CHAP. XXXIII.  CELASTRACEX. EUO’NYMUS. 4.99 
or trees; so that it is never allowed a chance of attaining either its full size 
or its proper shape. Notwithstanding this, at Purser’s Cross, and in the 
arboretum at Kew, it is 15 ft. high. If treated as a tree, placed by itself on 
a lawn, it would form one of the very handsomest small trees that we 
possess during summer, from its fine broad shining leaves ; and one of great 
singularity and beauty in autumn, when covered with its brilliant scarlet 
fruits. It appears much less liable to be attacked by insects than the common 
species, or than LZ. verrucdsus, as may be seen in Loddiges’s arboretum, 
where all the species and varieties are placed together ; and where £. lati- 
folius always appears with leaves uninjured; while the other species and 
varieties are sometimes almost entirely without leaves, from the ravages of 
caterpillars. Like the other species, Z. latifolius may be propagated in 
abundance by seeds, or by cuttings, either of the young or of the ripened 
wood. Plants, in London, are Is. 6d. each; at Bollwyller, 1 frane 50 
cents; and at New York, ?. 
% 4, E. na‘nus Bieb. The dwarf Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 
Identification. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., p. 160. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4.3; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 4 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth, somewhat herbaceous. Leaves lanceolate, 
entire, nearly opposite. Flowers 4-cleft, from 1 to 3 on a peduncle. A 
subshrub, with the aspect of the widow wail (Cneorum tricéccum), and a 
native of northern Caucasus. The fruit is not known; hence the species 
may not be of the genus Eudnymus. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) 
% 5. E. arropurpu’reus Jacg. The dark-purple-flowered Euonymus, or 
Spindle Tree. 
Identification. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 2.; Ph. Fl, Am. Sept., 1. p. 168.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4.; Don’s Mill., 
2. p. 5. 
fel nae E. caroliniénsis Marsh. Arb. Amer., No. 1.; and, probably, £. latifolius Marsh. Arb. Amer., 
0. 2 
Engravings. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 2. t. 120.; Schmidt Arb,, t. 73.; and our fig. 167. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth. Leaves 
stalked, lanceolate, sawed. Flowers many 
upon a peduncle; the peduncle compressed. 
Petals orbiculate. Capsules angulately fur- 
rowed, smooth. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A 
native of N. America, from New York to Ca- 
rolina, on the banks of rivulets. Introduced 
in 1756, and producing its dark purple flowers 
in June and July, which are succeeded by red 
fruit. This and the other American species 
of Euénymus are rarely found in a thriving 
state in Britain: as it appears to us, from not 
being planted in moist shady situations, and in 
peat or sandy soil. The plant in the London 
Horticultural Society’s Garden, named £. 
atropurptreus, was, in 1834, 3 ft. high, after ‘ 
being 6 years planted. Plants, in the London 
nurseries, are 1s. 6d. each; at Bollwyller, 1 franc; and at New York, 
25 cents. 
% 6. E. america‘nus L. The American Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 
Identification. Lin, Sp., 286.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4.; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 5. 
Synonymes. FE. sempervirens Marsh, ; E£. alternifolius Manch; the Burning Bush, Amer. 
Engravings. Nouv. Du Ham., 3. t. 9.; Pluk. Alm., t. 150., fig. 5.; Schmidt Arb., t.75.; our 
Jig. rf representing the plant in flower; and fig. 169, representing it in seed, with the warty 
capsule. 

Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth. Leaves almost sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, 
sawed. Flowers 1 to 3 ona peduncle. Petals sub-orbiculate. Capsule 
echinately warty. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A sub-evergreen shrub, growing 
to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft.; a native of North America, from New 
England to Carolina, in hedges and shady woods, among rocks, and on the 
MM 3 
