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lated; peduncles about o-flowered; flowers 5-petalled; 

 fruit scabrous — Leaves somewhat shinmg-, and remarka- 

 ble for tlieir opacity; fruit of tlie usual brilliant colours; 

 theca bursting from the centre. — Generally in shady 

 moist forests, among-st rocks. The singular habit of this 

 plant almost indicates a specific distinction, for the pre- 

 sent, however, I cannot consider it as any thing- more 

 than a permanent variety. 



2.* obovatiis Stem prostrate radicant; surculi erect, 

 obtusely quadrangular, marked with 4 distinct lines; 

 bark and calix inflated, leaves broad obovate, obtuse, 

 acute at the base, subsessile, margin acutely serrulate, 

 flat; peduncles 3-flowered; stamina 4 and 5. — A very 

 distinct, species, though proximately allied to E. ameri- 

 canus. Obs Stem about a foot high, nearly simple, or with 

 a few short and opposite branches appearing truncated 

 at their extremities, by the inflation of tiie bark; leaves 

 nearly opaque, cuneate-obovate, often dilated so as to ap- 

 pear nearly as broad as long, margin finely and acutely 

 seiTulate, serratures and nerves on the upper side mi- 

 nutely hispid (seen through a lens), marginal nerves of 

 the petiole decurrent on the stem, forming the sole 

 ligatures of attachment bet'vixt the inflated bark and the 

 wood; calix inflated, nearly entire, or crenate, membra- 

 naceous; petals 4 and 5, roundish, green, with a tinge of 

 purple; anthers sessile. I have not seen the fruit. — Hab. 

 In- shady fir swamps betwixt' Franklin and Waterford, 

 Pennsylvania. Flowering in June. 



•3. angustif(jUvs. 4 afropurpureus- Theca smooth, 

 opening marginally. 



Of this genus there are 2 other species in Japan, and 3 

 in Europe. 



31. CELASTRUS. L. (Staff-tree.) 



Calix 5 lobed. Corolla 5-petalled. Stamina 

 situated around a 5-tootlied glandulous disk. 

 Style thick, perforate; Stigmas 3. Capsule (the- 

 ca) 3-sided, 3-celled, S-valved, valves septife- 

 rous in the centre; cells 1 or 2-seeded. Seeds 

 semiarillate, arillus 4-cleft. 



Small trees or shrubs, erect or scandent, unarmed, or 

 spiny; leaves alternate, entire, minutely stipulate, sti- 

 pules sometimes divided; peduncles solitary or aggre- 

 gated 1-flowered, also racemose, paniculate'or c^mose, 

 axillary or terminal. Some of the species are polygamous- 

 dioicous. (Two or three genera are probably confounded 

 in Cel(isStnis'). 



