I08 CELASTRINE^ 



Ord. XXII. Celastrine^. — The Spindle-tree Family 



A rather large and widely distributed Order of trees and 

 shrubs, containing only one British species, and not many others 

 of much interest. They have simple leaves, and small cymose 

 flowers; sepals d^ — 5, united, imbricate ; /^/i?/y and stamens \iO'&i 



Fl.OWER OF E 



u6nymus europ^us {Comvton Swindle-tree). 



equal in number to the sepals ; ovary sunk in the disk, 2 — 5- 

 chambered ; ovules 2 in each chamber ; seeds usually wrapped in 

 a fleshy aril. 



I. Eu6nymus (Spindle-tree). — Trees or shrubs with opposite 

 leaves ; flowers in axillary cymes, with a broad 4 — 5-lobed fleshy 

 disk; fruitd, fleshy 3 — 5-angled capsule, with 3 — 5 chambers and 



