Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



151. Burning-bush. Waahoo. (Euonymus atropurpureus.) 

 Leaf: 2-5', simple, opposite, serrate, long-oval, variable, 

 rather long stem. Flower: p., dark purple, small (petals and 

 stamens usually 4), 3-6-clustered, lateral, on long stems ; June ; 

 showy in fall, with crimson seeds exposed. New York to Wis- 

 consin, and south ; 6°-i4° high ; cultivated. 



152. Strawberry Busho (Euonymus americanus.) 

 Leaf: 1-2', simple, opposite, serrate, oval, very short stem, 

 bright green, thickish. Flower : p., greenish-purple or green- 

 ish, small (petals and stamens commonly 5), in small, lateral clus- 

 ters ; June ; fruit crimson. New York to Illinois, and south, 

 near water ; 2°-^° high. 



153. False Indigo. (Amorpha fruticosa.) 



Leaf : pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 15-25, i' long, entire, oval, 

 small-dotted. Flower : purple or violet {one petal only, sur- 

 rounding 10 stamens), in crowded, erect, spike-like racemes ; June. 

 South Pennsylvania, south and west ; 6°-i6° high. (PI. VIII.) 



154. Lead-plant. (Amorpha canescens.) 



Leaf : as in 153, but leaflets, 31-51, small ; whole plant ivhitish- 

 hairy. Flower: as in 153, but blue; July. Michigan and 

 Wisconsin ; i°-4° high. 



155. Shrub Yellow-root. (Xanthorhiza apiifolia.) 

 Leaf : pinnate or twice pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 3-5, 2'-3' 

 long, serrate, sometimes lobed, ovate with wedge-shaped base, 

 stemless. Flower: p., brownish-purple (petals 5, smaller than 

 the sepals, stamens 5-10), in drooping panicles or racemes, in early 

 spring with the leaves ; roots and bark yellow. In Southwestern 

 New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and southward in moun- 

 tains ; i°-3° high'. (PI. VIII.) 



156. Oil-nut. BufFalo-nut. (Pyrularia pubera.) 



Leaf : 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire, elliptical, very veiny. 



Flower : greenish, small (no corolla, calyx 5-lobed, stamens 5), 



in small terminal spikes ; May ; fruit pear-shaped, i' long. 



Pennsylvania and south, in mountains ; 3°-i2° high. 



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