CHAP, XXXII. STAPHYLEA‘CEA. STAPHYLE‘A. 493 
According to Dumont, the leaves, and more especially the berries, are a 
deadly poison, both to man and animals. The leaves have been employed 
in France to adulterate senna leaves, and have produced fatal conse- 
uences. It is stated by Fée, that several soldiers of the French army in 
Catalonia became stupified by eating the berries, and three of them died in 
consequence. The shoots of this plant very frequently die down to the 
ground; so that it is never to be seen, in Britain at least, with shoots of 
above 3 or 4 years’ growth; but it sends up shoots from its roots freely 
every year; and these shoots are sometimes 3 ft. or 4 ft. in length. 
2 2. C.NEPALE'Ns1s Wall, Pl. As. Rar., t. 289., The Nepal Coriaria, 
grows in Nepal at heights of from 5000 ft. to 7000 ft., and is applied to the same purposes as C. myr- 
tifdlia; but what is remarkable is, the berries are eaten by the inhabitants, 
% 3. C. micropuy’LLA Poir., The small-leaved Coriaria, 
from Peru; synon. C. sarmentdsa Forst., from New Zealand, introduced in 1823; and some other 
Mexican and Peruvian species not yet in the country, may, probably, be found half-hardy ; because, 
as the great body of the plant is under ground, it may be protected by leaves or litter during winter : 
even if the top should die down every year, like that of a herbaceous plant, shoots may spring up 
again from the root every spring. : 
CHAP. XXXII. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER STAPHYLEA‘CES. 
Genus l. 
ir us 
STAPHYLE‘A L. Tue Srapuyvea, or BLADDER-NUT TREE, Lin. Syst. 
Pentandria Di-Trig§ nia. 
Tdentification. Lin. Gen. No. 374. ; Dec. Prod., sa 2.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 2. 
Synonymes. Staphylodéndron Tourn. ; Staphilier, faux Pistachier, Fr. ; Pimpernuss, Ger. 
erivation. Abridged trom Staphylodéndron, its name before the days of Linnzus, derived from 
staphulé, a bunch or cluster, and dendron, a tree; the flowers and {fruits being disposed in clusters, 
and the plant being ligneous. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx of 5 coloured sepals, connected at the base, in zsti- 
vation imbricate. Petals 5, in estivation imbricate. Stamens 5, perigy nous, 
alternate with the petals, and opposite the sepals. A large urceolate disk, 
or nectary, within the corolla. Ovariwm 2- or 3-celled, superior. Fruit 
membraneous. Seeds with a bony testa, and a large truncate hilum. Leaves 
opposite, pinnate, with both common and partial stipules. Flowers in 
terminal stalked racemes. (Lindley, Introd. to N. S.; from the character of 
the order.) 
2 1.S.rriro‘ia L. The three-leafleted-leaved Staphylea, or Bladder-nut 
Tree. 
 napesdat gage rT ha ‘h a hina r Nees Fe. P iritnion ie pelle Ger. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t.81.; N. Du Ham., vi. t. 12. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 36.: Krauss, t. 109. ; 
Ss. of Pl., No. 3823. ; and our fig. 161. in flower, and jig. 162. in fruit. 
Spec. Char., §c. The leaf of 3 leaflets, which are ovate, acuminate, 
regularly sawed, aud, when young, pubescent; the style smooth; the 
capsule bladdery. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 2.) A deciduous shrub, a native of 
North America, and found from New York to Carolina, on rocks. It was 
introduced in 1640, and produces its whitish flowers in May and June. 
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