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This genus of plants is ranged in the third fection of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, which contains thofe plants whofe 
flowers have five ftamina and three ftyles. 
The Species are, 
1. Staphyl^ea ( Pinnata ) foliis pinnatis. Hort. Cliff. 
1 1 2. Bladder-nut with winged leaves. Staphyloden- 
dron fylveftre & vulgare. H. L. The common wild 
Bladder-nut. 
2. Staphylzea ( Trifoliata ) foliis ternatis. Hort. Cliff 
1 12. Bladder-nut with trifoliate leaves. Staphyloden- 
dron Virginianum trifoliatum. H. L. Three-leaved 
Virginian Bladder-nut. 
The Hrft fort grows naturally in woods in feveral parts 
of England, but is cultivated as a flowering flirub in 
the nurfery-gardens. This hath feveral fhrubby (talks 
arifmg from the fame root, which grow ten or twelve 
feet high, covered with a fmooth bark, and divide in- 
to feveral branches which are foft and pithy ; they 
are garnifbed with winged leaves, compofed of two 
pair" af oval lobes terminated by an odd one ; thefe 
differ greatly in fize according to the ftrength and 
vigour of the fhrubs •, fome are more than two inches 
long, and an inch and a half broad, but on old weak 
fhrubs they are much fmaller. They are fmooth, 
entire, and of a light green colour, (landing upon 
pretty long foot-ftalks. The flowers come out upon 
long {lender foot-ftalks which hang downward ; thefe 
fpring from the wings of the (talks near their extre- 
mity. The flowers are difpofed in oblong bunches ; 
they have each five oblong white petals, which expand 
, in form of a Rofe ; thefe appear in May, and are 
fucceeded by inflated capfules or bladders compofed 
of three cells, one or two of which have a roundifh, 
fmooth, hard feedj and the other are barren. 
This flirub makes a variety when intermixed with 
others which flower at the fame feafon, though their 
flowers are not very beautiful. The nuts of this tree 
being hard and fmooth, are ftrung for beads by the 
Roman catholics in fome countries ; and the chil- 
dren of the poor inhabitants eat the nuts, though they 
have a difagreeable tafte. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in North America, 
from whence it was brought into Europe, where it is 
now become as common in the nurfery-gardens about 
London, as the other fort. This hath a more fubftan- 
tial (talk than the firft ; the bark of the old branches 
and (talks is fmooth and of a gray colour, that of the 
young is of alight green and very fmooth ; the leaves 
are by threes on each foot-ftalk ; the lobes are oval 
ending in a point, and their edges are fawed ; they 
are of different fizes, according to the age and ftrength 
of the plants. The larged are three inches long and 
two broad, but in old plants the leaves are not much 
more than half the fize ; they are fmooth, and of a 
light preen colour. The flowers are produced from 
the fide of the branches in longer bunches than thofe 
of the former fort, but their foot-ftalks are much 
fhorter •, the flowers are of a cleaner white, and their 
petals are fomewhat larger than thofe of the firft, as 
are alfo the bladder capfules ; the feeds are larger, and 
ripen better than thofe of the common fort. The 
time of flowering and the ripening of the feeds, is the 
fame with that. 
Both thefe forts are ufually propagated by fuckers 
from the root, which the firft fort fends out in plen- 
ty •, thefe fnould be taken from the old plants in au- 
tumn, and their roots trimmed, then planted in a 
nurfery, in rows at three feet diftance, and one foot 
afunder in the rows •, in this nurfery the plants fhould 
ftand one or two years according to their ftrength, 
and then be tranfplanted to the places where they are 
to remain. 
