1 66 CYRILLACEAE • CELASTRACEAE 



Family 32. CYRILLACEAE. K5, C5, A5+5, G (2-5) 



Cliftonia monophylla. Buckwheat Tree. 25. April. E. Ls. alternate, lane, 

 2, entire, tapering base, dark green above, hairless. Fls. small, white or pinkish, 

 fragrant, in terminal racemes up to 2 1 long. Fruit \, egg-shaped, 3-4- winged (like 

 buckwheat). South-east United States. 



Cyrilla racemiflora. Leatherwood. 4. September. D. Ls. lane, 4, entire, 

 much tapered at base, hairless, dark glossy green, lateral veins numerous and close 

 together. Fls. very small, white, crowded in long axillary spikes forming a whorl 

 at base of young wood. South United States. (Fig. 117 B.) 



Family 33. CELASTRACEAE. K4-5 or (4-5), C4-5, A4-5, G (2-5) 



CELASTRUS. Climbers. Ls. alternate, ov., round-toothed. Fls. small, 

 greenish yellow, in terminal or axillary clusters. Seed-pod 3-celled, yellow inside, 

 containing red seeds. 



C. angulatus (C latifolius). 20. June. D. Stems angular, corky in second 



year. Ls. 7, hairless. Fls. in terminal clusters. China. 

 C. articulatus. 30. June. D. Stems cylindrical; pair of spines at each bud 



when young. Ls. 4. Fls. in axillary clusters. Japan. (Fig. 85 F.) 

 C. scandens. Staff Tree, Waxwork. 20. July. D. Stems cylindrical. Ls. 4. 

 Fls. in terminal clusters. North America. (Fig. 85 G.) 



* Elaeodendron capense. id. July- August. E. Ls. opposite or sub-opposite, 

 ov., 2\, distantly toothed, hairless. Fls. small, green, 4-parted, in axillary branched 

 clusters. Fruit \, egg-shaped, yellow, fleshy and containing a hard nut. South 

 Africa. (Fig. 59 f.) 



EUONYMUS. Spindle Tree. Young branchlets usually 4-angled. Ls. opposite, 

 minutely toothed. Fls. small, in axillary clusters. Fruit with four or five orange 

 or red fleshy lobes, each holding one or two large orange- or red-coated seeds. 



{a) Ls. deciduous 



E. americanus. Strawberry Bush. 6. June. Ls. lane, 3. Fruit 3-5-lobed, 

 pink, covered with prickly warts, seeds red-coated. U.S.A. 

 Variety angustifolius. Ls. linear, lane. \ E. 



E. alatiis. Winged Spindle Tree. May-June. Branchlets with corky wings. 

 Ls. ov., i|. Fruit of nearly separate lobes with orange-coated seeds. 

 China and Japan. 



E. atropurpurea. Burning Bush. 25. May-June. Ls. ov., 4, downy. Fls. 

 purple, seven to fifteen on a stalk. Fruit 4-lobed, crimson, seeds scarlet- 

 coated. U.S.A. 



E. europaeus. Common Spindle Tree. 25. May. Ls. ov., lane, 3^. Fruit 

 4-lobed, red, seeds orange-coated. Europe (including Britain). (Fig. 60 G.) 



E. latifolius. 10. May. Ls. ov., 4, stalk grooved. Fruit 4-5-lobed, bright 

 red, larger than above, drooping on long slender stalk. Europe and Asia. 

 (Fig. 60 f.) 



E. planipes. 25. June. Ls. obov., 4, stalk not grooved. Fruit 5-angled. 

 Japan. 



