Staphylea.'] xxm. staphtleace^e. 91 
44. Yalerianaceje. Flowers cj'mose, without an involucre. Anthers 
and filaments of perfect flowers distinct. Style filiform ; stigma 
trifid. Ovule pendulous. Albumen wanting. Leaves opposite. 
42. Cai'KH'ouace.e. Flowers cymose. Anthers and filaments distinct. 
Stigmas 3 sessile. Ovule pendulous. Albumen fleshy. Leaves 
opposite ( Viburnum). 
** Ovary inferior or only partly inferior, with 2 or more perfect cells. 
39. Arauaoe.-e. Styles 4—5. Leaves alternate. 
42. Caprifoliaceas. Stamens inserted upon the corolla. Style 1, or 
none and stigmas 3 sessile. Leaves opposite without interpetiolar 
stipules. 
43. Rubiaceas. Stamens inserted upon the corolla. Styles 1 or 2. 
Leaves opposite with interpetiolar stipules, or leaves verticillate. 
48. Lobeliacea!. Stamens free from the corolla; anthers opening lon- 
gitudinally, as many as the lobes of the corolla, united, dissimilar. 
Style 1, fringed below the stigma. 
47. Campanui.ace/E. Stamens free from the corolla; anthers opening 
longitudinally, as many as the lobes of the corolla, similar. Style 
1, not fringed below the stigma. 
49. Vacciniace.e. Stamens free from the corolla and twice as many as 
its lobes ; anthers opening by pores. 
*** Ovary entirely superior. Stamens free from the corolla ; anthers 
opening by pores. 
[50. Ericaceas. Style 1, with an hypogynous disk. Seed-coat close to 
the nucleus. 
51. Pyrolaceas. Style 1, without an hypogynous disk. Seed-coat 
chaffy.] 
A. Corolla polypetalous. (Ord. XXIII.— XLI.) 
Ord. XXIII. STAPIIYLEACEiE Lindl. 
Calyx 5-parted, its base covered with a crenate concave disk, 
imbricated in aestivation. Petals 5, alternate with the sepals, 
inserted into or under the margin of the disk, imbricated in 
aestivation. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals, inserted into the 
margin of the disk. Ovary free, of 2 — 3 carpels distinct or 
more or less cohering. Styles 2 — 3 distinct or combined. 
Fruit membranous, chartaceous, or fleshy. Seeds globose, bony, 
with a large truncate hilum, little or no albumen , thick cotyledons 
and short radicle. — Shrubs. Leaves usually opposite , pinnate, 
with common and partial deciduous stipules. Flowers in terminal 
stalked racemes. 
1. Staphylea Linn. Bladder-Nut. 
Cal. coloured. Pet. erect during flowering. Carpels united 
more or less at the base. Caps, membranaceous, bladdered. — 
Name from oTarpvXy, a bunch of grapes , its flowers being in 
racemes. 
