PENTANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 155 
153. STAPHYLEA. Gen. pi. 50/. {Rhamni.) 
Calix 5-parted, coloured. Petals 5, inserted 
upon the margin of a pentangular glandu- 
lous disk. Capsules 3 or 3 ; inflated, grow- 
ing together. JSTiits about 3, globose with 
a cicatrice. — JSTutt. 
1. S. leaves trifoliate; racemes pendiilus, petals oifoUata. 
below ciliated, fruit ovate. — Willd. 
Icon. Schmidt, arb. 81. (Pursh.) 
Bladder-J^ut. 
A large shrub, with pendulus white flow'ers, and very large 
inflated seed-vessels. On the rocks above the building called 
the factory, on the west side of the Schiiylkili above the falls. 
Also on the Wissahickon. Mr. Nuttall. May, June. 
154. SAROTHRA. Lamark. (Caryop?dllede.) 
Calix 5-parted, connivent. Petals 5, linear- 
oblong. Capsule oblong, acute, coloured, 
1 -celled, 3-valved, margin of the valves 
seminiferous. — JV* utt. 
1, S. hyperlcoide^. 
Sarotlira hypericoides, Nutt. Gen. Am. pi. voJ. 1. 
p. 204. 
Sarothra gentianoides, Willd. 
Hypericum Sarothra, Mich. 
H. nudicaule, Walt. 
Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 342. f. 2. (Pursh.) 
Ground Pine. 
A small plant with numerous clustered branches and yellow 
flowers; from four to eight inches high. Leaves very minute, 
like stipules. It has the habit of Hypericum Stamina from 5 
to 6. In exposed situations on sterile soil; generally on road- 
sides; not uncommon. Annual, June, July. 
