392 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
I. STAPHYLEZÆ,. 
1. Triceros Lour. — Flores hermaphroditi regulares ; receptaculo 
convexiusculo v. concaviuseulo. Calyx 5-fidus, imbricatus, sæpe per- 
sistens. Petala 5, alterna, imbricata. Stamina 5, alternipetala, cum 
perianthio receptaculi margini subhypogyne v. perigyne inserta ; fila-, 
ments liberis, disco receptaculum vestienti, crenato v. lobato, exteriori- 
bus ; antheris introrsis, longitudinaliter 2-rimosis. Germinis centrici car- 
pella 8, v. rarius 2 ; germinibus nunc ex parte inferis, aut liberis, aut 
basi intus v. plus minus alte inferne connatis ; ovulis in singulis 4, 2, 
v. rarius plurimis, 2-seriatim angulo interno insertis, aut subhorizon- 
talibus, aut adscendentibus ; micropyle extrorsum infera; stylis apica- 
libus liberis, ad apicem plus minus conniventibus et coadunatis, apice 
capitellato stigmatosis. Fructus carpella 2, 3, aut omnino libera, sicca 
follicularia demumque intus longitudinaliter rimosa, aut plus minus 
alte connata siccaque v. coriacea, indehiscentia, rarius carnosa et nisi 
ad stylos diseretos omnino connata. Semina 1-% ; integumento extimo 
duro v. plus minus carnoso arilliformi; albumine carnoso ; embryonis 
recti cotyledonibus orbicularibus v. ellipsoideis planis v. plano-convexis ; 
radicula brevi introrsa v. infera. — Arbores v. frutices glabri ; foliis 
opposilis simplicibus v. sæpissime impäripinnatis, nunc 3-foliolatis; 
stipulis deciduis v. 9 ; foliolis nunc stipellatis oppositis coriaceis SerTU- 
latis; floribus in racemos axillares v. sæpius terminales plus minus com- 
posito-ramosos cymigeros disposilis ; ramis opposilis v. rarius alternis. 
(America austr. et Asia temp.) — Vid. p. 3h2. 
2. Staphylea L. — Flores plerumque hermaphroditi regulares (fere 
Tricerotis) ; receptaculo convexiusculo v. planiusculo. Perianthium sta- 
