142 STAPHYLEA-STYRAX. 



leaves sub-petioled, lanceolate, acutely serrate, very glabrous ; whoils 

 about (3-flowered ; calyx with spreading spines. Var. tenuifolia, leaves 

 very thin and slender. Fields. 



hyssopifo'lia, scarcely pubescent, slender, erect ; leaves sessile, lance-linear ; 

 whorls about 4-floweied ; flowers sessile, purple ; corolla little hairy. 

 Meadows. 



sylvati'ca, leaves cordate, ovate-acuminate, serrate, hairy; floral ones nearly 

 linear ; whorls of G flowers ; calyx hairy, with 5 acute teeth ; flowers pur- 

 ple ; lower lip of the corolla whitish with dark spots ; fetid. Woods. 

 BTAPIIYLEA. 5—3. [From staphule, a tumour.] 



trifoUa, (bladder-nut, y-w. M. 1^.) leaves in threes ; racemes pendent; petals 

 ciliate below. When the fruit is ripe, it consists of 2 or 3 inflated, adnate, 

 sub-membranous capsules, each containing from 1 to 3 hard, small nuts, 

 6-12 i. 

 KTATICE. 5—5. (Plumbagines.) 



limoni'um, (marsh-rosemary, sea-lavender, Au. %..) scape paniculate, terete ; 

 leaves radical, linear, flat, smooth ; flowers sessile, secund, in a very large 

 and much branched panicle. Salt marshes. 



armc'ria, leaves all radical, linear, flat ; scape bearing a round head of rose- 

 coloured flowers, which are intermixed with scales, and have a 3-leaved, 

 general involucre. Rocks near the sea-shore. Striped. 



BTELLARIA. 10—3. {Caryophyllect.) [From s^eMo, a star ; so called from the star-like ap- 

 pearance of its flowers.] 



me'dia, (chickweed, w. M. to Nov. ©.) stem procumbent, with pubescent 

 leaves on opposite sides; peduncles axillary and terminal, 1-flowered; pe- 

 tals white, deeply cleft; stamens 5-10. 9-13 i. Road-sides. 



lanceo'lala, {%..) leaves lanceolate, acute at each end; petals about as long as 

 the calyx ; stigmas mostly 4, or wanting ; flowers solitary, axillary, and 

 terminal, on slender peduncles. 6-18 i. 



longifo'lia, (long-leafed starwort,) leaves linear, acute, spreading, with the 

 margins often scabrous; panicle very long; petals 2-parted, broad-obovate. 

 12-15 i. Moist woods. 

 STILLINGIA. 19—15. {EuphorbicB.) [From Stillingfleet, who wrote on gardening in 1759.] 



sylvati'ca, (y. J. %.) herbaceous; leaves sessile; oblong-lanceolate, serrulate ; 

 scaly bracts nearly as long as the staminate flowers. S. 



sebifcra, (Ju. Vj.) leaves rhomboid, acuminate, entire, with a gland below 

 the base on the petiole; staminate flowers pedicelled. Introduced. 20- 

 40 f S. 

 6TREPTOPUS. 6—1. (.LiliacecB.) [From streptos,fwisted, poies, fyot] 



ro'seus, (r. M. %.) smooth and shining; stem dichotomous, terete; leaves 

 clasping, serrulate, ciliate ; anthers short, 2-horned. 12-18 i. Mountains, 



dis"tortus, (g-y. M. %.) pedicels distorted or twisted, and geniculate in the 

 middle; anthers much longer than the filaments. 2 i. Shady, alpine 

 woods. 



languno'sus, hoary-pubescent; flowers greenish, larger than the preceding. 

 Mountains. 

 STROPHOSTYLES. 16—10. (LeguminoscB.) 



angu'losa, (p. Au. ©•) leaves ternate ; leafets angular, 2-3-lobed; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers capitate. 



helro'la, flowers red, prostrate; sometimes twining; leaves ternate, deltoid- 

 oblong; flowers capitate ; banner short; wings large, expanded. 

 STUARTIA. 15—12. (Malvacem.) 



virgin"ica, (w. M. Tj.) leaves ovate, acuminate; flowers axillary; calyx 

 ovate ; petals entire. 6-12 f. S. 

 BTYLOSANTHES. 6—10. {Leguminosm) [From s/«?os, a column, and an^Aos, flower.] 



ela'tior, (pencil-flower, y. Au. %.) stem pubescent on one side; leaves glab 

 reus, lanceolate ; bracts ciliate; heads 2-3-flowered. 9-15 i. 

 STYRAX. 15—12. {Malvacem.) [Name from the Greek.] 



grandifo'lium, (w. Ap. T7.) leaves obovate, acuminate, tomentose beneath ; 

 racemes simple, axillary, leafy near the base. 4-12 f. S. 



