549 



serted into the receptacle, whereas in Callicarpa they are 

 attached to the tube of the monopetalous corolla." These 

 genera have since been united by the author himself. 



" Euonymus is so nearly allied to Tomex, as scarcely 

 to be distinguishable, except by having a capsule instead 

 of a berry. Its seeds moreover have a pulpy tunic." 



" Celastrus, though differing from Euonymus in having 

 alternate leaves, is so much akin to that genus, as to 

 have been called Euonymus by all systematic writers. 

 Yet its fruit differs in number and proportion from Euo- 

 nymus, just as Peganum does from Ruta. The tunic of 

 the seeds however, though not pulpy, confirms the affinity 

 to which we allude. Some botanists, especially the 

 French, are unwilling to admit plants with opposite leaves 

 and alternate ones into the same natural order, and they 

 are right; yet this character is not absolute, for such a 

 difference often occurs in one and the same genus." 



" Viburnum and Cassine come so near together, that 

 there is rather a question respecting the distinction of the 

 genera themselves, than of their natural order. Cassine 

 has three seeds, Viburnum one, which seems two com- 

 bined. The former is akin to Sambucus, and, like that 

 genus, emetic in quality. Concerning the affinity of Vi- 

 burnum to Ilex and Callicarpa, any person, who considers 

 their fructification and habit, can have no doubt. Thus 

 far therefore the matter is clear." 



" Sambucus may excite some mistrust, because of its 

 inferior fruit; yet this is the case in Phylica, about which 

 nobody has ever doubted. The leaves, aspect, and sti- 

 pulas indeed seem to indicate something extraneous, and 

 leave us in uncertainty." 



"So Rhus has much the same sort of fructification, 

 and a berry with one seed ; as well as the closest affinity 

 to Sambucus, insomuch that if Sambucus be kept in this 

 order, Rhus must accompany it. So also must the sister 

 shrubs Schinus and Fagara." 



"The Dumosa all agree in malignant qualities. They 



