. The natural history of plants. Botany. XLIII. SAPINDACE^. 1. STAPHTLEA SEEIE8. We commence tlie study of this group by tlie analysis, not of a Staphylea (fig, 335, 339-351), but ratber of a Triceros^ wbose flowers (fig. 336) are regular, bermapbrodite, witb a receptacle in tbe form of a cup of little deptb. Tbe edges bear five sepals and an equal number of perigynous petals, botb imbricate, five altemipe- Staphylea Fig. 335. Floriferous branch. talous stamens, also perigynous, each formed of a free thread and a bilocular introrse anther dehiscing by two longitudinal clefts, and als


. The natural history of plants. Botany. XLIII. SAPINDACE^. 1. STAPHTLEA SEEIE8. We commence tlie study of this group by tlie analysis, not of a Staphylea (fig, 335, 339-351), but ratber of a Triceros^ wbose flowers (fig. 336) are regular, bermapbrodite, witb a receptacle in tbe form of a cup of little deptb. Tbe edges bear five sepals and an equal number of perigynous petals, botb imbricate, five altemipe- Staphylea Fig. 335. Floriferous branch. talous stamens, also perigynous, each formed of a free thread and a bilocular introrse anther dehiscing by two longitudinal clefts, and also inserted perigynously. In the interior the glandular disk lining the concavity of the receptacle is prolonged in a circular rim, nearly entire. In the concavity of the receptacle, below the perianth and 1 LoTJR. M. GocUnch. (^d. 1790), 184.—DC. et Zuco. Wl. Jap. i. 124, t. 67.—Enbl. Gen. n. Prodr. ii. 89 {TereUnthac. dub.).—ENDL-ffsw. n. 5672.—B. H. Gen. 412, n. 72. 6945.—B. H. Gen. 418, 439.— ? Suacaphis 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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