EUONYMUS 543 



furnished with a wing in. long, the whole fruit nearly i in. wide, red, showing 

 when split the yellow-coated seed. 



Native of Central and Western China, introduced by Wilson in 1900. 

 It appears to be closely allied to E. latifolius, which is, however, distinct in its 

 larger, thinner leaves, more often five-parted flowers, larger fruits with shorter 

 wings, and longer winter buds. (See also E. planipes.) It appears to be 

 quite hardy. 



E. SEMIPERSISTENS, Sprague. 



(E. Hamiltonianus var. semipersistens, Rehder.} 



A semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, 15 ft. or more high, not downy in an 

 part. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes oval, 2 to 5^ ins. long, I to 2 

 ins. wide, broadly wedge-shaped at the base, drawn out at the apex into a slender 

 tail-like point, finely toothed ; stalk \ to i in. long. Flowers four-parted, in. 

 across, the anthers purple, produced i during July in three- to twelve-flowered 

 cymes. Fruit bright pink, f in. wide, four-lobed, indented at the top, tapering 

 towards the base, the lobes rounded. 



Native of China ; long cultivated in England as E. Sieboldianus (which is 

 probably not introduced). It is more closely allied to, perhaps a variety of, 

 E. Bungeanus, but its firmer, later-falling leaves and pink fruits tapered at the 

 base distinguish it. It retains itsl leaves until March unless the winter 

 is severe. 



E. VERRUCOSUS, Scopoli. WARTY SPINDLE-TREE. 



A deciduous shrub of dense-branched, rounded habit, 6 to 10 ft. high ; 

 bark of the younger branches covered densely with conspicuous warts. Leaves 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or oval ; i to 2^ ins. long, \ to i in. wide ; finely 

 toothed, slender-pointed, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base ; stalk ^g- in. 

 long. Cymes with very slender stalks about i in. long, usually three- some- 

 times seven-flowered. Flowers purplish brown, J in. across, four-parted. 

 Fruit yellowish, \ in. across ;- seed black, with an outer coat of orange. 



Native of E. Europe and W. Asia ; introduced from Austria in 1763. This 

 species is readily recognised among all cultivated spindle-trees by the 

 remarkably warted bark. It bears fruit very sparingly with us, and has little 

 to recommend it as an ornamental shrub. 



E. WILSONII, Sprague. 



An evergreen shrub up to 20 ft. high, of lax or scandent habit, quite free 

 from down in leaf and twig ; young shoots slender. Leaves 3 to 6 ins. long, 

 i to 1 1 ins. wide, lanceolate, wedge-shaped at the base, gradually tapered at 

 the apex to a long slender point ; shallowly and rather distinctly toothed ; 

 conspicuously veined beneath ; stalk ^ to \ in. long. Fruits four-lobed, borne 

 on a main-stalk i| ins. long ; they are clothed with conspicuous, awl-shaped 

 spines i in. long, and are altogether about f in. across ; seed-coat yellow. 



Introduced from Mt. Omi in W. China by Wilson in 1904, and now 

 growing vigorously in the collection at Kew. It is distinct from 

 cultivated spindle-trees in the remarkable hedgehog-like fruits. 



E. YEDOENSIS, Koehne. 



A deciduous shrub* or small tree, of sturdy, flat-topped habit, growing 10 

 feet or more high ; branches stiff; young shoots smooth. Leaves obovate, 

 usually broadly so, sometimes oval, tapered at both ends, but more abruptly 



