CELASTRINE^E. I. STAPHYLEA. II. TURPINIA. III. EUONYMUS. 



minate, rather scabrous ; serratures awnecl, protruding from the 

 recesses of the crense ; styles villous ; capsule with 2 beaks. 

 Tj , G. Native of Japan, on the mountains. Bumalda trifolia, 

 Thunb. fl. jap. p. 8. Flowers white. 



Bmnaldas or Japan Bladder-nut. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



* * Leaves impari-pinnatf, 



3 S. HETEROPHY'LLA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 29. t. 253. f. 

 A.) petioles biglamlular ; leaflets 3-5 or 7, oblong-lanceolate, 

 quite smooth, with callous serratures; flowers disposed in race- 

 mose panicles ; capsules coriaceous, not bladdery. T? S. Na- 

 tive of Peru, in groves. Flowers white. 



Variable-leaved Bladder-nut. Shrub 12 feet. 



FIG. 1. 



4 S. PINNA'TA (Lin. spec. 386.) 

 petioles without glands ; leaflets 

 5 to 7, oblong-lanceolate, quite 

 smooth, serrated ; flowers race- 

 mose ; styles 2 ; capsules mem- 

 branous, bladdery. ^ . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe, in hedges and 

 thickets. In England, about Pon- 

 tefract and other parts of York- 

 shire ; about Ashford, Kent. 

 .Smith, engl. bot. t. 15GO. Sta- 

 phylodendron pinnatum, Ray. syn. 

 468. Duh. arb. 2. t. 77. A 

 smooth branching shrub with fo- 

 liage resembling some kind of ash. 

 Flowers white or of a pale 

 greenish-yellow, bell-shaped, pen- 

 dulous, inodorous. Haller says 

 children eat the kernels, but according to Gerarde their first 

 sweetness is succeeded by a nauseous taste, and an emetic 

 effect. The nuts being hard and smooth, are strung for beads 

 by the Roman Catholics in some countries. Singularity rather 

 than beauty procures this plant a place in gardens. 



Pinnate-leaved or Common Bladder-nut. Fl. June. Britain. 

 Shrub 4 to 12 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs possess very little beauty, but answer 

 very well to mix with other shrubs for variety. They will grow 

 in any common soil, and are easily increased by taking the 

 suckers from the roots, by layers, or by cuttings put in the 

 ground in September. The S. heterophylla and S. Bumalda 

 will require protection during frost. 



II. TURPI'NIA (in honour of M. Turpin, a distinguished 

 French botanical artist and naturalist, author of several articles in 

 the Annales du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle). Vent, choix. 1803. 

 p. 31. t. 31. but not of Humb. nor Pers. nor Rafin. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 3. Dalry'mplea, Roxb. cor. 3. p. 276. 



LIN. SYST. Polygamia, Divecia, or Dioecia, Pentdndria. 

 Flowers polygamous or dioecious. Calyx 5 -parted, permanent, 

 with coloured edges. Petals 5, inserted in the disk, alternating 

 with the sepals. Stamens 5, inserted in a 10-crenate disk, al- 

 ternating with the petals. Ovary trigonal. Styles 3 joined in 

 one, or distinct. Berry trigonal, 3-celled ; cells 2-3-seeded. 

 Trees with the habit of Staphylea, with smooth, opposite, im- 

 pari-pinnate leaves, and stalked, ovate, acuminated, serrated 

 leaflets. Flowers white, disposed in panicles. 



1 T. PANICULA'TA (Vent, choix. 1803. p. and t. 31.) upper 

 branches of panicle alternate. T? . S. Native of St. Domingo 

 on the mountains, as well as of Mexico. Dalry'mplea Domin- 

 gensis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 771. Flowers loosely panicled. 

 Leaflets 7, 2 inches long, edged with glandular serratures. 

 Fruit blue, 3-furrowed, very bluntly 3-lobed. 



/V/m'c/e-flowered Turpinia. Tree 25 feet. 



2 T. CORYMBOSA ; flowers panicled, corymbose ; leaflets 5-7, 

 oval, acuminate, bluntly sinuate-crenate, quite smooth ; styles 

 distinct. T; . S. Native of Jamaica. Staphylea corymbosa, 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 3. Leaflets opposite. 



Corymbose-flowered Turpinia. Tree 30 feet. 



3 T. OCCIDENTA' LIS ; flowers panicled ; leaves doubly pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate, acuminate, serrated, smooth ; styles distinct. 

 Tj . S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains. Fruit about the 

 size of a cherry. Leaflets alternate. Stipulas in pairs between 

 the pinnae. Staphylea occidentalis, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 56C. exclusive of the synonyms. Flowers white. 



1\ "extern Turpinia. Clt. 1824. Tree 30 feet. 



4 T. POMI'FERA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 3.) branches of panicle all 

 opposite ; leaves ternate or pinnate, bluntly serrated. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, in Silhet and probably in Nipaul. 

 Its vernacular name in Silhet is Junkl-jam. Dalrymplea pomi- 

 fera, Roxb. cor. 3. p. 276. t. 279. Panicle spreading. Leaflets 

 3-7, opposite, 5-6 inches long. Fruit yellow when ripe, roundish, 

 3-lobed, almost smooth, size of a large medlar, very fleshy. 

 Flowers yellowish-white. 



Pome-bearing Turpinia. Fl. May. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. These trees possess very little beauty, they are there- 

 fore hardly worth cultivating, unless in general collections. 

 They will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, and cuttings 

 will strike root in a pot of sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



EUONY'ME/E (plants agreeing with Euonymus in important 

 characters), D. C. prod. 1. p. 3. Seeds arillate, not truncate 

 at the hylum. Embryo erect in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 

 Cotyledons leafy.- Shrubs and trees with simple leaves. 



III. EUO'NYMUS (from tue, eiis, good, and OCO/JG, onoma, 

 a name, well-named; by antiphrasis fetid). Tourn. inst. t. 388. 

 Lin. gen. 271. D. C. prod. 2. p. 3. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 402. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Hexandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4 (f. 2. a.) 

 or 5-lobed, flat, covered by the peltate disk at the base. Petals 4 

 (f. 2. 6.) -6, spreading, inserted in the disk. Stamens 4-6, in- 

 serted above the disk in rather prominent glands, alternating 

 with the petals (f. 2. c.). Style 1. Capsule 3-5-celled, 3-5- 

 angled, bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. 

 Seeds 1-4 in each cell, enwrapped in pulp or aril. Embryo 

 green, straight, placed in the middle of a fleshy albumen. 

 Shrubs with tetragonal or terete branches, and ovate, usually op- 

 posite leaves, scarcely stipulaceous. Peduncles axillary. Shrubs, 

 fetid in every part when bruised, and esteemed poisonous. 



* Petals oblong, oval, or ovate. 

 European. 



1 E. EUROPJE'US (Lin. spec. 286. FIG. 2. 



var. a, exclusive of the synonym 

 of Clus.) branches smooth ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, finely serrated ; 

 peduncles usually 3-flowered ; pe- 

 tals oblong, acute ; lobes of cap- 

 sule 5, blunt. Tj . H. Native of 

 Europe in hedges and thickets. 

 Plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 362. Bull. herb. t. 135. 

 E. vulgaris, Mill. diet. no. 1. 

 Flowers small, greenish- white, fetid. 

 Capsules of a fine rose-colour, 5- 

 celled, 5-valved ; cells 1 -seeded, 

 seeds orange-coloured. From its 

 use for skewers it has the name 

 of Prick-mood, and is called by 



