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and very showy ; ripe in September. Decaying leaves reddish. Naked young 

 wood green or reddish green. 



Varieties. 



* & E. e. 2 latifblius Lodd. Cat. has rather broader leaves than the species. 



3f & E. e. 3 foliis variegdlis Lodd. Cat* has variegated leaves, but never 

 looks healthy. 



tfc j* E. e. 4 fructu dlbo Lodd. Cat. has white capsules. 



j E. e. 5 ndnus Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf-growing plant. 



Nos. 2. and 4. of these varieties are, in our opinion, alone worth culti- 

 vating. 



Roots numerous and whitish, forming a dense mass of network, and not 

 extending to a great distance from the stem. The branches are numerous 

 and opposite ; and the wood hard and fine-grained. The leaves and bark 

 are acrid, poisonous, and fetid when bruised. The capsules are of a fine 

 rose colour, except in the white-capsuled variety, and the seeds are each 

 invested with an aril of a fine orange colour. In a state of cultivation the 

 tree attains the height of 30 ft. or upwards, and, though almost entirely neg- 

 lected in pleasure-grounds, it forms a singularly handsome object in autumn, 

 when covered with its ripe fruit. Seeds ; in any common soil not over moist. 



!Sf & 2. E. VERRUCO^SUS Scop. The warted-barked Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 



Identification. Scop. Carn., ed. 2. No. 268. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. 

 Synonymes. E. europas'us leprbsus Lin. ; Fusain galeux, ou 



verruqueux, Fr. ; warziger Spindelbaum, Ger. 

 Engravings. Nouv. Du Ham., 3. t. 8. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 72. ; 



and our fig. 201. 



Spec. Char. t fyc. Branches warted with prominent 



lenticular glands. Leaves ovate, slightly ser- 

 rate. Flowers three on a peduncle. Petals 



ovate. Capsule bluntly 4-cornered. (Dec. 



Prod.} A deciduous shrub or low tree. Austria, 



Hungary, and Carniola. Height 6ft. to 12 ft. 



Introduced in 1763. Flowers purplish brown ; 



May and June. Fruit reddish purple ; ripe 



in September. Decaying leaves reddish green. 



Naked young wood green, with brown and 



white spots. 



A shrub of somewhat fastigiate habit of growth, 

 with rough warty branches. This species is culti- 

 vated in collections chiefly for the singularity of its 

 appearance, being among spindle trees what the 

 warted ash is among ash trees. It ripens seeds, 

 and is readily increased by cuttings. 



201. jEu<5nymus verr 



3. E. LATIFO^LIUS C. Bank. 



The broad-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle 

 Tree. 



Identification. C. Bauh. Pin., 428. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. 

 Synonymes. E. europa^us var. 2. Lin. ; Fusain a larges Feuilles, Fr. ; breitblattriger Spindelbaum, 

 ' Ger. 



Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 289. ; Bot. Mag., 2384. ; the plate of the species in Arb. Brit., 1st 

 edit., vol. v. ; and our Jig. 202. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches smooth.. Leaves broad-ovate, tooth leted. Pe- 

 duncles trichotomous, many-flowered. Petals oval, obtuse. Lobes of capsule 

 acutely angled, wing-formed. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub or low tree. 

 South of France to Tauria, in groves. Height 10ft. to 20 ft. Introduced 

 in 1730. Flowers white, becoming purplish; June and July. Fruit deep 

 red, and very showy ; ripe in September. Decaying leaves purplish red. 

 Naked young wood reddish green, with long pointed green buds, tinged 

 with red. 

 In British gardens, this forms much the handsomest species of the genus, 



