STAPHYLEACE^. ^^ 



acute, serrate; peduncles l_3-flowered, terete; calyx small, with acute 

 segments ; corolla 5-petalled ; fruit roughened, warty. 



Shady woods. Can. to Flor. W. to Miss. June -5/tru6 4-6 feet high, with 

 opposke^bmnches. Flowers greenish-yellow, with a tinge of purple. Fnat 

 crimBon, when mature. E. obovatus Nutt. is a trailing ^'a^ety.^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ 



2 E atropurpureus Jacq. ; stem with smooth, opposite, square branches; 

 leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, pubescent beneath ; 

 peduncles divaricate, many-flowered ; flowers 4-cleft ; frmt smooth. 



Shady woods. Can. to Flor. W. to Miss. June. ^-^''^j,^J:%^f^' 

 Flowers d^vk purple. Fniit crimson. Burning Bicsh. 



2. CELASTRUS. Lmw.— Stafi'Tree. 

 CA Greek name of uncertain application.) 



Diceciously polygamous. Calyx minute, 5-lobed. Petals 

 5, small, unguiculate. Ovary small, with 10 striae, immersed in 

 the disk ; style short and thick ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 



2 3-valved ; valves septiferous in the centre. Seeds 1—2 in 



each cell, inclosed in a pulpy aril. 



C. scandens Linn. : stem climbing, unarmed ; leaves petioled, oval, acu- 

 minate, serrate ; stipules minute ; racemes terminal. 



Rockv woods. Can.toVirg. W. to Miss. May, June.-A woody vine or low 

 shub ieat;es alternate. Flowers greenish-yellow, m ^"J^/Pg^^^i^^^^f '• 

 Fruit scarlet. ^ Jf • 



Order XXXIV. ST APHYLE AC E^.— Bladder-Nuts. 



Sepals 5, colored, imbricated. Petals 5, imbricated. Sta- 

 mens 5, alternate with the petals, perigynous. Disk large, 

 urceolate. Ovary 2— 3-celled, superior ; styles 2—3, cohermg 

 at base. Fruit membranous or fleshy. Seeds roundish, with a 

 bony testa ; hilum large ; albumen none.— Shrubs, with oppo- 

 site, pinnate leaves. Flowers in terminal racemes. 

 STAPHYLEA. I/wm.— Bladder-Nut. 



(From the Greek <rra<{>v\r,, a bunch of grapes ; in allusion to its mode of flow- 

 ering.) 



Sepals 5, oblong, erect, colored, persistent. Petals 5. sta- 

 mens 5. Styles distinct or slightly united. Fruit a meml^ja- 

 naceous inflated 2— 3-celled capsule. Seeds globose. 



S:trifolia Linn.: leaves ternate, on long petioles; leafets ovate, acumi- 

 nate, serrulate, pubescent, the terminal one petioled ; styles glabrous ; cap- 

 sule bladder-like. /• m r . 



and terminal pendulous pamcles. ^'"^ "- 



