58 BOTANY OF LA SALLE COUNTY. 



3 to 5 lanceolate leaflets, these entire or 2 to 3 

 cleft. Marshes, Ap. Ju. Taste peppery. 



Order 25. ILICINEAE. HOLLIES. 

 ILEX. Black Alder, Winter berry. 



I. verticillata. Bark dark, leaves obovate or oval, 

 acute, serrate; flowers small, W., in clusters; 

 M. Ju. 3 to 7 ft. Pruit a scarlet berry. 



Order 26. CELASTRACEAE. STAFF TREES. 

 CELASTRUS. A vine with alternate, serrate leaves. 



C. scandens. Leaves ovate-oblong; acute; flowers 



G. W. in clusters; fruit a 3 angled pod, which 



opening- discloses the scarlet covering 1 of the 



seeds; Ju. In thickets and by fences. 



ENONYMUS. Spindle Tree, Wahoo. Stems square. 



E. atropur pureus. Leaves opposite, petioled, oval- 

 oblong, accuminate; flowers dark P., 3 to 15 ft. 

 Ju. Fruit smooth, 3 to 4 angled. Pi. from which 

 when ripe project the crimson covered seeds. 



E. America nus. Low, erect, or straggling; pods 

 warty. Banks of streams. 



E. America nus, var, obovatus. Trailing with 

 rooting branches, leaves thin, obovate. Deer 

 Park Tp. W. of Starved Rock. 



Order 29. RHAMNACEAE. BUCKTHORNS. 

 RHAMNUS. caryx teeth petals and stamens 4. 



R. cathar tica. A shrub; leaves ovate, serrate; 

 small branches, thorny; flowers small, in clus- 

 ters. Berries black. M. Ju. Bluffs. 

 CEANOTHUS. New Jersey Tea. Red Root. Shrub- 

 by plants. Petals hooded and on slender claws; 

 flowers W. in umbel-like clusters forming a large 

 leafless panicle. 



C. America nus. Leaves ovate, serrate, more or 

 less hairy; 1 to 3 ft. Root dark, R. Ju. J. Bor- 

 ders of woods. Leaves said to have been used 



