268 ORDER XLU. RIIAMNACE.E. 



( ; i:M ; S I— STAPHYLE'A. L. 5—3. 

 (From the Greek staghule, a bunch or cluster.) 



Sepals 5, united at the base, oblong, erect, colored, persistent. 

 Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 5. Ovary composed of 3 carpels, 

 hairy. Styles separable. Fruit inflated, capsule 2 — 3-celled. 

 Seeds globular, slightly compressed, generally two in each cell. 

 Leaves compound. 



1. S. trifo'lia, (L.) A shrub, with slender, smooth branches. Leaves 

 ternate, opposite. Leaflets ovate, acuminate, finely serrate, scarcely 

 pubescent when grown. Petioles pubescent near the leaflets. Flower* 

 in terminal, pendulous panicles. Petals obovate, spatnlate, ciliate at 

 the base. Stamens exserted, filaments hairy at the base. Fruit 3-lobed, 

 with the carpels distinct at the summit. — White. ^. May. In middle 

 Car. and Geo. 6 — 12 feet. Bladder-nut. 



Gexu3 II.— EUOX'YMUS. Tour. 5—1. 

 (From the Greek eu, good, and 07ioma, a name — well named.) 



Sepals generally 5, united at the base, spreading. Petals 6. 

 Stamens inserted into the upper surface of the broad disk. An- 

 thers with a thick connectivum at the back. Ovary imbedded 

 in the disk, 3 — 5-celled, with 2 — 3 ovules in each cell. Styles 

 short and thick. Fruit a 4 — 5-celled and as many lobed cap- 

 sule, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds usually inclosed in a fleshy 

 aril. Shrubs with opposite serrate leaves. Peduncles axillary. 



1. E. America'nus, (L.) A slender shrub, with small, slender, 4-an- 

 gled branches. Leaves usually nearly elliptic, varying to lanceolate, 

 oval or obovate, acute, obscurely serrate. Floivers on axillary pedun- 

 cles, eaeh usually bearing 3. Calyx very small. Petals obovatti, small, 

 expanding, flat. Stamens short. Capsule deep red when mature, \ 

 rucose, fleshy. Seed 1 in eaeh cell, covered by a scarlet aril. — Green 

 tinged with purple. *> . Common. 4 — 5 feet. 



Strawberry-tree. Burning bush. 



2. E. ATRoruRPu'aEUS, (Jacq.) A shrub, with smooth branches. Leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, acute at the base. 

 Peduncles compressed, many-flowered, parts of the flower usually by 

 fours. Petals broad-obovate. Capsules lobed, smooth, red. — Dark pur- 

 ple. ^ . June — July. Common along streams. 4 — 12 feet. 



Order XLTL— RHAMN£/CE^E. 



Calyx 4 — 5-cleft, aestivation valvate. Petals 5, distinct, cu- 

 cullate or convolute, narrowed at the base, inserted into the throat 

 of the e.ilw, Bometim - wanting. Stamens 5, and opposite the 

 petals. Ovary composed of 2— -A united carpels, 2 — 4-celled, 

 cohering to the calyx or imbedded in a flesh} disk. Omits 

 erect, solitary. Styles more <>r less united. Stigmas distinct. 

 Fruit fleshy <>r dry, generally united to the calyx. Scales ana- 



