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lated; peduncles about 3-flo\vered; flowers 5-petalled; 

 fruit scabrous — Leaves somewhat shining-, and remarka- 

 ble for their opacity; fruit of the usual brilliant colours; 

 theca bursting- from the centre. — Generally in shady 

 moist forests, among-st rocks. The singular habit of this 

 plant almost indicates a specific distinction, for the pre- 

 sent, however, I cannot consider it as any thing more 

 than a permanent variety. 



2.* obovatiis. Stem prostrate radicant; surculi erect, 

 obtusely quadrang:ular, marked with 4 distinct lines; 

 bark and calix inflated, leaves broad obovate, obtuse, 

 acute at the base, subsessile, margin actitely serrulate, 

 flat; peduncles 3-flowercd; stamina 4 and 5. — A very 

 distinct species, though proximately allied to E. ameri. 

 caniis. Obs Stem about a foot high, nearly simple, or with 

 a few short and opposite brandies appearing- truncated 

 at their extremities, by the inflation of tlie bark; leaves 

 nearly opaque, cuneate-obovate, often dilated so as to ap- 

 pear nearly as broad as long, margin finely and acutely 

 serrulate, serratures and nerves on the upper side mi- 

 nutely hispid (seen through a lens), marginal nerves of 

 the petiole decurrent on the stem, forming the sole 

 ligatures of attachment betwixt the inflated bark and the 

 wood; calix inflated, nearly entire, or crenate, membra- 

 naceous; petals'4 and 5, roundish, green, with a tinge of 

 purple; anthers sessile. I have not seen the fruit. — Hab. 

 In shady fir swamps betwixt Franklin and Waterford, 

 renn.sylvania. Flowering in June. 



o. angustifolms. 4. utropurpurens' Theca smooth, 

 opening marginally. 



Of 111 is genus there are 2 other species in Japan, and 3 

 in Europe. 



231. CELASTRUS. L. (Staff-trce.) 



Calix Slobed. Corolla S-pelalled. Stamina 

 situated around a 54ootlied gland ulcus disk. 

 Style thick, perforate; Stigmas 3. Capsule (the- 

 ca) 3-sided, 3-celled, S-valved, valves septifc- 

 rous in the centre; cells 1 or S-seeded. Seeds 

 semiarillate, arillus 4-cleft. 



Small trees or shrubs, erect or scandent, unarmed, op 

 spiny; leaves alternate, entire, minutely stipulate, sti- 

 pules sometimes divided; peduncles solitary or aggre- 

 gated 1-flowered, also racemose, paniculate or cymose, 

 axillary or terminal. Some of the species are polygamous- 

 dioiqous' (Two or three genera are probably confounded 

 in Celastrus). 



