Sapindacee— Staphy lea. ee 
the outside of the disk. Leaves stipulate, opposite, Danian, 
or 3- to 5-foliolate. 
7. STAPHYLBA, 
Deciduous branching shrubs with small pentamerous white 
flowers in drooping axillary racemes or panicles. Fruit 
capsular, inflated, membranous, 2- or 3-lobed and 2- or 3-celled, 
with 1 or more albuminous seeds in each cell. About four 
species, in temperate Asia, North America, and Europe. The 
name is derived from otagvaAy, a bunch or cluster. 
1. 8S. pinndta. Common Bladder-nut.—A shrub 6 to 8 
feet high with imparipinnate leaves of 5 or 7 lanceolate 
glabrous leaflets. Flowers white, racemose. Fruit membra- 
naceous, vesiculose. Central Europe. 
2. S. trifoliata. American Bladder-nut.—Differs from the 
preceding in its larger white flowers and trifoliolate leaves. 
Orper XXXV.-_ANACARDIACEZ:. 
A large order of trees and shrubs, chiefly from tropical 
countries. Leaves usually alternate, pinnate, trifoliolate or 
simple. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Ovary usually 
l-celled, with a solitary ovule pendulous from a funicle rising 
from the base of the ovary. 
1. RHUS. 
Trees or shrubs abounding in resinous or caustic juice. 
Leaves simple, trifoliolate or imparipinnate. Flower incon- 
spicuous, in axillary or terminal panicles, polygamous. Calyx 
small, 4-to 6-partite; lobes equal, imbricate. Petals 4 to 6, 
spreading. Stamens 4 to Gor10. Fruita 1-seeded berry. A 
genus of about 120 species from the warmer parts of the whole 
world. The name is derived froma Celtic word signifying red, 
the colour of the fruits of some species. The number grown 
for ornamental purposes is very limited. R. Coriaria furnishes 
the Sumach of commerce. 
1. R. Cotinus. Wig Tree or Venetian Sumach.—A shrub 
about 6 feet high with simple glaucous entire obovate or 
rotundate leaves narrowed at the base and on long petioles, 
and a feathery inflorescence. The flowers are small, but the 
transformation of some of the pedicels and hairs into white 
feathery awns imparts a very peculiar appearance to the 
