CELASTRACEAE • RHAMNACEAE 167 



EVONYMUS— continued 



(b) Ls. evergreen 



E.japonicus. 15. July-August. Branchlets bright green. Ls. ov., 3, leathery, 

 glossy; round- toothed, each tooth tipped with black gland; often rounded 

 or notched at apex. Fruit pinkish. Japan. (Fig. 60 d.) 

 Variety albo-marginatus. Ls. with thin white margin. 

 Variety aureus. Ls. bright yellow in middle. 

 Variety latifolius-variegatus. Ls. broad with broad white margin. 

 Variety ovatus aureus. Ls. with broad yellow margin. 

 E. pendulus {E. fimbriatus). 20. June. Ls. lane, 5, leathery, glossy, pointed, 



sharply toothed, hairless. Fruit 4-lobed. Himalaya. (Fig. 60 E.) 

 E. radicans. Trailing and rooting, or climbing with aerial roots. 25. June. 

 Branchlets nearly cylindrical, warted. Ls. ov., i\, dull green above with 

 pale broad veins. Fruit pinkish. Japan. (Fig. 60 H.) 

 Variety /o/m> variegatus. Ls. with broad white margin. 

 Variety Silver Queen. Ls. variegated with white. 



* Maytenus CHiLENSis. 25. E. Branchlets long and slender. Ls. alternate, 

 ov., lane, 2, pointed, leathery, finely toothed, short-stalked. Fls. small, yellowish 

 green, 5-parted, in axillary clusters. Seed-pod 2-celled, containing four red seeds. 

 Chile. (Fig. 86 a.) 



PACHYSTIMA. Low evergreen shrubs. Branchlets 4-angled, warted. Ls. 

 opposite, ov., lane, i, toothed at outer end or entire, hairless, margins often 

 recurved. Fls. very small, reddish, in axillary clusters. Seed-pod |, leathery, 

 whitish, 2-celled. 



P. Canbyi. i \. April-May. Ls. Hnear, lane. North Carolina, Virginia. 

 P. Myrsi?iites. 1 1. May-August. Ls. broader. West North America. 

 (Fig. 56 N.) 

 Tripterygium Wilfordii. 6. July-August. D. Branchlets long, reddish 

 brown, warted. Ls. alternate, roundish ov., 6, round-toothed, slender-pointed, 

 light green, hairless, stalk | to i. Fls. small, yellowish white, in large terminal 

 panicles. Fruit 3-winged, i-seeded. China and Japan. (Fig. 86 B.) 



Family 34. RHAMNACEAE. K4-5, C4-5 or o, A4-5, G (2-3) 



Ls. with stipules or stipular spines. Stamens opposite the petals, which are 

 often less conspicuous than the sepals. 



BERCHEMIA. Climbers. Ls. alternate, ov., entire, with numerous parallel 

 veins. Fls. small, greenish white, in terminal panicles. Fruit a sausage-shaped 

 black berry. 



B.flavescens. 10. June-July. D. Branchlets slender, with dark outstanding 

 hairs (Bean). Ls. 6, rounded or broadly tapered at base, smooth metallic 

 green above, 9-16 pairs parallel veins. East Himalaya. 

 B. racemosa. 15. July-September. D. Ls. 2|, somewhat glaucous below, 



6-8 pairs parallel veins. Fruit egg-shaped. Japan. 

 B. volubilis {B. scandens). Supple Jack. 15. June. D. Ls. 3, rounded at base, 

 9-12 pairs parallel veins. South United States. (Fig. 117 c.) 



