LXIV. STAPHYLEACE^. 



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Staphylea, 

 Seed (mag.). 



StapTiylea. 



Seed cut parallel to 



tUe cotyledons. 



Staphylea, 



Seed cut 



perpendicularly to 



the cotyledons. 



StapJujleci. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Staphylm. 

 Seed cut transversely. 



Staphylea. 



Vertical section of flower 



(mag.). 



StaphyUa pinnala. 



Stap?iylea. Diagram. 



in each cell, globose, truncate at 

 the base; testa bony, shining. 

 Embeto stiaight, in a fleshy 

 scanty albumen, reduced to a 

 thin layer when ripe ; coty- 

 ledons thick, fleshy, pla,no- 

 convex; radicle short, inferior 

 or centrifugal. 



Euscaphis. 



PEINCIPAL GENERA. 



Staphylea. Turpinia. 



Staphyleacea, joined by De Candolle to Celustrinecs, are connected with them by the pqlypetalouS 

 isostemonous corolla, imbricate sestivation, fleshy disk on which the petals and stamens are inserted, as- 

 cending and anatropous ovules, woody stem and stipulate leaves ; but Celasirinece have simple and alternate 

 leaves, usually arillate seeds, and a copious albumen. A still more legitimate affinity links Staphykacece 

 with SapmdacetB and Acerineis; ior in the latter the petals are imbricate, and inserted, like the stamens, 

 on a fleshy, hypogynous disk, the ovary is two-lobed and of two carpels, the fruit is a capsule, the seeds are 

 ascending, and scarcely or not albuminous, the stem is woody, and leaves opposite. There is the same 

 relationship with Sapindacece, in many genera of which the leaves are stipulate, though not opposite. 



