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FXUONYMUS ECHINATA. SPINOUS-FRUITED 
SPINDLE-WOOD. 
KKKEKEREK EEE EEE EE ERE EE 
Class and Order. 
PEenTANDRIA Monoeyni. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ceastrinz. Br. De Cand. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4—6 lobus, planus, basi disco peltato tectus. Pet. 
4—6 patentia, disco inserta. Stam. 4—6, glandulis supra 
discum prominulum inserta, petalis alterna. Stylus 1. Cap- 
sula 3—5 locularis, 3—5 angularis, valvis medio septiferis ; 
semina in loculis 1—4, pulpa aut arillo involuta. De C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Evonymus echinata ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis serratis, pe- 
dunculis axillaribus filiformibus bis terve dichotomis, 
capsulis echinatis, caule scandente radicante glabro. 
Evonymus echinata. Wall. in Fl. Indica. v. 2. p. 410. 
Evonymus scandens. Graham in Jameson’s Ed. New Phil. 
Journ. 1827. p. 386. 
Descr. “ Shrub climbing toa great distance. Branches 
very long, cylindrical, green, with brown scars, adhering 
to every thing in contact with them by long, flattened, 
branching, white threads, which, at first, spring in linear 
tufts, but afterwards, throughout the whole length of the 
branches, and, hanging loose on all sides, conceal these in 
an entangled mass. Leaves opposite, and secund on the 
barren shoots, somewhat decussating; the older ones sub- 
coriaceous ; the younger shining and membranous, bright 
green and paler on the back, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, 
acuminate, crenato-serrate, the serratures being frequently, 
- €specially on the ovate leaves, compound, veins oblique, 
and, as well as the middle rib, prominent on both sides, 
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