XX. CELASTRAVEjE I .EUC/NYMUS, 



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Erect. Leaves oval -or elliptical lanceolate, the uppermost often slightly fal- 

 cate, mostly acuminate, acute or obtuse (rarely subcordate) at the base. (Tor. 

 and Gray, var. a.) Branches slender, green. Leaves 1 in. to 2 in. long, cori- 

 aceous, nearly evergreen in the southern states. Seeds smaller than in E. 

 atropurpureus. The scarlet fruits, according to Pursh, resemble, at a dis- 

 tance, those of ^'rbutus fAiedo. They form a great ornament, he says, to 

 this almost evergreen shrub, and have given rise, in America, to its common 

 name, the burning bush. Of easy culture in moist soil, and a shady situation. 

 Cuttings or seeds. 



& 7. E. HAMILTON/^^I/S Wall. Hamilton's Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Wall. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 403. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. 



Synonyme. E. atropurpureus Wall. Fl. Ind. 2. p. 402. 



Engraving. Our Jig. 209., from a vigorous plant in the Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches smooth, 



terete. Leaves lanceolate, finely 



serrated. Peduncles dichotomous*, 



6-flowered. Flowers tetrandrous. 



Petals 4, lanceolate cordate. Ovary 



4-lobed, 4-celled, each cell con- 

 taining 2 ovules. (Don's Mill.) A 



low tree or shrub. Nepal. Height 



10 ft, to 20 ft. Introduced in 1825. 



Flowers yellowish gre< n ; June 



and July. Fruit ? purple; ripe in 



? October. Decaying leaves and 



naked young wood green. 



A free-growing species, with an 

 erect stem ; the young shoots green ; 

 the leaves large ; bark of the older 

 shoots white. Left to itself, as a 

 standard, it forms a dense fastigiate 

 bush, with numerous suckers; but, 

 trained to a single stem, it would 

 doubtless form a handsome small 

 tree. A plant against the wall, in 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 flowers freely every year ; but has 

 not yet ripened fruit. The plant in 

 the open garden was killed to the ground by the winter of 1837-8, but sprang 

 up again with vigour. In the Liverpool Botanic Garden it 

 was not injured. 



Other Species of ILuonymns. ^.japonicus Thunb. (our 

 '. 210.), and ~E. jap6nicus Joliis variegdtis, E. grzrcraiaefolius 

 oxb., and some other species, are in London gardens ; but 

 they can only be considered as half-hardy. In the Canter- 

 bury Nursery, E. j. foliis variegatis has been found hardier 

 than the species. In the Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 E. japonicus, trained against a wall, was but little injured 

 by the winter of 1837-8. The following species, shortly de- 

 scribed in our first edition, Mr. Don considers as likely to 

 prove " truly hardy ;" some of them are introduced, and are 

 in green- houses : E. grossus Wall., E. micranthus D. Don, 

 E. lucidus D. Don, E. echinatus Wall, E. tingens Wall., 

 E. glaber Roxb., E. fimbriatus Wall., E. indicus Heyne t E. 

 vagans Wall., E. subtrifldrus Blume, E. Thunbergzawwj 

 "*' Blume, E. pendulus Wall., and E. frigidus Wall. 



209. .Euonymus Hamilton* 



