PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ribes. 329 

 121. EUONYMUS. Spindle-tree. 



Linn. Gen. 107. Juss. 377. Fl. Br.2()2. Tourn. t.SSS. Lam. (. 131. 

 G(prtn. ^ 113. 



Nat. Orel, see ?i. 120. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, flat, in 5 deep, rounded, concave, 

 permanent sepiients. Pd. 5, oblong, flat, spreading, 

 longer than the calyx. Filam. awl-shaped^ straight, 

 distant, attached to the germen as well as to die recep- 

 tacle. Anth. 2-lobed. Genu, superior, depressed, pointed. 

 Style short, simple. Sfigma obtuse. Cajjs. succulent, co- 

 loured, 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 -jcood, and opposite, stalk- 

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

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



1. E. eiiropmis. Common Spindle-tree, orPrickwood. 



Flowers mostly four-cleft. Petals acute. Branches smooth 

 and even. 



E. europceus. Linn. Sp. PI. 286. TViUd. v. \. \\30. FLBr.262. 

 Engl. Bot. V. G. t. 3G2. Hook. Scot. 81 . Bull. Fr. t. 135. 



E. vulgaris. Raii Syn. 468. Scop. Cam. v. 1. 1G7. Ehrh. Jrb.3. 



E. n. 829. Hall. Hist. V. 1.370. 



Euonymus. Matth. Valgr. i\\. 173./. Camer. Epit. 102./. Dod. 

 rempt.7S3.f. 



E. Theophrasti. Gcr. Em. \A6S.f. 



Carpinus Thcophrasti. Trag. Hist. 982. t. 983. 



In hedges and thickets. 



Shrub, or small tree. Mai/. 



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 5 afterwards round, 

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

 finclv serrated, about 2 inches long. ,S<ip«/«s 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 contnust- 

 ing with the red, or white, valves. 



The very hard fine-grained wood is i)referrcd for s))indlcs, and for 

 skewers. 



122. RIBES. Currant and Gooseberry. 

 Linn. Gen. 111. J//6.V.310. Fl. Br. 263. Lam. f. IIG. 

 Grossulavia. Tourn. f. 109. Gcvrfn. t. 28. 