The plants which are propagated in this manner from 
fuckers, are very fubject to put out fuckers in greater 
plenty from their roots, than thofe which are raifed 
from feeds, or propagated by layers or cuttings, fo 
are not to be chofen when the other can be had ; 
therefore thofe who propagate them for their own ufe, 
fhould prefer the other methods. If they are propa- 
gated by layers, the young branches fhould be laid 
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down in autumn, in the fame manner as is pradtiled 
for other trees and fhrubs ; thefe will have put out 
roots the following autumn, when they may be taken 
from the old plants and planted in a nurfery, where 
they may grow one or two years to get ftrength, and 
then may be removed to the places where they are 
to ftand. 
When thefe are propagated by cuttings, it fhould b& 
the fhoots of the former year, and if they have a final! 
piece of the two years wood at the bottom, they will 
more certainly fucceed ; for as the young fhoots are 
foft and pithy, fo they are very fubjeft to rot, when 
they have no part of the old wood to them. They 
fhould be planted in autumn on a fhady border, but 
muft not have too much wet. 
They may alfo be propagated by fowing their feeds 
early in autumn, in beds of light frefh earth, and 
when the plants are come up, they muft be carefully 
kept clear from weeds, and in very dry weather, if 
they are now and then refrefhed with water, it will 
greatly promote their growth ; in thefe beds they 
may remain until October following, at which time 
they fhould be carefully taken up and planted in a 
nurfery, placing them in rows three feet afunder, and 
the plants o.ie foot diftance in the rows ; and, if the 
the following fpring fhould prove very dry, it will be 
convenient to give them a little water to encourage 
their taking root; after which they will require no 
farther care but to keep the ground clean from weeds 
in fummer, and every fpring to prune off irregular 
branches, and dig the ground between the rows to 
loofen the earth, that their roots may the more ea- 
fily extend. In this nurfery they may remain two 
years, by which time it will be proper to tranfplant 
them out where they are to remain, either in wilder- 
nefs quarters, or in clumps of various trees, where 
they will add to the diverfity. The beft feafon for 
tranfplanting thefe trees is in autumn, with other de- 
ciduous trees. When thefe feeds are fown in the 
fpring, the plants feldom come up till the following 
year. 
African Bladder-nut. See Roy£na. 
Laurel - leaved American Bladder - nut. See 
Ptelea. 
STAR-FLOWER. See Ornithogalum. 
STARWORT. See Aster. 
S TAT ICE. Tourn. Inft. R. IT. 341. tab. 177. Lin. 
Gen. Plant. 348. Thrift, or Sea Pink. 
The Characters are. 
The flowers are c olle died in a roundifh head , having a com- 
mon fcaly empalement ; each flower has a funnel-fhaped em- 
palement of one leaf. The flowers have five petals, they 
are funnel-floaped , the hafe of the petals are narrow , 
their points broad , obtufe , and fpread open ; they have 
five ftamina which are fhorter than the petals , terminated 
by proftrate fummits ; and a fmall germen fupporting five 
ftyles which ftand apart , crowned by acute fligmas. The 
germen afterward turns to one fmall roundifh feed inclofed 
in the empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth feiftion of 
Linnsus’s fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have five ftamina and five ftyles. To 
this genus he has joined the Limonium of Tourne- 
fort. 
The Species are, 
1. Statice ( Armenia ) fcapo fimplici capitulo, foliis li~ 
nearibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Thrift with fingle ftalks , 
linear leaves , and flowers in heads. Caryophyllus mon- 
tanus major, flore globofo. C. B. P. 211. Greater 
Mountain Pink with a globular flower. 
2. Statice ( Montana ) foliis linearibus fubulatis, fqua- 
mis calycinis obtufis. Thrift with linear awl-fijaped 
leaves , and obtufe fcales to the empalement. Statice mon- 
tana minor. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 341. Smaller Moun- 
tain Thrift. 
3. Statice ( Maritima ) foliis linearibus planis, fquamis 
calycinis obtufis. Thrift with plain linear leaves , and ob- 
tufe fcales to the empalement. Caryophyllus marinus 
minimus, flore globofo. H. P. Blaefi The leaft Sea Pink 
with a globular flower. 
The 
