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CELASTRINE^E. III. EUONYMUS. IV. CELASTRUS. 



tetrandrous ; capsule acutely tetragonal. ^ . S. Native of 

 Java. The shape of the petals is unknown. 

 Sicbold's Spindle-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



26 E. SUBTRIFLORUS (Blum, bijdr. 1147.) spinose ; leaves 

 nearly opposite, oval-lanceolate, acuminated, sharply-serrulated, 

 smooth ; peduncles lateral, 3-flowered at the apex ; flowers 

 tetrandrous ; capsule 4-lobed. f; . G. Native of Japan. 



Somervhat-three-Jlorrercd Spindle- tree. Shrub. 



27 E. THUNBERGIA'NUS (Blum, bijdr. 1147.) leaves nearly 

 opposite, elliptic- oblong, tapering to both ends, sharply-serru- 

 lated, smooth ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered ; flowers tetran- 

 drous ; capsule 4-lobed. J? . G. Native of Japan. Celastrus 

 al&ta, Thunb. fl. jap. 98. Form of petals unknown. 



Thuubcrg's Spindle-tree. Shrub. 



f A doubtful species, which piobably should be excluded from 

 the genus. 



28 E. CHINE'NSIS (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 194.) stem 

 herbaceous, climbing, with tendrils ; leaves cordate, toothlettccl, 

 rough ; peduncles lateral ; petals 5, oblong-ovate ; berry free, 

 ovate, 10-angIed, 1-celled, valveless ; seeds many, covered with 

 aril. I/ . w . G. Native of China, in the suburbs of Canton. 

 Flowers white, pentandrous. 



China Spindle-tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PL cl. 



Cult. The hardy kinds of this genus are well adapted for 

 large shrubberies. They will thrive in any common soil, and 

 are easily increased by seb, which ripen in abundance ; or 

 ripened cuttings, planted in autumn, will readily strike root. 

 Those said to be frame and greenhouse plants will no doubt 

 turn out to be truly hardy. 



IV. CELA'STRUS (from k-,jXa C , celas, the latter season ; the 

 fruit remains on the tree all winter. The Celastros of the 

 Greeks is supposed to be Eu6nymui). Lin. gen. 270. Gsert. 

 fruct. 2. t. 95. D. C. prod. 2. p. 5. Catha, Forsk. descr. p. 

 63. Euonymoides, Mcench. meth. 70. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-lobed. 

 Petals 5, unguiculate. Stamens 5. Ovary small, immersed in 

 a 10-striped disk. Style 1. Stigmas 2-3. Capsule 2-3-valved, 

 bearing a complete or incomplete dissepiment in the middle of 

 each valve. Seed 1, or few, more or less involved in a large 

 fleshy aril. Shrubs with alternate leaves, and many-flowered 

 axillary peduncles, sometimes approximating in terminal panicles. 

 The carpology of many of the species being unknown, the 

 species are arranged here in an artificial manner. 



* Leaves quite entire. 

 African. 



1 C. FIHFO'RMIS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 115.) climbing, 

 smooth ; leaves lanceolate, opposite ; branches filiform, flexu- 

 ous ; flowers axillary, few, almost sessile. ^ . ^. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. Stigma capitate. 



/'V/j/bra-branched Staff-tree. Shrub cl. 



2 C. CMSPUS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 115.) erect, much 

 branched ; ' leaves obovate, obtuse, wavy, smooth ; branchlets 

 pubescent ; flowers axillary, umbellate, hairy. Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



C'z(r?erf-leaved" Staff-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



3 C. OBTUSUS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 116.) erect, smooth; 

 leaves obovate, very blunt, with revolute edges ; panicles axil- 

 lary, tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Panicle 

 simple or dichotomous. Flowers white. 



O&tae-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 C. LAU'RINUS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 116.) erect, smooth; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, blunt, somewhat emarginate, with the 



edges a little revolute ; panicles axillary. T? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Style very short. Leaves 2 inches 

 long. Flowers white. 



Laurel-like^ Staff-tree. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 ft. 



5 C. OI.EOIDES (Lam. ill. no. 2596.) erect, smooth ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, stalked ; petiole short, stem-clasping at 

 the base ; corymbs axillary, few-flowered, subterminal, some of 

 them opposite the leaves, and others axillary. T? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. C. oleifolia, Pers. ench. 1. p. 3X'7. 

 C. oleoides, Sieb. pi. ex sic. cap. no. 93. Flowers white. 



Olive-like Staff-tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 ft. 



C C. PTEROCA'RPUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 5.) erect, smooth ; 

 leaves ovate, somewhat emarginate ; racemes short, axillary ; cap- 

 sules 3-valved, drawn out into 3 vertical toothed wings. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope Burm. afr. t. 97. f. 1. This 

 and the two following species will probably form a distinct genus, 

 on account of their appendiculate fruit. Flowers white. 



Wing-fruited Staff-tree. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 ft. 



7 C. ROSTRA'TUS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 117.) erect, smooth ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, unequal, bluntly acuminated ; panicles or 

 corymbs dichotomous, axillary ; capsules prickly, with unarmed 

 scales. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white. 



Zfrne</-capsuled Staff-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



8 C. TRICUSPIDA'TUS (Lam. ill. no. 2594.) erect, smooth ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, smooth, on short petioles ; racemes 

 axillary, simple, nearly the length of the leaves ; fruit trigonal. 

 Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cassine laevigata, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 652. O'lea Capensis, Buchoz. dec. 6. t. 3. 

 Flowers white. 



Three -pointed-fruited Staff- tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



9 C. LU'CIDUS (Lin. mant. 49.) erect, smooth ; leaves oval or 

 roundish, shining, marginated ; pedicels axillary, crowded, very 

 short ; fruit 3-valved, naked. T? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Lher. stirp. t. 25. Cassine concava, Lam. diet. 1. 

 p. 633. Pluk. aim. t. 280. f. 4. Flowers white. 



Shining -leaved Staff-tree. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1722. Sh. 3 ft. 



10 C. MICROPHY'LLUS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 110.) erect, 

 smooth ; leaves ovate, blunt, approximate ; panicle terminal, 

 dichotomous. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers white. 



Small-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub 2 feet. 



1 1 C. DIFFU'SUS ; much branched, diffuse ; leaves alternate, 

 ovate, almost entire, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous ; flowers axil- 

 lary and terminal, sessile. F? . S. Native of Guinea. Flowers 

 yellowish-green. 



Diffuse Staff-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



12 C. ELLI'PTICUS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 119.) erect, smooth; 

 leaves elliptical, opposite ; panicles simple, axillary. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in woods. Flowers white. 



Elliptical-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



Asiatic. 



13 C. TRI'GYNUS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 391.) erect, smooth; 

 leaves oblong, on short petioles ; flowers in small, axillary, 

 dichotomous, round heads ; nectary of 5 scales ; styles 3. J; . S. 

 Native of the Moluccas. Flowers white ? 



Three-styled Staff-tree. Shrub. 



14 C. VERTICILLA'TUS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 291.) arboreous, 

 smooth; leaves scattered, broad -lanceolate, wavy ; panicle ter- 

 minal, umbelliferous; capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, few-seeded. 

 Ij . F. Native of Nipaul, where it is known by the name of 

 Tibilili. Trunk straight ; the branches and branchlets have a 

 strong tendency to be verticillate, as well as the leaves, which 



