262 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. euonywvs. 



erect, obtusely quadrangular, with 4 elevated lines ; leaves 

 broad-obovate, obtuse, acute at the base, subsessile, acutely 

 serrulate ; peduncles 3-flowered ; stamens 4 — 5. JV m H. 

 Gen, I. p. 155. 



£(em nearly simple, or with a few short and opposite branches, 

 which appear truncate at their extremities by the inflation of 

 the bark. Leaves nearly opake, cuneate-obovate, often dilated, 

 so as to appear nearly as broad as long ; margin finely and 

 acutely serrulate j serratures and nerves on the upper sidfe mi- 

 nutely hispid (seen through a lens) ; marginal nerves of the 

 petiole decurrent on the stem, forming the sole ligatures of at- 

 tachment between the inflated bark and the wood. Calyx io' 

 ilated, nearly entire and crenate, membranaceous. Petals 4 

 and 5, roundish, green with a tinge of purple. Anthers ses= 

 siie. Fruit not seen. .Vm 1 1. 



JIab. In shady fir swamps, between Waterford and Franklin^ 

 Pennsylvania. June. Nut tall. 



Nearly allied to E. americanus, but distinct. 



177. CELASTRUS. L, 



Calyx 5-lobed, flat. Corolla 5-petalled. Stamens 

 seated around a 5 -toothed glandulous disk. Style^ 

 or theca, obtusely triangular, 3-celled, 3-valved; valves 

 septiferous in the centre; cells 1— =2- seeded. Seeds 

 covered with a 4-cleft coloured arillus. Gen. pi. 472o 

 Nutt. Gen. I. p. 15^. Juss.^ 378. Lam. Ill 

 t. CXXX. Roem. Ss? Schult. Gen. 936. Nat. 

 Ord. Rhamni Juss. Shrubs ; leaves alternate, mi- 

 nutely stipulate ; flowers sometimes dioecious. Staff- 

 tree. 



C. scandens L. : stem climbing, unarmed ; leaves ob- 

 long, acuminate, serrate ; racemes terminal ; flowers dioeci- 

 ous. IV Hid. Spec. l.p. 1125. Duham. Arb. I. p. 223. 

 t. 94. jV/icA. F/. I. p. 154. PurshFl.hX^l, Big. 

 ^osf. p. 57. Roem. ^ Schult.Y.ip. Aia. 



Stem climbing to a great height. Leaves broad-oval or oblong, 

 smooth, 2—3 inches long, abruptly acuminate, with subglan- 

 dular serratures, a little decurrent on the petiole at the base ; 

 petiole nearly an inch long. Stifiules very minute, setaceously 

 3 — 5 cleft. Racemes terminal, few-flowered ; pedicels articu- 

 lated. Calyx subcampanulate. Petals greenish^yellow, ovate, 

 obtuse. Stamens alternating with the petals ; anthers oblong. 

 Style short, thick, perforate, persistent ; stigmas 3, reniforna. 

 Capsule, nearly round, 3--5-valved j valves with an elevated 



