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The Stamina are five, oblong, erefl, and the length of the 



calyx. The Anther ce fimple. 

 f he Germen thickifh, three-parted. The Styles three, fimple 



and a little longer than the (lamina. The Stigmas obtufe 



and contiguous. 



The Seed-vejfel three Capfules, inflated, flaccid, joined by lon- 

 . gitudinal futures; and with pointed tops gaping inwardly. 

 The Seeds are few, hard, and roundifli, joined to the interior 

 futures. 



The Species, with hut onCy viz. 



STAPHYLi^iA trifoliata. Three-leaved Blad-^ 

 der-nut-Tree. 



This rifes generally to the height of eight or ten 

 feet, dividing into many branches, placed oppofite. 

 The bark of the ftem and old branches are of a 

 greyifli colour, but of the young fhoots of a light 

 green. The leaves are trifoliate, the middle lobe 

 having a footftalk; the lobes are oval, lance-fliaped, 

 flightly and fharply fawed on their edges, and jomed 

 to pretty long common footftalk^, placed oppofite. 

 The flowers are produced upon pretty long, panicled 

 footftalks ; they are white and are fucceeded by 

 pretty large, three-fided bladders or capfules, en- 

 clofmg a few roundifh, hard feeds. 



S T E W A R T I A. 



S T E W A R T I A. 

 Clafs 1 6. Order 5. Monadelphia Polyandria, 



THE Empalement is of one leaf, five parted and fpreading; 

 the divifions ovate, concave, and permanent. 

 The Corolla confifts of five petals, inverfe-ovate, fpreading, 

 equal and large. 



The 



