. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. I. STAPHYLEA L. Sp. PI. 270. 1753. Shrubs, with opposite 3-foliolate or pinnate leaves, and axillary drooping racemes or panicles of white flowers. Pedicels jointed. Sepals imbricated. Petals the same number as the sepals and about equalling them. Ovary 2-3-parted, the lobes i-celled; ovules numerous in each cavity, anatropous. Capsule 2-3-lobed, 2-3-celled. Se
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. I. STAPHYLEA L. Sp. PI. 270. 1753. Shrubs, with opposite 3-foliolate or pinnate leaves, and axillary drooping racemes or panicles of white flowers. Pedicels jointed. Sepals imbricated. Petals the same number as the sepals and about equalling them. Ovary 2-3-parted, the lobes i-celled; ovules numerous in each cavity, anatropous. Capsule 2-3-lobed, 2-3-celled. Seeds globose. [Greek, cluster.] About 6 species, of the north temperate zone. 5'. Bolanderi A. Gray occurs in California. Type species : Staphylea pinnata L. I. Staphylea trifolia L. American Bladder- nut. Fig. 2803. Staphylea trifolia L. Sp. PI. 270. 1753- A branching shrub, 6°-L5° high, or in the south sometimes a tree up to 30° high with a trunk 6' in diameter, with smooth striped bark. Young leaves and petioles pubescent; mature foliage glabrate; stipules linear, 4"-6" long, caducous; leaflets ovate or oval, ii'-2¥ long, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or somewhat cuneate at the base, finely and sharply serrate, the lateral ones sessile or nearly so, the terminal one stalked; stipels subulate; flowers cam- panulate, racemed, about 4" long; pedicels bracted at the base, slightly longer than the flowers; capsule about 2' long, i' wide, much inflated, the 3 (rarely 4) carpels separate at the summit and dehiscent along the inner side. In moist woods and thickets, Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota, South Carolina, Missouri and Kansas. April- 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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