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at the hilum : albumen sparing, or none : cotyledons 

 fleshy. 



Leaves compound, impari- pinnate or 3-foliate, opposite, 

 bistipulated at the base of the petiole and of the leaflet; 

 flowers white, racemoso-paniculated. Name, from tfrapuAjj a 

 bunch, in which manner its fructification is disposed. 



1. Staphylea occidentalis. West-India Staphylea. 



Leaves impari-pinnate, leaflets 5 sub-ovate acumin- 

 ate at both ends crenato-serrated, flowers racemoso- 

 panicled. 



Pruno forte affinis arbor, folio alato, flore herbaceo pentape- 

 talo racemoso, S'loane, II. t. 220. f. 1. Staphylea occidentalis, 

 Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 566. S. corymbosa, De Cand. Prod. II. 3. 



HAB. Common, especially on lime-stone hills. 



FL. June. 



A tree about 20 feet in height : branchlets subterete, green, 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite, impari-pinnated ; leaflets petiolu- 

 lated, subovate, occasionally approaching oblongo- or lanceolato- 

 ovate, acuminate at both ends, with the apex obtuse, crenato- 

 serrated, glabrous, shining above, membranaceous, nerved and 

 veined ; the terminal leaflet the largest : petiole and petiolules 

 subterete. A pair of small, lanceolate, deciduous stipules to 

 each leaf; a pair of minute, lanceolate, deciduous stipules to 

 each pair of leaflets. Racemes terminal, panicled, longer than 

 the leaf, erect, many-flowered: flowers white, odorous. Peduncle 

 elongated, and, as also its divisions, (which are opposite, hori- 

 zontally spreading, decussating) angular, striated: pedicels short 

 2-3 together, 1-flowered. Calyx 5-partite to the base ; sepals 

 unequal (the two innermost the largest) ; subrotundo-elliptic, 

 concave, minutely ciliated. Petals 5, alternating with and 

 rather smaller than the sepals, erect, clawed, somewhat obovate 

 or clawed. Stamens 5 : filaments subulate, compressed, erect, 

 length of the petals : anthers cordate, yellow. Disk suburceo- 

 late, angulose, crenulated. Ovary 3-lobed: styles 3, cohering: 

 stigmata simple. Capsule size of a large nutmeg, glabrous, 

 3-celled : seeds solitary. 



Swartz appears to have considered the "branchlet as a petiole, 

 and hence he describes the leaves as duplicato-pinnated. He 

 is manifestly in error in stating that the leaves are alternate, 

 and serrated. In this conclusion I cannot be mistaken, as the 

 plant, which I have described, is a very common tree. 



II. MYGINDA. 



Calyx minute, 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens 4, alter- 

 nate with and shorter than the petals. Ovary subro- 

 tund : style short or none : stigmata 4. Drupe ovate, 



