48 DIALYPETALOTJS EXOGEXS 



them, inserted on a disk; fruit capsular, mostly 3-celled; seeds few, often arillate ; 

 embryo large, in fleshy albumen. 



TRIBE 1. STAPHYLE V AE. 



Leaves opposite, compound ; ovary many-ovuled, free from the cup-like disk ; seeds 

 bony, not arillate. 



79. STAPHYUETA, L. 



[Gr. Staphyle, a cluster ; from its mode of flowering.] 



Sepals 5, erect. Petals 5. Pistil of 3 carpels united in the axis ; 

 styles long, at first cohering, but separating as the ovary enlarges 

 into a membranaceous inflated 3-lobed 3-celled capsule. Seeds obo- 

 void, smooth, 1 to 3 in each cell. Upright shrubs. 



1. S. trifolia, L. Leaves ternate, on long petioles; leaflets 

 ovate, acuminate, serrulate, the terminal one petiolulate. 

 THKJSE-LEAVED STAPHYLEA. Bladder-nut, 



Stem 6 to 12 feet high, with smooth slender branches. Leaflets 2 to 4 inches long. 

 Flowers white, in pendulous paniculate or racemose clusters, which are terminal 

 and axillary. 

 Hab. Moist thickets; along Brandy wine : not common. PL May. Fr. Sept. 



TRIBE 2. EUONYME V AE. 



Leaves alternate, or opposite, simple; ovary 2-ovuled, immersed in the disk; seeds 

 coated with a pulpy arillus. 



8O. CEIAS'TRUS, L. 



[A name borrowed from the ancient Greek writers.] 



Polygamo-dioicous : Sepals 5, connected at base. Petals*). Stamens 

 inserted on the margin of the cupshaped disk. Ovary usually 3- 

 celled; style thick; stigma 6-lobed. Capsule globular, loculicidal. 

 Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, with a scarlet arillus. Leaves alternate. 



1. C. SC^ndens, L- Stem shrubby, twining, unarmed; leaves 



oval or obovate, acuminate, serrate. 



CLIMBING CELASTRUS. Climbing Staff-tree. Wax-work. 



Stem 10 to 15 feet long. Leaves 2 to 3 or 4 inches long, on petioles about % of an 

 inch in length. Flowers yellowish-green, in small racemes terminating the short 

 branches. Capsules about the size of large peas, orange-color when mature. 

 Hab. Thickets, fence-rows, &c.: frequent. FL June. Fr. Sept.| 



81. EUOM'YMUS, Tournef. 

 [Gr. meaning good name ; the reason of which is obscure.] 

 Calyx 4- or 5-lobed, spreading flat, the base covered with a peltate 

 disk. Petals 4 or 5, rounded. Stamens short, inserted on the disk 

 which covers the ovary. Capsule 3- to 5-lobed, or angled, 3- to 5- 

 valved, smooth or verrucose; cells 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds nearly in- 

 closed in a red fleshy arillus. Leaves opposite. 



1. E. atroplirpdreiis, Jacq. Leaves elliptic-ovate, acuminate, 

 petiolate; flowers tetramerous ; capsules smooth. 

 DARK-PURPLE EUONYMUS. Burning Bush. Spindle-tree. 



Stem 6 to 8 or 10 feet high, branching; branches slightly 4-angled. Leaves 2 to 4 

 or 5 inches long; petioles about half an inch in length. Flowers dark purple, few 

 and iuosely cymose. Fruit smooth, pendulous, red at maturity. 

 Hab. Woodlands; Brandy wine: not common. Fl. June. Fr. October. 



