500 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART IJ. 
edges of swamps; introduced 
in 1686. The flowers appear 
in June and July: they are 
yellow, tinged with red, and 
are succeeded by scarlet fruits 
which, according to Pursh, re- { 
semble, at a distance, those of 
A’rbutus U‘nedo. They are 
a gre at ornament, he says, to 
this almost evergreen shrub, @ 
and have given rise, in Ame- * 
rica, to its common name, the 
burning bush. Plants of this 
species are in the arboretums 
of the London Horticultural 


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Society and the Messrs. Loddiges, but not in a thriving state, for wan 
of moisture and shade. Price of plants, at New York, 15 cents, and of 
seeds 1 dollar a quart. 
x 7. E. sarmento'sus Nutt. The trailing-stemmed Euonymus, or Spindle 
Lree. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155. 5 Don’s Mill., 2. p. 5. 
Synonymes. E. scandens Hort.; £. americanus var. sarmentosus Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4 
Spec. Char., &c. Chiefly distinguished from the last by its having a trailing stem that is prone to 
emit roots into the soil. It inhabits shady woods in Virginia and Carolina. (Dec. Prod., i. p. 4.) 
Introduced in 1824. : 
8. E. opova‘rus Nutt. The obovate-/eaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 5. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem prostrate, rooting. Shoots upright, with 4 blunt 
angles. Leaves broadly obovate, obtuse, almost sessile, sawed, with acute 
fine teeth. Flowers 3 upon a peduncle. Calyxes inflated.” Anthers sessile. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p.4.) A trailing shrub, a native of Pennsylvania, in marshes, 
between Franklin and Waterford ; introduced in 1820, and flowering in 
June and July. The plant of this species in the garden of the London 
Horticultural Society was, in 1834, 1 ft. in height, and covered a circle of 
10 ft. in diameter. We have not observed the name in any nurseryman’s 
catalogue. 
% 9, E. ancustiro‘tius Ph, The narrow-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle 
Tree. 
Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 168; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 5. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth, Leaves either oblong-elliptical or linear- 
elliptical, somewhat falcate, almost entire, almost sessile. Flowers mostly 
1 on a peduncle, unequally 5-cleft. Capsules echinately warted. Allied to 
E. americanus. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) _A deciduous shrub, of 6 ft. or 7 ft. 
in height ; a native of North America, in Georgia, in shady woods. Intro- 
duced in 1806. Its flowers and fruit resemble those of EH. americanus ; 
and, though nearly related to it, Lyon, its discoverer, was informed by 
Pursh, that, when propagated by seeds, it retains its distinctive character. 
Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1s. 6d. each; at New York, 1 dollar. 
* 10. FE, Hamittonz4\nus Wall. Hamilton’s Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 
Identification. Wall. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 403.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 4 
Synonyme. EE. atropurpdreus Wail. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 402. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth, terete. Leaves lanceolate, finely serrated. 
Peduncles dichotomous, 6-flowered. Flowers tetrandrous. Petals 4, 
lanceolate cordate. Ovary 4-lobed, 4-celled, each cell containing 2 ovules. 
(Don’s Mill., ii. p. 4.) A shrub or low tree, a native of Nepal, where it grows 
to the height of 20 ft., with an erect trunk and spreading branchlets. It was 
