99S PENTANDRIA MONOGYNlA. 



etilatis, glabris ; racemis 1 clustered, glabrous ; ra- 

 cor>mIjosis, terminalibiis, cemes corymbose, termi- 



E. 



nal. 



Mich. 1. p. 154. Pursh, 1. p. 167. 



Stems many from each root, 1—2 feet hi^h, branches long, slender 

 but straight, all smooth and yellow- Leaves very small, clustered, 

 glabrous, 3 nerved, ob vate, sometimes, when young, sparingly tooth- 

 ed. Racemes simple, clustered, resembling corymbs. 



Roots^ as in all of the species, very large. 



, Grows in dry pine barrens, in Chatham county, Georgia, common. 

 Flowers early in April. 



EUONYMUa Gen. pl. 373. 



Corolla 5-petala. Cap- | Corolla 3 petallcd. 

 sula 5-gona, 3— .5-Iocli- Capsule 5 angled, 3—5 

 larls,3..5-valvis,colorata. I celled, 3— .5 valved, col- 

 Semina calyptrata. j cured. Seed veiled. 



i, A.UEHICANUS. 



E. ramis 4.angu]atis ; I Branches 4 angled ; 



foliis ellipt 



ellipt 



acutis, serratis ; pedun j acute, serrate; peduncles 



culis subtriflojis ; floribus [ generally 3 flowered 5 



omnibus o-fidis ; ft ucti- | flowers all 5-cleft ; fruit 



bus verrucoso-rnuricatis. J roughened, warty 

 Pursh, I. p. 168. 



Sp.pl. 1. p. 1132. Walt. p. 102. Mich. 1. p. 155. 



• *^=^'Y"V"~f ^^^* '"S^' terete, glabrous, branches opposite, brach=- 

 laf e ? slender, finely furrowed. Uaves oblono;, acute, opposite, nearly 

 sessile, somewhat cordate ; penducles axillary. Ca'vJ- verv small, 

 5 i>&rted, Fetals expanding, flat, obovate, small, green, tinged with 

 purple, btamens shorter than the corolla. Capsule rou^h, succulent. 

 ^eed 1 m each cell covered with a rough scajlet coat ? resembling a 

 berry, adhenng to the capsules after thty expand. 



^Trows in rich, damp soils. Ornaniental when the fruit is mature. 



*iowers April— May. Strawberry tree. Spindle tree. 



S. ANGUSTIF014IUS. Lyon. 

 E. rands 4 angulatis ; I Branches 4 angled ; 

 iolu8lineari.elllptids,sub. Icav^es linear elliptic. 







