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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  57. 
  CELASTRACEJE. 
  WAHOO 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Trees 
  or 
  shrubs, 
  sometimes 
  climbing. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  or 
  alternate. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  in 
  cymes. 
  Calyx 
  small, 
  

   4-5-lobed, 
  persistent. 
  Petals 
  4-6, 
  short. 
  Stamens 
  4-6, 
  alter- 
  

   nate 
  with 
  the 
  petals 
  and 
  inserted 
  with 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  disk. 
  

   Ovary 
  sessile, 
  3-5-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  entire 
  or 
  3-5-cleft 
  ; 
  ovules 
  2 
  in 
  

   each 
  cell. 
  Seeds 
  usually 
  covered 
  with 
  an 
  appendage 
  (aril) 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  hilum. 
  

  

  I. 
  EVONYMUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  with 
  4-angled 
  branches. 
  Leaves 
  opposite. 
  Flowers 
  

   in 
  axillary, 
  peduncled 
  cymes, 
  purplish 
  or 
  greenish, 
  small. 
  

   Sepals 
  and 
  petals 
  45, 
  spreading. 
  Stamens 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  

   petals, 
  short. 
  Ovary 
  3-5-celled, 
  with 
  2 
  ovules 
  in 
  each 
  cell. 
  

   Seeds 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  red, 
  fleshy 
  pulp.* 
  

  

  1. 
  E. 
  atropurpureus 
  Jacq. 
  WAHOO. 
  A 
  tree-like 
  shrub 
  10-15 
  ft. 
  

   high. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  to 
  ovate, 
  taper-pointed, 
  finely 
  serrulate, 
  minutely 
  

   downy 
  petioles 
  i-J 
  in. 
  long. 
  Peduncles 
  slender, 
  3-forked, 
  several-flow- 
  

   ered. 
  Flower 
  purplish. 
  Capsule 
  deeply 
  3-5-lobed, 
  smooth. 
  River 
  banks. 
  

  

  2. 
  E. 
  americanus 
  L. 
  STRAWUKRRY 
  BUSH. 
  A 
  shrub 
  3-8 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  short-petioled, 
  ovate 
  to 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  acute 
  or 
  taper-pointed 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex, 
  finely 
  serrulate, 
  smooth 
  or 
  slightly 
  hairy. 
  Peduncles 
  

   axillary, 
  slender, 
  1-3-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  greenish. 
  Capsule 
  3-5-angled, 
  

   warty. 
  In 
  low, 
  shady 
  woods. 
  

  

  3. 
  E. 
  obovatus 
  Nutt. 
  RUNNING 
  STRAWBERRY 
  BUSH. 
  A 
  low 
  shrub, 
  

   the 
  trailing 
  and 
  rooting 
  branches 
  not 
  usually 
  rising 
  more 
  than 
  1 
  or 
  

   2 
  ft. 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  Leaves 
  thin, 
  obovate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  mostly 
  taper- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  Flowers 
  and 
  fruit 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  americanus. 
  In 
  

   damp 
  woods. 
  

  

  H. 
  CELASTRUS 
  L. 
  

  

  A 
  woody, 
  twining 
  shrub. 
  Leaves 
  alternate. 
  Flowers 
  dioe- 
  

   cious 
  or 
  somewhat 
  monoecious, 
  small, 
  greenish, 
  clustered 
  at 
  

   the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  branches. 
  Pod 
  3-celled, 
  3-valved, 
  looking 
  like 
  

   an 
  orange-colored 
  berry, 
  which 
  on 
  opening 
  shows 
  the 
  scarlet 
  

   arils 
  of 
  the 
  seeds. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  scandens 
  L. 
  WAXWORK, 
  CLIMBING 
  BITTKRSWEET. 
  Climb- 
  

   ing 
  10-15 
  ft. 
  Leaves 
  ovate-oblong, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  long, 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  

   taper-pointed. 
  In 
  thickets 
  and 
  along 
  fences; 
  also 
  planted 
  for 
  the 
  

   showy 
  scarlet 
  seeds, 
  which 
  retain 
  their 
  color 
  for 
  many 
  months. 
  

  

  