204 PENTANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 



293. STAPHYLEA. L. 



Calix 5-parte(l, coloured. PefMs 5, inserted 

 upon the margin of a pentauglar glandulous 

 disk. Capsules 2 or 3; inflated, growing toge- 

 ther. A^nts about 2, globose with a cicatrice. 



Small trees, with opposite stipulated leaves; which are 

 ternate or unequally pinnated, eacii leaflet furnished with 

 a stipule; flowers racemose, terminal. 



Species. 1. S. trifolia. Obs. Filaments of the stami- 

 na pubescent. Germ 3-celled, cells many-seeded, but by 

 abortion perfecting cnly 2 or 3 seeds. 



Of tills genus there is 1 species in the West Indies, 1 

 in the Andes of Peru, and 1 in Europe. * 



294. TURNERA. L. 



Calix 5-cleft, funnelform, usually bibracteate 

 at the base. Petals 5, uuguiculatc, inserted 

 upon the calix. Stigmata many-cleft. Capsule 

 1 -ceiled, 3-valved. 



Suffruticose or herbaceous; leaves alternate, petiole in 

 some species biglandelous; flowers axillary or seated 

 upon the petiole, solitary; in 2 species the flowers are 

 i^acemose. 



Species. 1. T. cistouks. Near Savannah in Georgia? 

 Pursh. 



This genus, except the above species, is exclusively 

 confined to tropical America. 



295. SAROTHRA. Lamarck, 



Calix 5-partcd, connivent. Petals 5, linear- 

 oblong. Capsule oblong, acute, coloured, 1- 

 celled, 3-valved, margin of the valves semini- 

 ferous. 



A small plant with the Inflorescence of an Hvpencum, 

 much branched, branches erect and subtrichotomous; 

 leaves scarcely visible, linear; flowers solitary, axillary 

 and terminal, sessile. — Peculiar to North America. 



SpECi ES. 1. S. Hypericoides. {Hypericum Sarothva. Mich, 

 and Pursh, 2. p. 378.) The stamina vary from 5 to 6. 

 As this plant is closely allied to Hypericum, and scarcely 

 in any respect like a Ce7Uian, I see no reason why :t 



