542 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Family CELASTRACE^. Staff-trees. 

 Key to the Species, 



a. Leaves opposite, erect or decumbent shrubs. 



b' Pods tuberculate, flowers greenish pink, twigs greenish, shrub 6-24 dm. 

 high. Evonymus americanus, p. 542 



bb. Pods smooth, flowers purple, 20-40 dm. high, often a small tree. 



B. atropurpureus, p. 542 

 aa. Leaves alternate, a climbing, woody vine. Celastrus scandens, p. 543 



EVONYMUS L. 



Evonymus americanus L. Strawberry Bush. 



Evonymus Americanus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 197. 1753 [Virginia]. — Willis 16. 

 — Britton 76. 



Found at a number of localities in the northern half of the 

 State, miainly on the coastal plain, and frequent southward in 

 damp woodlands of the Middle and Cape May districts. Rare 

 on the coast islands. 



Few shrubs are more characteristic of low, dark woodlands 

 of West Jersey. Although the blossoms are inconspicuous, the 

 peculiar green coloration of the branches and stems, and the 

 glossy leaves, make the plant easily recognizable, while in the 

 autumn the bright red seeds and their crimson pod-like covering 

 make bright spots of color in the leafless woods. 



The variety ohovatus is reported from- Mlickleton in Keller 

 and Brown's List, but I have seen the specimens, and they do not 

 differ from the typical form. 



Fl. — ^Late Miay to mid-June. Fr. — ^Late September to late 

 October. 



Middle District. — Freehold (Willis), Keyport (C), Farmingdale, Pember- 

 ton (NB), Birmingham, Medford (S), Moorestown (NB), Washington 

 Park, Wodbury, Sewell (S), Gloucester (P), Mickleton (NB), Swedesboro, 

 Riddleton, Yorktown. 



Coast Strip. — Anglesea (UP). 



Cape May. — West of Anglesea Jnc. (S), Cold Spring. 



Evonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Burning Bush. 



Evonymus atropurpureus Jacques, Hort. Vind. IL 55. PI. 120. 177a [N. 

 America]. — Britton 75. 



Occasional through woods of the northern counties, mainly 

 along the Delaware, and rare and local southward in the same 

 vicinity to Salem County. 



