46 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



Sepals and petals white, the latter hooded, and with slender 

 claws. Pedicels also white. Dry hill-sides. 



2. C. OVa'tus, Desf. (C. ovaUs, Bigel.), has the leaves nar- 

 rowly oval or elliptical-lanceolate, finely serrate, and gla- 

 brous or nearly so. The flowers, also, are larger than in 

 No. 1. South-western Ontario. 



ORDER XXYHI. CELASTRA'CEJE. (STAFF-TREE F.) 

 Shrubs with simple stipulate leaves, alternate or opposite, 

 and small regular flowers, the sepals and petals both imbri- 

 cated in the bud. Stamens 4-5, alternate wdth the petals, 

 and inserted on a disk which fills the bottom of the calyx. 

 Pods orange or crimson when ripe. 



Synopsis of the ftenern. 



1. Euon'ymns. Flowers perfect. Sepals 4 or 5, united at the base, 



and forming a flat calyx. Branchlets 4-sided ; leaves opposite. 

 Flowers axillary. 



2. Celas trus. Flowers polygamous. Petals and stamens 5. Calyx 



cup-shaped. Leaves alternate. Flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. EUOJP MIJS, Tourn. SPINDLE-TREE. 



1. E. Ameriea'nus, L., var. obovatus, Torr. and Gray. 



(STRAWBERRY BUSH.) A low, rather straggling shrub, with 

 short- petioled or sessile leaves, the latter ovate or obovate, 

 pointed. Flowers greenish, with the parts generally in 

 fives. Pods rough-warty, depressed, crimson when ripe. 

 Wooded river-banks and low grounds. 



2. E. atropurpu'reus, Jacq. , (BURNING BUSH) occurs at 

 Toronto and westward in Ontario, and may be distinguished 

 from No. 1 by its greater size (4-8 feet high) its long-petioled 

 leaves, purplish flowers, and smooth pods. 



2. CELAS'TRUS, L. STAFF-TREE. 



C. seandens, L. (WAX-WORK. CLIMBING BATTER-SWEET.) 

 A twining smooth shrub, with oblong-ovate, serrate, pointed 

 leaves. Flowers small, greenish, in terminal racemes. 

 Pods orange- coloured. These burst in autumn and display 

 a scarlet pulpy aril, presenting a highly ornamental appear- 

 ance. Twining over bushes on river-banks and in thickets. 



