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OKDEKS OF CALYCIFLOK^E. 

 1. CELASTHACEJE (Euonymus Europaeas) Spindle Tree. 



This order consists of shrubs or 

 small trees growing in the 

 temperate regions of most parts 

 of the world, and some of the 

 species, as Celastrus venatus, 

 are said to be poisonous ; the 

 seeds of the South African 

 species are used to express oil 

 from. 



Spindle Tree. 



2. EIIAMNACEJE (Ehamnus catharticus) Buckthorn, 

 (Rhamnus frangula) Black Alder. 



Buckthorn berries afford a juice 

 which, when made into syrup 

 with sugar, is a popular purga- 

 tive medicine ; the juice preci- 

 pitated with lime produces the 

 green pigment known to artists 

 as " sap green." The " French 

 Berries " used as a yellow dye- 

 stuff are procured from a species 

 of E-hamnus. 



Buckthorn. 



