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STAPHYLE'A * *. 
Ijinnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Staphylea'ce e, "L infll. Syn. p. 75. ; Introd 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 114. — Celastri'.veas ; tribe, Staphylka' 
ce>e, De Cand . — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 508. — Don’s Gen. Syst. o 
Card. & But. v. ii. pp. 1 & 2. — Celastri'nete, Dr. R. Brown.— 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 537. — Rhamni, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 376. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p 182. — Rosales; suborder, Myrtos/e ; section, 
IliciN/E; type, Celastrace^e ; subtype, Staphylid/e; Burn. 
Outl of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 617, & 621. — Trhiilatte, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 5 deep, ob- 
long, concave, coloured segments, with an urceolate (pitcher-shaped) 
disk at the base. Corolla (see fig. 2.) of 5 oblong, blunt, upright 
petals, similar to the calyx. Nectary (disk) cup-shaped, central. 
Filaments (see fig. 3.) 5, thread-shaped, upright, the length of the 
petals. Anthers roundish. Germen superior, rather tumid, in 
2 or 3 deep divisions. Styles (fig. 4.) 2 or 3, simple, upright, a 
little longer than the stamens. Stiymas blunt, near together. Cap- 
sule (fig. 5.) inflated, bladdery, of 2 or 3 cells ; cells membranous 
{see fig. 6.), opening on the inside, few-seeded, sometimes con- 
nected together at the base, sometimes their whole length. Seeds 
(fig. 7.) bony, roundish, truncate at the hilum. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the inferior, 5-parted calyx, with coloured segments, and urceolate 
disk; the corolla of 5 petals; and the bladdery, 2- or 3-celled, 
few-seeded capsule. 
One species British. 
STAPHYLE'A PINNA'TA. Common Bladder-nut. Pinnated- 
leaved Bladder-nut. St. Antony’s Nut. Wild Pistacia. 
Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; petioles without glands ; leaflets 
5 or 7, oblong-spear-shaped, smooth, serrated. Flowers racemose. 
Styles 2. Capsules membranous, bladdery. 
Engl. Bot. 1. 1560. — Linn.Sp. Pl.p. 386. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 131. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 337. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 1 10. — With. ( 7tli ed.) v. ii. p. 402. — 
Cray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 619.— Bind. Syn. p. 75.— Hook. Br. FI. p. 143. — Light. 
FI. Scot. v. ii. p. 1134. — Aliss Kent's Sylvan sketches, p. 54. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s 
PL of S. Kent, p. 17. — Don's Gen. Syst. of Gard. & Bot. v ii. p. 3. f. 1. — Loud. 
Arbor, et Fruct. Brit. p. 494. fig. 163. — Stuphylodendron, Ray’s Syn. p. 468. — 
Nux vesicaria, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1437. 
Localities. — In hedges and thickets; very rare.— Kent ; About Ashford: 
Parkinson. — Yorksh . Hedges near Pontefract, scarcely in sufficient plenty to 
be deemed certainly wild : Ray. Woods in the faither pail of the county: 
Merrett. Truly indeginous in Yorkshire: Air. Hailstone, in Engl. FI . — 
SCOTLAND. Found sometimes in Breadalbane, near houses and gardens. 
We suspect it to be an outcast: Rev. J. Liciitfoot. 
Fig. 1. Calyx.— Fig. 2. A Flower, showing the Calyx, the Petals, and the 
Stamens. — Fig. 3. The Stamens and Pistils. — Fig. 4. The Germen, Styles, and 
Stigmas. — Fig. 5. A Capsule. — Fig. 6. A transverse section of ditto, showing a 
seed in one of the cells, the other cell being abortive. — Fig. 7. A Seed. — Fig. 8. 
A vertical section of ditto. — Fig. 9. The Kernel. — Fig. 10. The two Cotyledons. 
* Abridged from Stajdiylodendron, its name before the days of Linnjeus; 
derived from staphyle, Gr. a bunch or cluster ; and dendron, Gr. a tree ; the 
flowers and fruits being disposed in clusters, and the plant being ligneous. Loud. 
t See Anchusa sempervirens, folio 48, note t- 
