OXALIDE/E I 
CELA.STKINE.ffi. 
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1. Oxalis. Sep. 5, connected below. Pet. 5, often connected 
below. Stain. 10, monadclphous, 5 outer ones shorter. 
Styles 5. Caps, oblong. 
1. Oxalis Linn. 
1. 0. Acetosella (L.) ; stemless, rhizoma creeping toothed, I. 
ternate, leaflets obcordate hairy, peduncles longer than the leaves 
with 2 scaly bracts at about the middle. — E. B. 762. — Fl. 
■white with purple veins or rarely purple or blue. Cor. about 4 
times as long as the calyx. — Woods and shady places. P. V. 
Wood Sorrel. 
2. 0. corniculata (L.) ; st. diffuse with procumbent branches 
pubescent, 1. ternate, leaflets obcordate, stipules oblony united to 
the base of the petioles, peduncles about 2-flowered shorter than 
the leaves, partial fruitstalks reflexed, root fibrous without scions. 
— E. B. 1726. — Fl. yellow. L. mostly in pairs. — Waste ground 
in Devon and Cornwall. A. VI. — IX. E. 
3. [0. stricta (L.) ; which has st. erect, stipules 0, peduncles 
2 — 8-flowered longer than the L, fruitstalks erect, root with un- 
derground scions, is naturalized at Penzance, Corn. ; and Ilsing- 
ton, Devon. B. VII. VIII.] 
Subclass II. CALYCIFLOR/E. 
Pet. distinct. Stam. perigynous. 
Order XXIV. CELASTRINE^E. 
Sep. 4 — 5, aestivation imbricate. Pet. 4 — 5, inserted into the 
margin of a hypogynous fleshy disk. Stam. alternate with the 
petals, inserted in the disk. Ovary sunk in the disk, more or 
less connected with it, 3 — 4-celled ; cells 1 — 2-seeded ; ovules 
erect. Embryo straight. 
[1. Staphylea. Cal. 5-parted, coloured, with an urceolate 
disk at the base. Pet. 5. Stam. 5, inserted round the disk. 
Styles 2 — 3. Caps, membranous, 2 — 3-celled, dehiscing 
internally. Seeds few, bony, truncate at the hilum. — Leaves 
compound.] 
2. Euonymus. Cal. flat, 4 — 5-lobed, with a peltate disk 
at the base. Pet. 4 — 5, inserted in the margin of the disk. 
Stam. 4 — 5, inserted in the disk. Style 1. Caps. 3 — 5- 
celled, 3 — 5-angled, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds solitary 
in each cell, with a fleshy arillus, not truncate at the hilum. 
— Leaves simple. 
1. Staphylea Linn. 
[1. S. pinnata (L.) ; 1. pinnate, leaflets 5 — 7, petioles without 
glands, fl. racemose, styles 2, caps, bladdery. — E. B. 1560. — 
