order 42. STAPHYLEACE^i:. (Bladder-xut Family). 



Erect shrubs, with opiaosite pinnate stipulate leaves, and perfect 

 regular pentaudrous flowers. — Calyx o-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 bac- 

 cate. Seeds bony, truncated at the base. Embryo straight in scanty 

 albumen. 



1. STAPHTLEA, L. Bladder-nut. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx erect, persistent. Petals ohovate, erect, alternate 

 with the sepals, imbricated in the bud. Stamens inserted with the jietals 

 on 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, 

 membranaceous, 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 termi- 

 nal ; styles 3, connivent ; capsule reticulated, 1 - 3 seeded. — Damp woods, in 

 the upper districts. May. — Shrub 10° high. Capsules 2' long, 1' in diameter. 



Order 43. SAPINDACE.iE. (Soap-berrv Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with exstipulate alternate or opposite 

 leaves, and chiefly irregular 7 - 12-androns flowers, imbricated in the 

 bud. — Cah'x 4 - 5-lobed. Petals 4-12, inserted with the stamens on 

 a hypogj-nous or somewhat perigynous disk, rarely none. Anthers 

 opening lengthwise. Ovary 2 - 4-celled, the cells 1 - 2-ovuled. Seeds 

 without albumen. Embi-yo mostly curved or convolute. Cotyledons 

 incumbent, fleshy. 



