EVONYMUS 



EVONYMUS 



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branches: Ivs. linear or linear-oblong, mucronulate, 

 entire or remotely denticulate and revolute at the 

 margins, J^-l^ in. long: fls. slender-peduncled, pur- 

 plish: caps, deeply 4-lobed, pink; seed brown, not 

 wholly covered by the orange aril. May, June; fr. 

 Aug. W. Asia to W. China. Handsome shrub for 

 rockeries and rocky slopes; forming a graceful, pendu- 

 lous, standard tree if grafted high on E. europsea. Fr. 

 ripens in Aug., earliest of all species. Var. Koopmannii, 

 Beissn. (E. Kodpmannii, Lauche). Lvs. larger and 

 broader. 



6. europsfea, Linn. (E. vulgaris, Mill.). Fig. 1465. 

 Erect shrub or sometimes small tree, to 20 ft.: Ivs. 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, crenately ser- 

 rate, \%-2 l /2 in. long: fls. yellowish, in few-fld. cymes: 

 caps. 4-lobed, usually pink. May. Eu. to E. Asia. 

 B.B. (ed. 2) 2:492. H.W. 



3, p. 53. Varying with 

 narrower and broader 

 Ivs. There are also sev- 

 eral varieties with varie- 

 gated Ivs. and some with 

 frs. of different colors, 

 as var. atr6rubens, 

 Rehd. (E. vulgaris var. 

 atrorubens, Schneid. E. 

 europsea fr. atropurpureo, 

 Hort.), with deep purple 

 frs.; var. leucocarpa, 

 DC. (E. europasafr. dlbo, 

 Hort.), with whitish frs., 

 and var. atropurpvlrea, 

 Arb. Kew, with rather 

 narrow purplish Ivs. 

 Var. nana, Lodd., is a 

 dwarf, dense, and strictly 

 upright form with elliptic 

 to elliptic-lanceolate Ivs. 

 1-1^2 in., or on vigorous 

 shoots, to 2^4 in. long: 

 it hardly ever flowers 

 and is tenderer than the 

 type. 



FF. The caps, with winged 

 lobes: Ivs. broad. 



7. latifolia, Scop. 

 Shrub or small tree, to 

 20 ft. : winter-buds elon- 

 gated, acute, about J^in. 

 long: Ivs. obovate-ob- 

 long, acuminate, cre- 

 nately serrate, 2-4 in. 

 long: fls. yellowish, often 

 5-merous, in slender- 

 peduncled, rather many- 

 fld. cymes: caps, pink, 

 large, with winged lobes. 

 May, June; fr. Sept. 



S. Eu., W. Asia. B.M. 2384. Gn. 39, p. 213. 



1466. Evonymus radicans. 



Gt. 



53, p. 30. G. 4:235. H.W. 3, p. 54. F.S.R. 3, p. 29. 

 A very decorative species, with handsome foliage and 

 large pendulous frs. 



8. sanguinea, Loes. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: 

 winter-buds elongated, acute: branchlets nearly terete: 

 Ivs. broadly oval or ovate to elliptic-ovate, acute, 

 broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, densely fim- 

 briate-serrulate, dull green above, paler below and 

 slightly reticulate, l%-4 in. long: cymes lax, long-pe- 

 duncled; fls. usually 4-merous: fr. purple, slightly lobed, 

 4-winged, the wings ^-M m - long; aril orange, entirely 

 covering the black seed. June; fr. Sept. Cent, and VV. 

 China. Var. brevipedunculata, Loes. Peduncles about 

 1 in. long. W. China. Var. camptoneftra, Loes. Lvs. oval 

 or ovate to elliptic-ovate, veins curved (broader in the 

 type and veins nearly straight). Cent, and W. China. 



EB. Anthers purple. 



p. Fls. purple. 



9. atropurpiirea, Jacq. (E. americana, Hort.). BURN- 

 ING BUSH. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: Ivs. elliptic, 

 acuminate, obtusely serrate, pubescent beneath, lJ^-5 

 in. long: fls. purple, in slender-peduncled, many-fld. 

 cymes: caps, deeply 3-4-lobed, scarlet. June; fr. Oct. 

 E. N. Amer., west to Mont. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:491. 



FP. Fls. yellowish or whitish. 



G. Petioles one-fifth to one-sixth as long as the If.; Iva. 

 acute or gradually acuminate: fr. pink. 



H. Lvs. oblong to ovate-oblong, broadest about or below 

 the middle. 



10. Maackii, Rupr. (E. Hamiltonidna, Dipp., not 

 Wall.). Large shrub or 

 small tree, glabrous : Ivs. 

 elliptic -oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, gradually nar- 

 rowed toward the base, 

 serrulate, 2-3 in. long 

 and %-l}4 in. broad: 

 cymes small, about %in. 

 across: fr. pink, 4-lobed, 

 about J^in. across; aril 

 orange-red, usually 

 closed, rarely slightly 

 opened at the apex. 

 June: fr. Sept. N. E. 

 Asia. 



11. hians, Koehne. 

 Large shrub: Ivs. ovate- 

 oblong, short-acuminate, 

 rounded or broadly cune- 

 ate at the base, serrulate, 

 2^-4Ji in. long and 

 1-1% in. broad: cymes 

 rather long - stalked, 

 small; stamens with 

 very short filaments: fr. 

 pink, turbinate, deeply 

 4-lobed, ^jin. across; aril 

 blood-red, open at the 

 apex and disclosing the 

 blood-red seed. June; 

 fr. Sept. Japan. S.I.F. 

 2:39 (asE. europsea). 



HH. Lvs. generally obovate 

 or obovate-oblong, to 

 2% in. broad. 



12. yedoensis, Koehne 

 (E. Sieboldiana, Rehd., 

 not Blume). Large 

 shrub: Ivs. usually ob- 

 ovate, sometimes ellip- 

 tic, broadly cuneate at 



the base, abruptly acuminate, serrulate, 2-5 in. long 

 and \}4riyt m. broad: cymes long-stalked, rather 

 dense and many-fld.: fr. pink, deeply 4-lobed, J^in. 

 across; aril orange, usually closed. June; fr. Sept. 

 Japan. Gt. 53, p. 31. S.T.S. 1:62. F.E. 31:125. Var. 

 calocarpa, Koehne. Fr. bright carmine. Var. Koehne- 

 ana, Loes. Lvs. hairy on the veins below. Cent. China. 



GG. Petioles usually a third to a fourth as long as the If.; 

 Ivs. abruptly long-acuminate: fr. pale yellowish or 

 pinkish white. 



13. Bungeana, Maxim. Shrub, to 15 ft., with slender 

 branches: TVS. slender-petioled, ovate-elliptic or ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, long-acuminate, finely serrate, 2-4 in. 

 long: fls. in rather few-fld. but numerous cymes: fr. 

 deeply 4-lobed and 4-angled; seeds white or pinkish, 

 with orange aril. June; fr. Sept., Oct. China, Man- 



