Tax. 8639. 
EUONYMUS oxyPHYLuvs. 
Japan and Corea. 
CELASTRACEAE. Tribe CELASTREAE. 
Evonrmvus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 360. 
Euonymus oxyphyllus, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. vol. ii. p. 865 
Mazim. Mél. Biol. vol. xi. p. 187; Hemsl. in Journ, Linn. Soc., Bot. 
vol. xxiii. p. 121; Shirasawa, Ess. For. Jap. p. 104, t. 64; Koehne in 
Mitteil. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 1906, p. 63; ab HE. latifolio, Scop., cui sub 
anthesi similis, fructibus haud lobatis distinguitur. 
Frutex, vel arbor ad 7 m. alta trunco 3 dm. diametro. Gemmae hibernae 
ovoideo-fusiformes, acutae, circiter 0°5 cm. longae. Ram patentes ; 
ramuli annotini viridi-brunnei, nitiduli, hornotini herbacei, virides, torsione 
internodiorum pseudo-distichi. Folia ovato-oblonga, acuminata, subacuta, 
basi rotundata vel obtusa, 4°5-8 cm. longa, 2°5-3°5 cm. lata, tenuiter 
chartacea, opaca, supra nervo medio leviter elevato venulis indistinctis, 
subtus pallida nervis et venulis perdistinctis; petioli 3-5 mm. longi. 
Dichasia in axillis foliorum inferiorum ramulorum hornotinorum orta, bis 
vel ter furcata; pedunculus 3°5-5°5 cm. longus; pedicelli 5-6 mm. longi. 
Flores pentameri, 8-9 mm. diametro. Calyx 4°5 mm. diametro ; sepala 
transverse elliptica; petala suborbicularia, luride purpureo-viridia, Discus 
quinquelobus, crassus, viridis. S tamina umbonibus disci affixa ; filamenta 
0:2 mm. longa, basi articulata; antherae in alabastro inflexae, late reni- 
formes, thecis lateralibus apice perfecte confluentibus rima continua 
dehiscentibus sub anthesi erecti, post dehiscentiam patelliformes, 0°5 mm. 
diametro. Ovarium in disco immersum, 5-loculare; stigma subsessile, 
capitatum, 0°6 mm. diametro; ovula pro loculo bina, pendula. Capsula 
carminea, depresso-globosa, saepius 3-4-sperma. Semina in arillo coccineo 
apice imbricatim quinquelobato omnino inclusa, circiter 4 mm. longa.— 
T. A, SPRAGUE. ; 
The Spindle-tree which we figure here is one which 
appears to be common in Japan and extends into Corea 
without, however, occurring in China. It has very much 
the appearance of the European Luonymus latifolius, 
Scop., and in flower might be mistaken for that plant. 
Its fruits differ, however, in being unlobed, and thus 
serve to distinguish it. The plant of L. oxyphylius from 
which the material for our plate has been obtained was 
received at Kew from the Arnold Arboretum in 1895. 
It is perfectly hardy and thrives well in a loamy soil. 
Like its European ally it is a small tree, at present eight 
to ten feet in height, very graceful in habit and extremely 
DEcEMBER, 1915, 
