CELASTRINEiE. III. Euonymus 



5 



flowers ; petals oval, fringed ; capsules lengthened, clavate, 5- flated. ^ . H. Native of Pennsylvania, in marslies between 

 lobed, retuse. ^ . S. Native of the East Indies. Branches Franklin and Waterford. Fruit unknown. Anthers sessile. 



smooth, slender, opposite, or dichotomous. 

 Forked-hranched Spindle-tree. Shrub. 

 13 E. micra'nthus (D. Don, prod, fl, nep. 



) 



elliptical, serrulated, smooth, acuminated, shining ; peduncles 

 trifid, many-flowered, one-half shorter than the leaves. J2 

 Native of Nipaul. 

 Small-Jl 



Wall 



Petals oval. 



Clt. 1820. Shrubs feet. 



Obovate-leByedi Spindle-tree. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub creeping and straggling. 



Asiatic sjyecies^ 



20 E. GRANDiFLORUs (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 404.) branches 

 terete, smooth ; leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, acutely-serru- 

 late, w^ith a tapering entire base ; peduncles slender, flattened, 

 14 E. Lu^ciDUs (D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 191.) leaves Ian- nearly equalling the length of the leaves, 3-6-flowered; flowers 

 ceolate, acuminated, sharply serrated, shining, acute at the base ; tetrandrous ; petals orbicular, flat with curled edges ; capsule 

 umbels lateral, opposite, pedunculate. T2 . F. Native of Nipaul. globular, pendulous, obscurely 4-cornered, w^ith usually genii- 

 Petals ovate or oval ? nate, pendulous seeds, ^j . H. Native of the valley of Nipaul, 

 Shining Aeaved Spindle-tree. Clt. 1820, Shrub 6 feet. in forests. Branches slightly 4-cornered. Flowers white, very 



large, inodorous, slightly nodding. Capsule nearly globular, 

 about the size of a cherry, 4-celled, 4-valved. Seeds oval, 

 black, half covered by a brilliant, red, minutely lobed, warted 

 aril. This is a very ^ornamental shrub, both when in flower, 



* * Petals orbicular, 



American. 



15 E. ATROPURPU^REUS (Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 120.) branches and when loaded with its yellow pendulous capsules, each of 

 smooth ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, stalked ; which is furnished with as many as 6 black pendulous seeds. 



-/ 



FL April, May. Shrub 10 ft. 



21 E. Japo'nicus (Thunb. jap. 100.) branchlets pendulous. 



peduncles many-flowered, compressed ; petals orbicular ; cap- 

 sules angularly-furrow^ed, smooth. T2 . H. Native of North 



America, from New York to Carolina, on the banks of rivulets, slightly compressed ; leaves oblong, sharply serrulated, acumi- 

 Schmidt. arb. 73. E. Caroliniensis, Marsh, arbr. amer. no. 1. nated; peduncles flattened, crowded and panicled on the recent 

 and probably Jatifolius, Marsh, arb. no. 2. Flowers quadrifid. shoots, 2 or 3 times dichotomous, bearing several flowers ; 

 tetrandrous, dark-purple. Fruit red. 



Dark-purple-Rowexed Spindle-tree. 

 1756. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



petals orbicular, fringed, twice as long as the stamens ; capsule 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. with 4 horizontal spreading wings. "^ . G. Native of Nipaul, 



on Sheopore and Chundrugiri, as well as at Shreenugur and of 

 16 E. AmericaVus (Lin. spec. 286.) branches smooth, quad- Japan. Hell, in Ust. del. op. 1. p. 84. t. 4. Banks, icon. 



Koempf. t. 8. . Flowers small, white, tetrandrous, rarely pen- 

 tandrous. Outer branches hanging down in a very elegant 



rangular ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, serrated, almost ses- 

 sile ; peduncles 1-3-flowered ; flowers pentandrous ; petals 



Na- 



nearly orbicular ; capsules warted and echinated. Tj . H. 

 tive of North America from New England to Carolina, in hedges 

 and shady woods, among rocks, and on the edges of swamps. 

