818 | CELASTRACEAE 
m. wide: seed-body 4-5 mm. long.— (RUNNING som E 
ones ue banks and Tow grounds, v s provinces, Tenn. to Ill., 
t., and W N. Y.—Sum.—The rough red = us ve this and of the uu 
Bn oe, suggested the name but in -bus 
E. wa Jacq. pees apa or tree becoming 8 m 
the disk; EU less un a wide: seed-body 8-9 mm. ee Eig 
BUSH. SPI STRAWBERRY-BUSH. RROW-W BLEED- 
ING-HEART. 5 - Woods Bid “thickets ys provinces, Ala. (or Fla. ?) to Okla., 
Mont., and N. = apie .—The bark of the root is used medicinally. The white 
heart- wood, ofte nged with yellow, t very ese. grained, heavy, E hard. 
The dangling Puy are pinkish-purple. 
2. PACHYSTIMA Raf. Shrubs. Leaves opposite, evergreen: blades 
toothed or enti owers perfect. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 4, borne 
nearly globular. Stigmas 2.—Two species, 
North American. 
1. P. Canbyi A. Gray. Diffuse and creep- 
ing, 1-4 dm. tall: lenf -blades linear, linear- 
elliptic or rarely oblanceolate, 0.5-2 em 
long, petals white, about 1 m 
long: capsule ellipsoid, about 4 mm. 1 
eter. — OUNTAIN-LO -STRIPPER 
CLIFF-GREEN.)—Limestone cliffs de 
N N. Va.—Spr.—1ts closest 
relative. grows in the N Roeky Mountains. 
3. CELASTRUS L. Vines with woody stems. Leaves alternate, decidu- 
ous: blades membranous, broad, entire or toothed. Flowers inclined to be 
dioecious, racemose or paniculate. Sepals 
Petals 5. Stamens 5, borne at the sinuses of 
the disk. Capsules in drooping clusters.— 
About 30 species, most numerous in Asia. 
C. scande eee climber: leaf- 
blades elliptic or oval, arying e or 
obovate, 6-10 cm. lo ong, - errate: panicles 
drooping: corolla gree about pn mm. 
broad: capsule V Tieni 'about le 
diameter, orange, 3-valved, the ne ‘seeds 
persistent and conspicuous in early winter. 
STAFF-TREE. SHRUBBY-BITTERSWEET. 
Cue. BITTERSWEET. WAXWORK. GNOME'S 
e —Thiekets, s and fence-rows, 
various provinees, Ga. a. Okla., Man., and Me.—Spr.-sum.—The bark is 
Mery medicinally. The Em fruits are used for interior decoration in winter. 
4. MAYTENUS Molina. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, persistent: 
blades leathery, entire or toothed. Flowers polygamous or dioecious, solitary 
