SPINDLE-TREE TRIBE. 



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most remarkable for its pink lobed seed-vessels, which, 

 in autumn, render the tree a conspicuous object. One 

 species of Celastms (the genus from which the order 

 takes its name) is said to iiinict very painful wounds. 



FRUIT OF EudNYMUs EUR.op.fEus (Common Spindle-Tree). 



The English name, Spindle-tree, is derived from the use 

 made of its very compact wood. 