 Duham. arb. ed. nov. 3. t. 9. — Pluk. aim. t. 115. f. 5. Schmidt. 

 arb. t. 75.' Flowers yellow, tinged with red. Fruit scarlet, 

 resembling those o^ A'rhutus U^nedo at first sight. They are a 

 great ornament to this almost evergreen shrub. Its common 

 name in America is Burning-hush on account of the colour of 

 the fruit. E. sempervirens, Marsh, arbr, amer. no. 3. E. 

 alternif olius, Moench. 



Clt. 1686. Shrub 



manner. 



Japan Spindle-tree. Fl 



Clt. 1804. Tree 20 ft. 



22 E. echina'tus (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 410.) stems climb- 

 ing, as well as rooting ; leaves ovate- lanceolate, serrated ; 

 peduncles filiform, several times dichotomous, many-flowered, 

 with one flower in each fork ; petals orbicular, crenulate ; cap- 



, . ,. F. Native of the 



sules armed with numerous prickles 



^ 



American Burning-bush. 

 6 feet. 



Fl. June> July, 



mountains of Nipaul, especially on Sheopore. Hook. bot. mag. 

 2767. Branches quadrangular at the apex, climbing over trees, 

 and rooting by means of dense capillary fibres. Flowers small, 

 pea-green, inodorous, tetrandrous. Capsvdes pendulous, globu- 

 lar, yellow, 4-celled, 4-seeded. Seeds black, almost covered 

 with a scarlet fleshy aril. E. scandens, Graham. 



E chinated'Caj^suled Spindle-tree. Fl. Ap. March. Clt. 1824. 



Shrub climbing. 



17 E. sARMENTosus (Nutt. gcn. amer. 1. p. 155.) branches 

 smooth, tetragonal, sarmentose, usually rooting ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, serrated, almost sessile ; peduncles 1-3-flowered ; flow- 

 ers pentandrous ; petals somewhat orbicular ; capsules muri- 

 cated. Tj . ^. H. Native of North America, in Virginia and 



Carolina, in shady woods. E. scandens, Hort. Flowers yel- serrated ; peduncles filiform, several times dichotomous, many- 

 low, tinged with red ? Fruit scarlet ? 



23 E. va'gans (Wall. in. fl. ind. 2. p. 412.) climbing; 

 branches quadrangular at the apex ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 



Sarmentose Spindle-tree. 



Clt. 1 824. Shrub 



flowered, with a single flower in each bifurcation ; petals orbi- 



" . F. 



cular, crenulate ; capsules globular, naked, unarmed. T2 . ^ 

 Native of the mountainous forests of Nipaul, especially on 



Fl. June, July. 



straggling. " _ ^ ^ 



18 E. ANGusTiFOLius (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 168.) Sheopore, and on Cheesapani. A most extensive, rambling, 



branches quadrangular, smooth; leaves elongated, linear-ellip- and climbing shrub, with stem, branches, and flowers exactly like 



tical, somewhat falcate, nearly entire, almost sessile; peduncles those of E. echinatus^ but- never throwing out roots from the 



for the most part 1 -flowered ; flowers pentandrous; capsules branches and stems. Capsule 4-celled, 4-seeded. Seeds large, 



warted. Tj . H. Native of North America, in Georgia, in 

 shady woods. Flow^ers yellow, tinged with red. Fruit scarlet, 

 f his species is nearly related to E, AmericanuSj and keeps its 

 distinction from seed. 



covered with a scarlet fleshy aril. 

 Rambling Spindle-tree. Shrub cl- 



opposite 



long, bluntish, smooth, remotely serrulated above; pedicels 1- 



Narrow-leaved Spindle-tree. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. flowered, in fascicles, axillary, and terminal; flowers pentan- 



Shrub 6 feet. 



19 E. OBovA^TUs (Nutt. gen, amer. 1. p. 155.) stem prostrate, 

 rooting; branches erect, bluntly quadrangular, with the bark 

 uiflated at the apex ; leaves broad, obovate, obtuse, almost 



drous ; petals fringed. ^ . S. Native of Java, in woods. 



Java Spindle-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



25 E. Sieboldia'nus (Blum, bijdr. 1147.) leaves opposite, 

 oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrulated, smooth, puberulous on the 



sessile, acutely-serrulated; peduncles 3-flowered ; calyxes in- middle nerve beneath; peduncles usually 5-flowered; flowers 



