C E L 



C E L 



It belongs to the class and order Pentamh in 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 



The characters are : thai the calyx is a mono- 

 phyllous campanulate periantliium, very small, 

 five-toothed, and withering: the corolla is fun- 

 nel-forni, pentapetalous; the tube bellied below: 

 the petals linear-oblong, obtuse, erect, adjonied 

 to the receptacle at one-third beneath: the sta- 

 mina consist of five subulate filaments seated on 

 the receptacle, shorter than the corolla: the 

 anthers are oblong, bent outwards at the tip : 

 the pislillum is a receptjiele proper five-cornered : 

 germ globular: style cylindric, - length of the 

 corolla: stigma headed, depressed : the pericar- 

 pium is a superior woody capsule, roundish, 

 five-celled, five-valved; valves deciduous. 



The species cultivated is C. odorala, Barba- 

 does Bastard Cedar. 



In its native situation it rises with a straight 

 stem to the height of seventy ftet or more, but 

 is small in this climate. While young the bark 

 is smooth, and of an ash-colour; but, as it ad- 

 vances, becomes rough and of a darker colour: 

 toward the top it shoots out many side branches, 

 garnished with winged leaves, composed of six- 

 teen or eighteen pair of leaflets, sometimes near 

 three feet Ions', and of a pale colour, emitting a 

 rank odour in the summer season: the fruit is 

 oval, about the size of a partridge's egg, smooth, 

 and of a very dark colour. It is a naUve of the 

 West Indies. 



Culture. — In this plantitis effected by sowing 

 •the seeds, obtained from abroad, in the autumn 

 or sprino- months, in small pots lllled with a light 

 earth, plunging them in a hotbed. When the 

 plants are of sufficient growth they should be 

 removed with care into other small pots sepa- 

 ratelv, and placed in the bark-bed, being after- 

 ward's managed as others of the woody stove 

 kind. 



CELASTRUS, a genus comprehending plants 

 of the evctgreen and deciduous shrubby kinds, 

 for the greenhouse. 



It beloncfs to the class and order Penfandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Dumosd. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium,half-five-cleft,ilat, small; di- 

 visions obtuse, unequal : the corolla consists of 

 five ovate petals, spreading, sessile, equal, re- 

 flected at the borders : the stamina consist of 

 five subulate filaments, the length of the corolla: 

 the anthers are very small : the pistillum is a 

 very small germ, immersed in a large'flat recep- 

 tacle, which is marked with ten streaks: style 

 subulate, shorter than the stamens : stigma ob- 

 tuse, trifid: the pericarpium is a coloured cap- 



sule, ovate, obtusely triangular, gibbous, trilo- 

 cular, trivalvular: the seeds are few, ovate, co- 

 loured, smooth, half involved in an unequal 

 coloured arillus with a four-cleft mouth. 



The species most generally cultivated are: 1. 

 C. InJIulus, Studded or Kvergreen Virginia 

 Staff-Tree : 2. C. scandens. Climbing Staff-Tree, 

 or Bastard Euonymns; 3. C. pj/racuirtlnn, Py- 

 racantha-leavcd Staff-Tree, or Ethiopian Box- 

 Thorn ; 4. C. hux'ifolius, Box-leaved Staff-Tree. 



There are other species that deserve cultiva- 

 tion. 



The first in its native situation rises to the 

 height of eight or ten feet, but in this climate 

 few of these shrubs are much more than half 

 that height. It generally puts out two or three 

 stems from the root, which divide upward into 

 several branches covered with a brown bark : 

 the leaves are near three inches long and two 

 broad, placed alternately on the branches : the 

 flowers come out in loose spikes at the end of 

 the branches, and are white : the capsule is of a 

 scarlet colour, set full of small protuberances. 

 It flowers in July, but seldom produces good 

 seeds here. It is a native of Virginia. 



The second species sends out several woody 

 stalks, which are flexible, and twist themselves 

 round trees and shrubs, or round each other, to 

 the height of twelve and fourteen feet or more, 

 girding trees so closely as in a few years to de- 

 stroy them. The leaves are about three inches 

 long, and near two broad, serrate, alternate, 

 of a lively green above, but paler on their under 

 side, havinsi several transverse nerves : the 

 flowers are produced in small bunches towards 

 the ends of the branches ; are of an herbaceous 

 colour, and succeeded by roundish three-cor- 

 nered capsules, which are red when ripe, spread- 

 ing open, and disclosing their seeds in the same 

 manner as the spindle-tree. It flowers in the 

 beginning of June, and ripens seeds in autumn. 

 It IS a native of North America. 



The third rises with an irregular stalk three or 

 four feet high, sending out several side branches 

 covered with brown bark : the leaves are about 

 two inches long, and more than half an inch 

 broad, some pointed and others obtuse ; they 

 are stiff, of a lucid green, coming out irregularly 

 from the branches, and continuing green through 

 the year: the flowers are produced from the 

 sides of the branches in loose tufts, many from 

 one point, on long peduncles, and of an her- 

 baceous white colour : the fruit is of a fine red 

 colour, opening into three cells, containing an 

 oblong hard seed. It is a native of the Cape, 

 flowering the greatest part of the summer. 



The fourth rises with a slender woody stalk 

 to the height of ten or twelve feet, covered with 



