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Staphylea (Sapindaceae). 



Staphylea colchica. — Colchican Bladder Nut. Cau- 

 casus. This is a very distinct shrub, about 6 feet high, 

 ■with large clusters of showy white flowers. Being quite 

 hardy, and very ornamental, this species is worthy the 

 attention of planters. 



S. Coulombieri (1887) is a garden variety intermediate 

 between S. Colchica and S. pinnata, and differing from the 

 former in its more globular flowers and later period of 

 flowering. 



/ S. pinnata. — Job's Tears, or St. Anthony's Nut. South 

 Europe. This is a straggling shrub, from 6 feet to 8 feet 

 high, with white, racemose flowers, succeeded by bladder- 

 like capsules. 



j( S. tbifolia. — North America, 1640. This is distin- 

 guished by its large wbite flowers and trifoliate leaves. 

 It is the American Bladder Nut, but, like the latter, can 

 hardly be included amongst ornamental plants. 



All the Bladder Nuts grow freely in good light, dampish 

 loam. 



Stauntonia (Berberideae). 



x Stauntonia hexaphylla. — China and Japan, 1876. 

 This evergreen twining shrub is not to be generally recom- 

 mended, it requiring wall protection even in Southern 

 England. The leaves are deep green and pinnate, while 

 the greenish-white flowers are fragrant, and produced in 

 the beginning of summer. Soil warm and light. 



S. LATIFOLIA. See HoLBffiLLIA. 



Stephanandra (Rosaceae). 



xStephanandra flexuosa. — Japan. This is a desirable 

 shrub of somewhat procumbent growth, with neatly- 

 toothed leaves and producing an abundance of small 



