ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 
BRITANNICUM. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER CELASTRA‘CEA. 
Dstincr. Char. Sepals 4—6 : zstivation imbricate. Petals 4—6. Stamens 
4—6, alternate with the petals; opposite the sepals, indistinctly perigynous. 
Ovary superior, free, girded with a fleshy disk, with 2—4 cells: ovules erect, 
rarely pendulous. Fruit capsular, baccate, drupaceous or samarideous. 
Seeds, in most, attended with an aril. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate 
or opposite, stipulate in most. Flowers whitish or greenish, in axillary 
cymes. (Dec. Prod., and Lindl. Introd. to N. S.) Shrubs or low trees, chiefly 
deciduous ; natives of both hemispheres ; chiefly remarkable for the form and 
colours of their fruits; their flowers being neither large nor showy, nor their 
properties valuable in medicine, or general economy. All the species are 
readily increased by layers, by cuttings struck in sand, or by seeds. The 
genera containing hardy species are Euénymus, Celastrus, and Nemopanthes : 
the half-hardy species are included in Maytenus, Cassine, and Hartogia. The 
genus J‘lex was formerly included in this order, and is still so in De Can- 
dolle’s Prodromus, Don’s Miller, Royle’s Illustrations, and various other 
works, being made a tribe under the name of Aquifoliacew. As this tribe 
was elevated to the rank of an order, by Dr. Lindley, in his Key, we have 
followed that as an authority. 
Evo’nymus Tourn. Sexes mostly hermaphrodite. Calyx 4—6-lobed, covered 
with a peltate disk. Petals 4—6, inserted into the disk. Stamens 4—6, 
inserted into rather prominent glands above the disk. Fruit a dehiscent 
capsule, of 3—5 cells. Seed with an aril. Leaves mostly opposite. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 3.) 
Cexa’stRUs L. Sexes mostly hermaphrodite. Calyx minute, 5-lobed, Petals 
5. Ovary small, immersed in a disk, that is marked with 10 longitudinal 
lines. Frutit a dehiscent capsule of 2—3 cells. Seed with an aril. Leaves 
alternate. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 3.) 
Nemopa’nTHES Rafin. Sexes polygamous or dicecious. Calyx minute. Petals 
5. Ovary hemispherical, covered with a clammy juice or pulp. Fruit an 
indehiscent berry, that is roundish, and of 3—4. cells, and 3—4 seeds. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 17.) 
MA‘ YTENUS Feuillée. Sexes polygamous. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 5. 
Ovary surrounded by a fleshy disk. Fruit dehiscent. Capsule of 1—4 cells. 
Seeds few, in the bottom of the cells, each with an aril. Leaves alternate. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 9.) 
CAss'NE L, Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx minute, 4—5-parted. Petals 5. 
Fruit an almost dry drupe; its nut indehiscent, slender, of 3 cells, and 3 
seeds, each pendulous from the top of a cell. Leaves opposite. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 11.) 
Harro‘e14 Thunb. Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx 4—5-cleft. Petals 4—5. 
Stamens 4—5. Fruit a dry drupe; its nut indehiscent, ovate, of 2 cells, 
and 2 seeds. Leaves opposite. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 12.) 
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