140 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



Sepals and petals 4-5, spreading. Stamens as many as the 

 petals, short. Ovary 3-5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Seeds enclosed in a red, fleshy pulp.* 



1. E. americanus, L. Strawberry Bush. A shrub 3-8 ft. 

 high. Leaves sliort-petioled, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 taper-pointed at the apex, finely serrulate, smooth or slightly hairy. 

 Peduncles axillary, slender, l-3-flo\vered. Flowers greenish. Capsule 

 3-5-angled, warty. In low, shady woods. 



2. E. atropurpureus, Jacq. Wahoo. A tree-like shrub 10-15 ft. 

 high. Leaves oval to ovate, taper-pointed, finely serrulate, minutely 

 downy petioles |^-| in. long. Peduncles slender, 3-forked, several- 

 flowered. Flower purplish ; capsule deeply 3-5-lobed, smooth. 

 River banks. 



57. STAPHYLEACE^. Bladder-nut Family. 



Shrubs. Leaves pinnately compound, with stipules, and 

 the leaflets with little individual stipules (stipels). Flowers 

 regular and perfect. Calyx-lobes 5. Petals 5, inserted in or 

 around a saucer-shaped disk. Stamens 5, alternate with the 

 petals, perigynous. Ovary 2-3-celled, with the carpels more 

 or less distinct ; ovules several ; styles 2-3, cohering some- 

 what below. Fruit usually 1-few-seeded. 



STAPHYLEA, L. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, the lobes appearing like separate 

 sepals, erect. Petals spatulate, borne on the rim of the thick 

 disk. Pod large, papery, 3-celled, finally opening at the top. 

 Seeds 1-4 in each cell, bony. 



1. S. trifolia, L. American Bladder-nut. A shrub 6-12 ft. 

 high, with smooth, slender, greenish striped, at length gray, branches. 

 Leaves long-petioled, with 3 ovate, taper-pointed, finely serrate leaf- 

 lets. Damp thickets. 



58. ACERACE^. Maple Family. 



Trees or shrubs, with abundant, often sugary sap. Leaves 

 opposite, simple and palmately lobed, or pinnate, without 



