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at the liilum : albumen sparing, or none : cotyledons 
fleshy. 
Leaves compound, impari-pinnate or 3-foliate, opposite, 
bistipulated at the base of the petiole and of the leaflet ; 
flowers white, racemoso-paniculated. Name , from arapuKri a 
bunch, in which manner its fructification is disposed. 
1. Staphylea occidentalis. PVest- India Staphylea. 
Leaves impari-pinnate, leaflets 5 sub-ovate acumin- 
ate at both ends crenato-serrated, flowers racemoso- 
panicled. 
VPruno forte affinis arbor, folio alato, flore lierbaceo pentape- 
talo raceinoso, Sloane, II. t. 220. f. 1. — Staphylea occidentalis, 
Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 566. — S. corymbosa, De Cand. Prod. II. 3. 
IIAB. Common, especially on lime-stone hills. 
FL. June. 
A tree about 20 feet in height : branchlets subterete, green, 
glabrous. Leaves opposite, impari-pinnated ; leaflets petiolu- 
lated, subovate, occasionally approaching oblongo- or lanceolato- 
ovate, acuminate at both ends, with the apex obtuse, crenato- 
serrated, glabrous, shining above, membranaceous, nerved and 
veined ; the terminal leaflet the largest : petiole and petiolules 
subterete. A pair of small, lanceolate, deciduous stipules to 
each leaf ; a pair of minute, lanceolate, deciduous stipules to 
each pair of leaflets. Racemes terminal, panicled, longer than 
the leaf, erect, many-flowered: flowers white, odorous. Peduncle 
elongated, .and, as also its divisions, (which are opposite, hori- 
zontally spreading, decussating) angular, striated: pedicels short 
2- 3 together, 1-flowered. Calyx 5-partite to the base; sepals 
unequal (the two innermost the largest) ; subrotundo-elliptic, 
concave, minutely ciliated. Petals 5, alternating with and 
rather smaller than the sepals, erect, clawed, somewhat obovate 
or clawed. Stamens 5 : filaments subulate, compressed, erect, 
length of the petals : anthers cordate, yellow. Disk suburceo- 
late, angulose, crenulated. Ovary 3-lobed: styles 3, cohering: 
stigmata simple. Capsule size of a large nutmeg, glabrous, 
3- celled : seeds solitary. 
Swartz appears to have considered the branclilet as a petiole, 
and hence he describes the leaves as duplicato-pinnated. He 
is manifestly in error in stating that the leaves are alternate, 
and serrated. In this conclusion I cannot be mistaken, as the 
plant, which I have described, is a very common tree. 
II. Myginda. 
Calyx minute, 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens 4, alter- 
nate with and shorter than the petals. Ovary subro- 
tund : style short or none : stigmata 4. Drupe ovate. 
