CELASTRINEjE. I. STAI-HYLEA. 



3 EUO'NYMUS. Calyx 4-6-lobed (f. 2. a.), flat, with the base 

 covered by the peltate disk. Petals 4-6 (f. 2. b.), spreading, in- 

 serted in the disk. Stamens 4-6, inserted in rather prominent 

 glands. Style 1 . Capsule 3-5-celled, 3-5-angled (f. 2./.) ; cells 

 1-4 -seeded, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. 



4 CELA'STRUS. Calyx small, 5-lobed. Petals 5, unguiculate. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary immersed in the disk. Style 1, crowned by 

 2-3 stigmas. Capsule 2-3-valved, usually with a complete or an 

 incomplete dissepiment in the middle of each valve, and usually 

 with a single seed in each cell. 



5 CA'TIIA. Calyx flat, 5 -lobeA.' Petals 5, inserted under the 

 margin of the disk. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals. Cap- 

 sule 3-4-sided, 3"-4 -celled cells l>-seeded Style short, crowned 

 by a 3-parted stigma. 



G PLECTRO'NIA. Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals 5, ses- 

 sile. Stamens 5, short. Style filiform, crowned by an ovate 

 stigma. Berry oblong, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



7 MAYTE'NUS. Flowers polygamous. Calyx small, 5-cleft. 

 Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 5. Disk fleshy. Stigma sessile, 

 2-3-lobed. Capsule 1-4-valved, with a dissepiment in the middle 

 of each valve. Seeds few. 



8 ALZATE'A. Calyx 5-qta\ 5-angled, coloured. Stamens 

 5, hypogynous ? Style 1 . Capsule obcordate, 2-valved, 2- 

 celled, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds 

 numerous, girded by a membrane. Corolla none. 



9 CRYPTER6NIA. Flowers monoecious. Calyx small, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla none. Stamens 5. Style crowned by an 

 obtuse stigma. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 



10 POLYCA'RDIA. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens 5, 

 short. Ovary depressed. Style very short, crowned by a 

 lobed stigma. Capsule woody, 5-celled, 5-valved, or from abor- 

 tion only 3-4-valved, with a dissepiment at the base of each 

 valve. Seeds few, covered by a jagged aril. 



11 ELJEODE'NDRON. Calyx small, 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5. 

 Stamens 4-5. Disk fleshy. Style very short. Drupe dry, 

 containing a 5-celled nucleus, rarely 2-celled from abortion. 

 Seeds solitary or twin in the cells. 



12 ACTEGE'TON. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 4. Stamens 4, connate at the base. Stigmas 2, sessile. 

 Berry globose, 1 -3-seeded. 



13 PTELI'DIUM. Calyx urceolate, 4-lobed. Petals 4, in- 

 serted in the 4-lobed disk by the broad claws. Stamens 4. 

 Ovary compressed. Style almost wanting. Fruit samaroid, 

 much compressed, indehiscent, girded by a wing, 2-celled, 2- 

 seeded. 



14 TRAJ^LIA'NA. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading. 

 Disk erect, 10-crenate. Stamens 5. Style 1. Berry roundish, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



TRIBE III. 



CASSINIE'.S. Petals broadest at the base. Fruit indehiscent. 

 Embryo straight in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Leaves simple. 



15 CASSI'NE. Calyx small, 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading. 

 Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Drupe dry, containing a 3-celled, 3- 

 seeded nut. Seeds hanging from the top of the cells. 



16 HARTO'GIA. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5, spreading. 

 Stamens 4-5. Style thick, bifid; lobes bifid. Drupe dry, 

 ovate, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



17 CURTI'SIA. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 4. 

 Style crowned by 4-5 stigmas. Drupe subglobose, succulent, 

 containing a 4-5-celled, 4-5-seeded nut. 



18 NEMOPA'NTHES. Flowers dioecious or polygamous from 

 abortion. Calyx very small. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Stigmas 

 3-4, sessile. Berry subglobose, 3-4-celled, 3-4-seeded. 



19 SKI'MMIA. Calyx small, 4-parted. Petals 4, concave. 

 Stamens 4, very short. Style 1. Berry ovate, umbilicate, ob- 

 soletely 4-furrowed, somewhat 4-valved, filled with farinaceous 

 pulp. Seeds 4. 



20 LE'PTA. Calyx small, 4-parted. Petals 4, inflexed, tri- 

 angular. Stamens 4, inserted at the angles of the disk. 

 Style almost wanting. Stigma obtuse. Berry 4-lobed; lobes 

 1 -seeded. 



\ Genera allied to Celastrinece, but differ materially in the 

 valvate (estivation of the petals. 



21 PERROTTE'TIA. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, valvate in aes- 

 tivation, inserted under the disk. Stamens 5, inserted with the 

 petals. Stigma sessile. Berry subglobose, containing 1-2 

 wrinkled nuts. 



22 DVLONGIA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 adnate to the ovary. Petals 5, valvate in aestivation, inserted 

 round the base of the disk. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals. 

 Stigmas 2, sessile. Fruit globose, baccate 2-celled; cells 2-3- 

 seeded. 



Tribe I. 



STAPHYLEA'CEJE (plants agreeing with Staphylea in 

 some characters). D. C. prod. 2. p. 2. Seeds bony, truncate 

 at the hilum, without aril. Albumen wanting or sparing. Co- 

 tyledons fleshy. Leaves compound. 



I. STAPHYLE'A (name abridged from Staphylodendron, 

 its name in ancient botany, derived from ora*v\ij, staphyle, a 

 bunch or cluster, and SevSpov, dendron, a tree ; the flowers and 

 fruit are disposed in clusters). Lin. gen. no. 374. Lam. ill. t. 

 210. D. C. prod. 2. p. 2. Staphylodendron, Tourn. inst. 386. 

 Bumalda, Thunb. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Di-Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted (f. 1. 

 a.), covered by an urceolate disk at the base ; lobes oblong, 

 concave, coloured. Petals 5 (f. 1. f.). Stamens 5. Ovary 

 2-3-lobed. Styles 2-3, sometimes connected together. Capsule 

 2-3-celled ; cells membranous (f. 1. c.), opening on the inside, 

 few-seeded, sometimes connected together at the base, sometimes 

 their whole length. Seeds globose. Shrubs with impari-pinnate 

 or trifoliate, opposite, rarely alternate leaves, bearing 2 stipulas 

 at the base of the petioles (f. 1. i.), and at the base of the leaflets. 

 Flowers white, disposed in racemose panicles. 



* Leaves trifoliate. 



1 S. TRIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 386.) leaflets ovate, acuminate, 

 regularly serrated, young ones downy beneath ; styles smooth ; 

 capsules bladdery. Pj . H. Native of North America, from 

 New York to Carolina, on rocks. Schmidt, cestr. baum. 2. t. 81. 

 A very common shrub in the gardens. 



Three-leaved Bladder-nut. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1640. Sh. 

 6 to 8 feet. 



2 S. BUMA'LDA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 2.) leaflets oblong, acu- 



