330 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ilibes. 



121. EUONYMUS, Spindle-tree. 



Linn.Gen.\07. Juss.377. FLDr.262. Tourn. t. 388. Lam. t. 131. 

 Gcertn. t. 113. 



Nat Ord. see n. 120. 



Cat. inferior, of 1 Leaf, flat, in 5 deep, rounded, concave, per- 

 manent segments. Pet. 5, oblong, flat, spreading, longer 

 than the calyx. Filam. awl-shaped, straight, distant, at- 

 tached to the germen as well as to the receptacle. Anth. 

 2-lobed. Germ, superior, depressed, pointed. Style short, 

 simple. Stigma obtuse. Caps, succulent, coloured, with 

 5 sides, 5 prominent angles, 5 cells, and 5 coriaceous 

 valves having central partitions. Seeds solitary, ovate; 

 each enveloped in a succulent, folded, coloured tunic. 



Shrubs with opposite branches, hard wood, and opposite, stalk- 

 ed, simple, smooth, deciduous leaves. Fl. on forked axillary 

 stalks ; often 4-cleft. Fllam. in some instances very short. 



1 . E. europcEUS. Common Spindle-tree, or Prickwood. 



Flowers mostly four-cleft. Petals acute. Branches smooth 

 and even. 



E. europeeus. Linn. Sp. PL 286. Willd. v. 1. 1130. Fl. Br. 262. 

 Engl. Bot. v. 6. f.362. Hook. Scot.Sl. Bull. Fr. t. 135. 



E. vulgaris. Rail Syn. 4C8. Scop. Cam. v. 1. 167. Ehrh. Arb.3. 



E. n. 829. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 370. 



Euonvmus. Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 173./. Camer. Epit. 102./. Dod. 

 Pe'mpt. 783./. 



E. Theophrasti. Ger. Em. 14C8./. 



Carpinus Theophrasti. Trag. Hist. 982. t. 983. 



In hedges and thickets. 



Shrub, or small tree. May. 



Fetid in every part when bruised, and esteemed poisonous, whence 

 arose, by antiphrasis, the generic name, signifying in Greek of 

 good repute. Branches angular when young ; afterwards round, 

 with a green, smooth, not warty, bark. Leaves ovate, pointed, 

 finely serrated, about 2 inches long. Stipulas awl-shaped, very 

 small, soon falling off. Fl. fetid, small, greenish white - } the 

 first only 5 -cleft. Caps, of a fine rose-colour, occasionally white. 

 Tunics of the seeds always orange- coloured, elegantly contrast- 

 ing with the red, or white, valves. 



The very hard fine-grained wood is preferred for spindles, and for 

 skewers. 



122. RIBES. Currant and Gooseberry. 



Linn. Gen. 111. Juss. 310. Fl. Br. 263. Lam. t. 146. 

 Grossularia. Toum. t. 400. Gcertn. t. 28. 



