CELASTRACE. 
Staff-trees. 
No. 72. 
EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS. 
Sprnpue-tree. Burning-Bush, Wa-hoo. 
Geog. Position. United States. 
Quality. Bitter. 
Power. Tonic, laxative. 
Use. Ague, dyspepsia, fever, debility. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Classification. 
Orver CELASTRACEZ. 
Linnean Classification. 
Cuass V. Pentandria. Orper Monogynia. 
AvurtnHoririés. — Willd. Sp. Pl. 1132. Pursh, Flor B.A. 168. Raf. Med. Flor. 
II. 220. U. 8. Disp. 1326. Ec. Disp. U. S. 168. Loud. Ene be ee Griff. 
Med. Bot. 220. Gray, Bot. Text-Book, 762. ies a Kost, 
ie a ae 
eGuievs EUONYMUS. 
From the Greek eB, well, and dvopa, a ‘ite albaonel. The application of 
the name is, however, ‘obscure. Euonymus was also a heathen divinity. 
Synonymes.— Fusain, or Bennet de Pretre (Fr.), Spindelbaum (Ger.), Fusag- 
gine (It.). 
Tue EssentraL CHARACTERS. 
Canyx. Sepals four - five, united at base, imbricated. 
Corouua, Petals as many as sepals, inserted by a broad 
base under the margin of the flat, a disc which 
surrounds the ovary. 
Sramens. As many as the petals, A alternate with them, 
inserted on the margin of the disc. 
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