76 ORDER 40. RHAMNACE^E. 



* Le-vs alternate. < Capsule deliiM-i-nt Cells 2-ovitlecl. Vine ....................... CKLASTRU9. t 



<i Cftpnb debiftcent. Cells l-'ovuled. Krect. S. Fla ............. MAYTKXUB. 



11 Drupe dry, 2-relled, 2-spfded. Erect. S. Kla ................... SCHAKFFKRIA. 



Leaves opposite. ~4. Capsule 3-5-celled. Cells 2-ovuIed ............................... EUOXYMUS. 3 



b Drupe 1-celU'd, 1 -iioded (ovary 2-4-t-plled.) S, Fla .............. MYGIXDA. 



1. CELASTRUS, L. STAFF-TREE. Fls. often imperfect. Sep. and pet, 

 5. Disk 5-lobed, bearing the o stamens on its edge. Caps, subglobous, or 3- 

 angled, o-celled. Seeds with an arillus, 1 or 2 in each cell. +> With alter- 

 nate, deciduous Ivs. and minute, deciduous stipules. 



<_', seandenx L. St. twining; Ivs. oblong, acnminatc. serrate: rac. terminal; Howe:* 

 dioecious. Wood?*. 20 lOf. Arilled cd scarlet, persistent in winter. June. 



2. EUONYMUS, Tourn. BURNING BUSH. (/-Ju, good, ov O/UY, name.) 

 Fl. perfect; calyx flat, of 5 (sometimes 4 or (I) united sepals. Corolla flat.., 

 inserted on the outer margin of the broad disk. Stamens 5, with short fila- 

 ments. Caps, colored, 5-angled, 5-celled, 5-valvcd. Seeds wholly invested 

 with a scarlet aril. ^> *> Lvs. opposite, serrate. Flowers purple. 



1 E. atropurpureii* Jacq. Lvs. elliptic-ovate, petiolatc. acuminate, fiuely serrate, 



puberulent beneath ; pcd. compressed, many-flowered : tit*, usually 4-merons ; capsule 

 emooth, lobed. Woods. 4 luf. Fruit crimson. June. Varieties in cultivation have 

 orange-red or even whitish I'ruit. 



2 15. Americanos L. Brandies 4-angled ; Ivs. oval and elliptic-lanceolate, acuuui 



nate. acute, or obtuse, smooth, subseseile ; ped. round, about 3-flowcred : Us. mostly 

 pentainerous ; cups, warty. Woods. 2 5f. Fruit dark red. June. 



/3. ohocalii*. Trailing; Ivs. obovatc, obtusish. petiolate. Ohio. Ac. 



y. ang-wstiritliu*. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, inequilateral, acute at each end. Soijth. 



3 E. Ki'nop.KUS, has smooth, shining, lance-oblong, serrate loaves, the flattened ped 



:{-flo\vercd ; fls. 4-parted. Europe. Not hardy North. ^See Addenda.) 



ORDER XL. KHAMNACE^E. BUCKTHORNS. 



Shrubs or small treex, often spiny, with simple, alternate, stipulate leaves, 

 vriih flowers regular, sometimes apetalous or otherwise imperfect; with the 

 stamens perigynous, as many (4 or 5) as the valvate sepals, alternate with 

 them, and opposite to the petals when they are present, D-isk perigynous. 

 Capsule or drupe with one albuminous seed in each cell. 



* Leaves opposite or Mihopposite, with opposite branches. . . 



a Flowers small, in axillary clusters or umbels. S. Fla .............................. SCUTIA. 



a Flowers minute, spicate, in terminal panicles ........................ .............. SAGKRKTIA. 1 



* Leaves alternate. ft Shrubs climbing by twining. 1'etals sessile ....................... BKRCHKMIA. 2 



I Shrubs climbing by tendrils, i'et. short .......................... GOUANIA. 3 



* Leaves alternate. c Clusters of (white) flowers terminal. Pt. unguiculate ........... OEANOTHUS. 4 



< Clusters axillary. Fet. 4, 5. or 0, on the margin of disk .......... RHAM.NUS. 5 



c ('lusters axillary. Pet. 5, under the 5-lobed disk. S. Fla .......... COLUBRIXA. 



1. SAGERETIA, Brongn. (Named for M. Sageret, a Frcncl 

 *nd yeg. physiologist.) Cah^x 5-cleft. Petals 5, cucullate. Sta. 5. Ovary 

 immersed in the entire disk, with a 3-lobed stigma. Drupe 3-cclled. *> 

 AVith slender branches Fls. in rigid, interrupted spikes. 

 S. inieltauxll Brongn. Branches at length spiny; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, snb- 

 sessile, shining, subent.ire. Sandy coasts. Car, to Fla. Trailing, 0151'. October. 



