80 CKI.ASTltACK.E. (sTAKK-TKKK l-'AMILV.) 



1. S. frutescens, .Iaii|. Sinontli; leaves olKivate-uliloiijr, entire, acute 

 or t)l)tiise ; (lowers :i - .'> in a cluster, tlie slender jiodicels arisin;^ from a wart- 

 like jic'ilunde; drnjie glohose. — South Florida. — A small tree with hard 

 aud dose f;;rained wood. Loaves I}/ long, jialu greeu. 



4. EUONYMUS, L. Si-ini.lk-tui:e. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx flat, 4 - 5 cleft. Petals 4 - .5, spreailing. Stamen.s 

 4 - ."), very shoit, inserted with the petals under the hroad and tieshy disk w Inch 

 surrounds the ovary. Ovary 3- .'i-celled, with 2 erect or resupinatc ovules iu 

 each cell. Style very short. Capsule 3- 5-celled, loculicidally 3-5-valved. 

 Seed enclosed in a red pulpy aril. — Erect or trailing shruhs, with 4-angled 

 branches, opposite serrate leaves, aud greenish or purplish Mowers iu axillary 

 pedunded cymes. 



1. E. Americanus, L. Stuawberry Brsn. Flowers greenish, pen- 

 tanierous ; jieilunclos 1-3-flowered; capsule warty; leaves short-peti(jled, 

 varying from ovate or obovate to linear-lanceolate, serrulate. — Low shady 

 woods. May - June. — Shrub 3° - 6° high. Leaves 1' - 2' long. 



2. E. atropurpureus, >Jac(i. Flowers ])urple, tetramerous ; peduncles 

 many-riowered ; capsule smooth ; leaves oblong, on rather long ])eti(»les, ser- 

 rulate. — River banks, chiefly iu the upper districts. May -June. — Shrub 

 8°- 12° high. Leaves 2'-5' loug. Flowers dark purple. 



5. CELASTRUS, L. Staff-tree. 



Flowers somewhat dioecious. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-cleft. Petals 5, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals on the edge of the cup-shaped 

 fleshy disk which fills the tube of the calyx, abortive iu the fertile flower. 

 Ovary 2-4-celled, the cells 2ovuled. Style thick. Capsule globose, com- 

 monly 3-celled and 3-valved. Seeds 1 - 2 in each cell, enclosed in a fleshy 

 scarlet aril. Embryo in the axis of copious fleshy albumen. — Climbing 

 shrubs, witli alternate leaves, and small greenish flowers in axillary or ter- 

 minal racemes. 



1. C. scandens, L. Leaves oblong-ovate or obovate, acuminate, serrate, 

 smooth ; racemes terminating the branches, nearly simple ; capsule orange- 

 colored. — Woods and banks of streams along the mountains of North 

 Carolina. June. 



6. MAYTENUS, Jus.'*. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx flat, 5 cleft. Petals 5. Stamens .5, very short, 

 inserted with the petals under t!ie edge of the flat circular disk which en- 

 velopes the ovary. Ovary 2 -3-celled, w-ith a solitary erect ovule at tlie base 

 of each cell. Style very short and thick. Stigma 2- 3-lobed. Capsule cori- 

 aceous, 1 -3-celled, loculicidally 2 -.3-valved, yellow within. Seeds 1-3, en- 

 closed in a thin pulpy aril. Embrvo in the axis of thin fleshy albumen. — 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers chiefly in axillary 

 clusters. 



