. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 340. Fruit (i). Fig. 339. Longitudinal section of flower {\). Fig. 3il, Seed. to the stamens. The ovary has two or three cells, sometimes united, sometimes independent for a variable extent in the upper part, and their ascendent biseriate ovules are variable in number, often inde- finite, in the interior angle of each of them. The fruit is capsular, membranous and vesiculate, dehisciag by the superior and interior part of the cells. The seeds contain under their very thick coats an albuminous embryo. Three or four ^ species of Staphylea are known,


. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 340. Fruit (i). Fig. 339. Longitudinal section of flower {\). Fig. 3il, Seed. to the stamens. The ovary has two or three cells, sometimes united, sometimes independent for a variable extent in the upper part, and their ascendent biseriate ovules are variable in number, often inde- finite, in the interior angle of each of them. The fruit is capsular, membranous and vesiculate, dehisciag by the superior and interior part of the cells. The seeds contain under their very thick coats an albuminous embryo. Three or four ^ species of Staphylea are known, shrubs of the temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, with opposite stipulate leaves, compound 3-5-foliolate or impari^ 593.—Walp. Rep. i. 528 {Turpinia); ii. 826 {£useaphis); v. 401; Ann. i. 188. 1 Ii. Gen. u. 374.—J. Oeii. 377.—Lamk. III. t. 210.—Pom. Diet. vii. 390.—Gjertn. Fruct. i. 334, t. 69.—DC. Frodr. ii. 2.—Spaoh. Suit, d Buffon, ii. 394.—Endl. Gen. n. 5673.—Payee, Orgamg. 171, t. 36.—B. H. Gen. 412, n. 71.— H. Bn. in Payer Fam. Nat. 319.—Staphyloden- dron T. Inst. 616, t. Z%&.—Bimalda Thtjnb. Fl. Jap. 8. 2 DuHAM, Arbr. ii. 77.—Deless, Ic. Sel. iii. t. 61.—Rbiohe. le. Fl. Germ. v. t. 161.—Geen. et GoDE. Fl. de Fr. i. 332.—Toer. Fl. , t. 19.—A. Gray, Gen. III. t. 172.—Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. s&p. 3, vi. 362.—Benth. Fl. Songk. 45. Mia. Ann. Mm. iii. 93.—Walp. Bep. i. 529; Ann, ii. 262; vii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.


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