394 5 CELASTRACEAE. [Vor. II. 
serted beneath the 4~5-lobed disk. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the disk. Ovary 3-5 celled; 
style short or none; stigma 3-5-lobed. Capsule 3~-5-celled, 3-5-lobed, angular, rounded or 
winged, the cavities 1-2 seeded, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds enclosed in the red aril. 
About 65 species, of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, 2 others occur in California. 
Pods tuberculate; low shrubs; flowers greenish pink. 
Erect or ascending; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 1. E. Americanus. 
Decumbent, rooting at the nodes; leaves obovate, obtuse. 2. E. obovaltus. 
Pods smooth; high shrubs. 
Flowers purple; cymes 6-15-flowered. 3. £. alropurpureus. 
Flowers greenish yellow; cymes 3-7-flowered. 4. E£. Europaeus. 
1. Euonymus Americanus L. Straw- 
berry Bush. (Fig. 2365.) 
Euonymus Americanus I,. Sp. Pl. 197. 1753. 
A shrub, 2°-8° high, with 4-angled and ash- 
colored twigs, divaricately branching. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, thick, 
1}4/-3/ long, 4’-1’ wide, acuminate at the apex, 
acute or obtuse at the base, nearly sessile, crenu- 
late, glabrous, or sparingly hairy on the veins be- 
neath; peduncles 6’/-12’’ long, very slender, 1-3- 
flowered; flowers greenish, 5’/-6’’ broad; petals 
separated, the blade nearly orbicular, erose or 
undulate, the claw short; capsule slightly 3-5- 
lobed, not angular, depressed, tuberculate. 
In low woods, southern New York to Florida, Ar- 
kansasand Texas. June. Calledalso Burning Bush. 
2. Euonymus obovatus Nutt. Run- 
ning Strawberry Bush. (Fig. 2366. ) 
Luonymus obovalus Nutt. Gen. 1:155. 1818. 
Euonymus Americanus var. obovatus T. & G.; 
A. Gray, Gen. 2: 188. 1849. 
A low decumbent shrub, seldom rising over a 
foot from the ground, branching, rooting from 
the prostrate twigs. Branches 4-angled or 
slightly winged; leaves obovate or elliptic-ob- 
ovate, rather thin, mostly acute or cuneate at 
the base, obtuse at the apex, finely crenulate- 
serrulate, 1/-2’ long, %/-134’ wide, glabrous; 
petioles 1//-2’’ long; peduncles 1-4-flowered; 
flowers greenish, smaller than in the preced- 
ing species, about 3’’ broad; petals generally 
5, nearly orbicular, crenulate or erose, close 
together or even slightly overlapping, with 
scarcely any claw; capsule commonly 3-celled, 
slightly lobed, depressed, tuberculate. 
In low woods, southern Ontario to Pennsylvania, 
northern New Jersey (?), Indiana and Kentucky. .\ 
Blooms earlier than Z. Americanus. April-May. SS) \/ 
3. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. 
Burning Bush. Wahoo. (Fig. 2367.) 
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Hort. Vind- 
2:5. ph rao. T772. 
A shrub or small tree, 6°-25° high. Twigs 
obtusely 4-angled; leaves ovate-oblong or 
elliptic, 114/-5’ long, 1/-2'%4’ wide, acumin- 
ate at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base, 
puberulent, especially beneath, crenulate- 
serrulate, rather thin; petioles 4//-8’’ long; 
peduncles very slender, 1-2’ long, bearing 
atrichotomous 5-15-flowered cyme; pedicels 
3//-6’’ long; flowers purple, 5’/-6’’ broad; 
petals commonly 4, obovate, undulate; cap- 
sule smooth, deeply 3-4-lobed, 6’’-8’” broad. 
Ontario to Florida, Montana and the Indian 
Territory. Wood nearly white; weight per cu- 
bic foot 41 lbs. Called also Indian Arrow. June. 
