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CALYCIFLOR7E. 
CALYC I FLORAE, 
ORDER LV. CELASTRINEjE. 
Calycine sepals 4-5, with an imbricated aestivation. 
Petals of the same number as the sepals and alternate 
with them ; very rarely none. Stamens of the same 
number as, and opposite to the sepals. Ovary free, 
surrounded by a subcarnose disk, 2- 3-4-celled ; cells 
1- co-seeded, with the ovules erect, rarely pendulous : 
style 1 or none : stigmata 2-4-fid. Pericarp capsu- 
lar, berried, drupaceous, or samaroid, frequently de- 
formed by the abortion of the cells. Seeds, in many, 
arillated : albumen O, or fleshy: embryo straight, 
axile, dicotyledonous. 
Shrubs or trees ; leaves frequently stipulated, alternate or 
opposite : flowers whitish or greenish. Scarcely any of the 
species possess any remarkable properties. The leaves of Ilex 
Paraguariensis are employed as a substitute for Tea, under 
the name of Paraguay Tea. I may here state that the Myrti 
folio arbor, foliis latis subrotundis, flore albo racemoso, of Sloane, 
II. 79. t. 193. f. 1, is Prunus Sphjerocarpa, and not Celas- 
trus myrtifolius, as suggested by Roemer and Schultes. 
I. Staphylea. 
Calyx 5-partite, protected at the base with an 
urceolate disk, with the lobes oblong, concave. Petals 
5. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-lobed : styles 2-3, some- 
times united together. Capsule 2-3 celled ; cells 
membranaceous, dehiscent within ; few-seeded, con- 
nected together either at the base or along the whole 
of their length. Seeds osseous, subglobose, truncated 
