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Ge7u I. p. 154. Juss. p. 377. Lam. III. t 

 CXXXI. Roejn. ^ Schult. Gen. 1002. Nat. 

 Ord. Rhamni Juss. Often one-fourth part of the 

 fructification is suppressed. Spindle-tree, 



I. E. americanus L. : branches smooth, quadrangular; 

 leaves subsessile, elliptical-lanceolate, smooth, acute, serrate ; 

 peduncles 3-flowered, terete ; flowers 5-cleft ; fruit verru- 

 cose-.muricate. Will d. Spec. \.^. liZ^l, Enum. h. BeroL 

 I. p. 256, Mich. Fl.\.^. 155. P icr s h Fl. I. p. 16B. 

 Elliott Sk,\. p. 292. Walt. Car. p. 102, Gron. 

 Virg.ll. Roem.<^Sckult.Y,p.im. 



A shrub 3 — 4 feet high, erect, with opposite, spreading, quadran- 

 gular branches. Leaves about 2 inches long, opposite, on very 

 short petioles. Peduncles axillary, trichotomous. Calyx 

 small, 5-parted; segments acute. Corolla flat, greenish-yel- 

 low, tinged with purple ; fietals obovate-obiuse. Filaments 

 very short, inserted opposite the segments of the calyx ; an- 

 thers didymous. Style short; «/i^ma obtuse. Ca/isule sue- 

 culent, 5-angled, crimson. Seeds covered with a scarlet pulpy 

 arillus. 



Hab. In shady woods ; rare. New- York to Carolina. June. 

 Burning-bush. Strawberry-tree, 



0. sarmentosus N utt. : stem sarmentose. K utt. 1. c. 



Subsempervirent. Stem often radicant, about 2 feet high, 

 acutely quadrangular. Leaves subsessile, opake, somewhat 

 shining, ovate-lanceolate, acute, obtusely serrate ; serratures 

 for the most part undulate. Peduncles about 3-flovvered. 

 Flowers 5 -pct&Wed. Fruit scahvons, bright scarlet. M'utt. 



Hab. In shady moist forests, among rocks. Near Philadelphia. 



Barton, July, 



% K. atropurpureiis J acq.: leaves petiolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, serrate ; peduncles divaricate, many- 

 flowered; flowers 4-cleft; fruit smooth. Willd. Spec. I. 

 p. 1132. Enum. h. Bcrol. I. p. 256. J acq. Horl. Find, 

 H. p. 155. t. 120. Pursh Fl. ].p. \68. Elliott Sk.]. 

 p. 293, Roem. i^ Sc hull. Y. p. i66. 



Stem 4 — 5 feet high, with smooth opposite quadrangular branches. 

 Leaves 3 — 4 inches long, acutely serrate, smooth above, pu- 

 bescent beneath ; petioles half an inch long. Peduncles op- 

 posite, axillary, trichotomous, each division bearing from 3 

 to 6 flowers. Calyx with short acute segments. Petals dark 

 purple, roundish. Stigma quadrangular, truncate. Fruit 

 bright red. 



TIab. In shady woods ; New-Jersey and Pennsylvania. June. 



3, E. ohovatus Nutt. 



