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ternate, leaflets obcordate hairy, peduncles with 2 scaly bracts 

 at about the middle 1-flovvered, caps, ovoid, seeds longitudinally 

 ribbed.— i;. B. 762. R. v. 199.— Fl. white with purple veins or 

 rarely purple or blue. Cor. about 4 times as long as the calyx. 

 — Woods and shady places. P. V. Wood Sorrel. 



2. 0. corniculata (L.) ; St. diffuse with procumbent branches 

 pubescent, 1. ternate, leaflets obcordate, stipules oblong united to 

 the base of the petioles, peduncles about 2-flowered shorter than 

 the leaves, partial fruitstalks reflexed, caps, narrowly oblong, 

 seeds transversely ribbed, root fibrous. — E. B. 1/26. R. v. 199. 

 — Fl. yellow. L. mostly in pairs. — Waste ground in Devon and 

 Cornwall. A. VI.— IX. E. 



[3. O. striata (L.); st. erect, stipules 0, peduncles 2 — 8- 

 flowered longer than the 1., fruitstalks erect, stoloniferous. — 

 R. V. 199. — Naturalized in Cornwall, Devon, Glamorgan, &c. 

 B. VII. VIII.] E. 



Subdivision II. CALYCIFLORtE. 



Pet. distinct. Stam. perigynous. 



Order XXIII. CELASTRACEiE. 



Sep. 4 — 5, aestivation imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, inserted into the 

 margin of a hypogynous fleshy disk. Stam. alternate with the 

 petals, inserted in the disk. Ovary sunk in the disk, more or 

 less connected with it, 3 — 4-celled; cells 1 — 2-seeded ; ovules 

 erect. Embryo straight. 



[1. Staphylea. Cal. 6-parted, coloured; disk urceolate. 

 Pet. 5. Stam. 5, inserted round the disk. Styles 2 — 3. 

 Caps, membranous, 2 — .3-celled, dehiscing internally. Seeds 

 few, bony, truncate at the hilum. — Leaves compound.] 



2. EuoNYMus. Cal. flat, 4 — 5-lobed ; disk peltate. Pet. 

 4 — 5, inserted in the margin of the disk. Stam. 4 — 5, in- 

 serted in the disk. Style 1. Caps. 3 — 5-celled, 3 — 6- 

 angled, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds solitary in each cell, 

 with a fleshy arillus, not truncate at the hilum. — Leaves 

 simple. 



1. Staphylea im». Bladder-nut. 



[1. S. pinnata {h.); 1. pinnate, leaflets 5 — 7) petioles without 

 glands, fl. racemose, styles 2, caps, bladdery. — E. B. 1560. — Fl. 

 yellowish-white. — A very doubtful native. S. VI.] E. 



