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The Stamina are five, oblong, ereft, and the length of the 
calyx. 1 he Anther ce fimple. 
fhe Germen thickiih, three- parted. The Styles three, fimple 
and a little longer than the ftamina. The Stigmas obtufe 
and contiguous. 
The Seed-veJJel three Capfules, inflated, flaccid, joined by lon> ' 
gitudinal futures; and with pointed tops gaping inwardly. 
The Seeds are few, hard, and roundiiJi, joined to the interior 
futures. 
The Species, with us 9 but one , viz. 
Staphyl^ea 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 item and old branches are of a 
greyilh 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-fhaped, 
flightly and fharply fa wed on their edges, and joined 
to pretty long common footflalks, placed oppofite. 
The flowers are produced upon pretty long, panicled 
footflalks ; they are white and are fucceeded by 
pretty large, three-fided bladders or capfules, en- 
clofing a few roundifh, hard feeds. 
STEWARTIA. 
STEWARTIA. 
Clafs 1 6. Order 5. Monadelphia Polyandria. 
T HE Empalement is of one leaf, five parted and fprcading; 
the divifions ovate, concave, and permanent. 
The Corolla confifts of five petals, inverfe-ovate, fpreading, 
equal and large. 
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