Euscaphis
(from eu, well, and skaphis, a bowl; in allusion to the persistent, bowl-like calyx). ORD. Sapindaceae. A genus containing two species of hardy, glabrous shrubs, natives of Japan. Flowers small, hermaphrodite; calyx persistent, five-cleft, imbricate. Leaves opposite, stipulate, imparipinnate; leaflets coriaceous, serrulate, stipulate; stipules deciduous. The species will thrive in any good loamy soil, in the ordinary shrubbery border. Propagated by seeds, or by cuttings.
E. staphyleoides (Staphylea-like). fl. white or yellowish, small, numerous, disposed in terminal panicles. fr. red when ripe, bladdery, remaining on the bush until winter approaches. l. opposite, pinnate, smooth. h. 10ft. to 12ft. This plant is highly prized in its native country for its medicinal properties (S. Z. F. J. 67.)