XIX. STAPHYLEA‘CEE! STAPHYLE‘A. 147 
Susciass II. CALYCIFLO RZ. 
Petals separate, inserted in the Calyx. 
Orver XIX. STAPHYLEA‘CEA. 
OrD. CHAR. Sepals 5, connected at the base, coloured, with an imbricated 
zstivation. Petals 5, alternate. Stamens 5. Disk large. Ovary 2—3-celled. 
ries aa or fleshy. — Shrubs, natives chiefly of warm climates. 
indl. 
Leaves compound, opposite, stipulate, deciduous. Flowers terminal. 
Fruit a bladdery capsule. — The only hardy lignevus plants belonging to this 
order are contained in the genus Staphyléa. 
Genus I. 
STAPHYLE‘A L. Tue Srapuynea, or BLADDER-NUT TREE. Lin, Syst. 
Pentandia Di-Trigynia. 
Identification. Jin. Gen., No. 374. ; Dec. Prod.,2. p. 2.; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 2. 
Si Staphylodéndron Tourn. ; Staphilier, faux Pistachier, /.; Pimpernuss, Ger. ; Sta- 
pecan rie Abridged from Staphylodéndron, its name before the days of Linnzus, derived from 
Staphulé, a bunch or cluster, and dendron, a tree ; the flowers and fruits being disposed in clusters, 
and the plant being ligneous. 
Gen. Char. Calyx of 5 coloured sepals, connected at the base, in zstiva- 
tion imbricate. Petals 5, in zstivation imbricate. Stamens 5, perigynous, 
alternate with the petals, and opposite the sepals. A large urceolate disk, 
or nectary, within the corolla. Ovarium 2- or 3-celled, superior. Fruit 
membraneous. Seeds with a bony testa, and a large truncate hilum. (Lindl.) 
Leaves compound, opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; pinnate, with both com- 
mon and partial stipules. Flowers in terminal stalked racemes. — Two 
hardy species, low trees or shrubs ; natives of Europe and North America, 
of easy culture in any common soil, and propagated by seeds, which ought 
to be sown as soon as they are ripe, or by cuttings. 
& ¥ 1.8. rrrvo‘xt1a L. The three-leaved Staphylea, or Bladder-nut Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 386. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 2.; Don’s Mill., 2 p. 2.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 256, 
Synonymes. Staphilier & Feuilles ternées, Fv. ; Virginische Pimpernuss, Ger. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 81.; our fig. 197. in flower, and jig. 198. in fruit. 
Spec. Char., §c. The leaf of 3 leaflets, which are ovate, acuminate, regularly 
sawed, and, when young, pubescent ; the style smooth; the capsule bladdery. 
(Dee. Prod.) A deciduous shrub or low tree. Canada to South Carolina, 
and west to Arkansas, in moist places. Height 6 ft. 
to 12 ft. Introduced in 1640. Flowers whitish; May 
and June. Nuts globose, in a bladdery capsule, white ; 
ripein October. Decaying leaves 
greenish yellow. 
« Branches slender, smooth, and 
GF dotted. Petioles pubescent above. 
Partial stipules mostly none. 
Petals obovate-spatulate, ciliate at 
8 the base. Stamens rather exserted ; 
197. S. trifola. filaments hairy below ; anthers 198. 8. trifolia, 
cordate ; the lobes somewhat united at the tip. Capsule 2 in. long; the carpels 
(sometimes 4) distinct at the summit, tipped with the persistent styles, and 
opening by the inner suture; seeds smooth and polished, all but one often 
abortive. (Torrey and Gray.) When not trained to a single stem, this shrub 
throws out abundance of shoots resembling suckers from the collar; but, if 
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