in naminj^ tlie order, places it next Moringacese ; and it is not improbable that 
there may be some connection between the two. 
The following is the character given by Cambessedes of the genus. 
Trigonia, Aubl. — Calyx persistent, more or less deeply 5 parted ; the segments ra- 
ther unequal. Petals 5, unequal ; the upper larger, gibbous at the base, concave, ascend- 
ing ; the two lateral smaller, flat ; the two lowest converging, unequal-sided, keeled. Sta- 
mens 10 - 12 , out of the centre, over against the lower petals ; filaments combined in a tube 
which is longitudinally split in front, the 2-4 lateral ones smaller and imperfect ; anthers 
fixed by their back, turned inwards, 2-celled, the cells opening by a longitudinal cleft. 
Glands (abortive stamens) 2-4, opposite the upper petal, at the base of the ovary. Pistil 
free; style continuous; stigma terminal, 3 -lobed ; ouary 3 -celled, with several ovules in 
each cell ; ovules attached to the inner angle of the cells. Capsule 3-cornered, 3-celled, 
septicidally 3-valved ; the valves forming the partitions by their indexed edges. Seeds 
attached to a central 3-cornered axis, woolly. Testa papery ; albumen fleshy. Embryo cen- 
tral, straight, with a small radicle remote from the hilum ; cotyledons large, round, flat. 
— Climbing sarmentaceous shrubs. Leaves stipulate, opposite, quite entire. Flowers race- 
mose ; the racemes axillary, or panicled and termini. ^Estivation of calyx and petals 
imbricated. Stamens erect in the bud. FI. Bras. Merid. 2. 112. 
OiiDER XCI. STAPHYLEACEiE. The Bladder-Nut Tribe. 
CELASTRiNEiE, § Staphyleaceae, DC. Prodr. 2. 2. (1825). — Staphyleacse, Lindl. Synops. 
75. (1829) ; Ed. Pr. No. 97. (1830) ; Martius Conspectus, iVo.'249. (1835). 
Essential Character. — Sepals, 5, connected at the base, coloured, with an imbri- 
cated aestivation. Petals b, alternate, with an imbricated aestivation. Stamens b, alternate 
with the petals, perigynous. Disk large, urceolate. Ovary 2- or 3-celled, superior ; ovules 
erect ; styles 2 or 3, cohering at the base. Fruit membranous or fleshy, indehiscent or 
opening internally, often deformed by the abortion of some of the parts. Seeds ascending, 
roundish, with a bony testa ; hilum large, truncate ; albumen none ; cotyledons thick. — 
Shrubs. Leaves opposite, pinnate, with both common and partial stipules. Flowers in 
terminal, stalked racemes. 
Anomalies. Flowers unisexual in Turpinia. 
Affinities. Combined with Celastraceae by De Candolle, but distin- 
guished by Ad. Brongniart {Mem. sur les Rhamnees, p. 16.), this order appears 
to me to be essentially characterised by its opposite pinnated stipulate leaves, 
and to indicate an affinity between Celastracese and Sapindace**3e. 
Geography. The very few species which belong here are irregularly 
scattered over the face of the globe. Of the genus Staphylea, 1 is found in 
Europe, 1 in North America, 1 in Japan, 2 in Jamaica, 1 in Peru ; and of Tur- 
pinia, 1 is Mexican, and 1 East Indian. 
Properties. Unknown. 
GENERA. 
Staphylea, L. Turpinia, Venten. 
Staphylodendron,To\\vn. Dairy mpelea, Roxb. 
? Bumalda, Thunb. 
Order XCII. M A L P I G H I A C E 
The Barbadoes Cherry Tribe. 
MALPiGHiACEiE, Juss. Gen. 252. (1789) ; Ann. Mus. 18. 479. (1811) ; DC. Prodr. 1. 577. 
(1824). 
Essential Character. — Sepals 5, slightly combined, persistent, generally with a defi- 
nite number of conspicuous glands. Petals 5, unguiculate, inserted in a hypogynous disk. 
