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CELASTRACEAE. 



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serted beneath the 4-5-lobed disk. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the disk. Ovary 3-5 celled; 

 style short or none; stigma 3-5-lobed. Capsule 3-5-celled, 3-5-lobed, angular, rounded or 

 winged, the cavities 1-2 seeded, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds enclosed in the red aril. 



About 65 species, of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, 2 others occur in California. 

 Pods tuberculate ; low shrubs; flowers greenish pink. 



Erect or ascending; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. i. E. Americanus. 



Decumbent, rooting at the nodes; leaves obovate, obtuse. 2. E. obovatus. 



Pods smooth ; high shrubs. 



Flowers purple; cymes 6-15-flowered. 3. E. atropurpureus. 



Flowers greenish yellow; cymes 3~7-flowered. 4. E. Europaeus. 



i. Euonymus Americanus L. Straw- 

 berry Bush. (Fig. 2365.) 



Euonymus Americanus L. Sp. PI. 197. 1753. 



A shrub, 2-8 high, with 4-angled and ash- 

 colored twigs, divaricately branching. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, thick, 

 I /4 / ~3 / I n 8 X'- 1 ' wide, acuminate at the apex, 

 acute or obtuse at the base, nearly sessile, crenu- 

 late, glabrous, or sparingly hairy on the veins be- 

 neath; peduncles 6"- 12" long, very slender, 1-3- 

 flowered; flowers greenish, s // -6 // broad; petals 

 separated, the blade nearly orbicular, crose or 

 undulate, the claw short; capsule slightly 3-5- 

 lobed, not angular, depressed, tuberculate. 



In low woods, southern New York to Florida, Ar- 

 kansas and Texas. June. Called also Burning Bush. 



a. Euonymus obovatus Nutt. Run- 

 ning Strawberry Bush. ('Fig. 2366.) 



Euonymus obovatus Nutt. Gen. i: 155. 1818. 

 Euonymus Americanus var. obovatus T. & G.; 



A. Gray. Gen. a: 188. 1849. 



A low decumbent shrub, seldom rising over a 

 foot from the ground, branching, rooting from 

 the prostrate twigs. Branches 4-angled or 

 slightly winged; leaves obovate or elliptic-ob- 

 ovate, rather thin, mostly acute or cuneate at 

 the base, obtuse at the apex, finely crenulate- 

 serrulate, i / -2 / long, #'-i)4' wide, glabrous; 

 petioles i // -2 // long; peduncles i-4-flowered; 

 flowers greenish, smaller than in the preced- 

 ing species, about 3" broad; petals generally 

 5, nearly orbicular, crenulate or erose, close 

 together or even slightly overlapping, with 

 scarcely any claw; capsule commonly 3 celled, 

 slightly lobed, depressed, tuberculate. 



In low woods, southern Ontario to Pennsylvania, 

 northern New Jersey (?), Indiana and Kentucky. 

 Blooms earlier than E. Americanus. April-May. 



3. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. 

 Burning Bush. Wahoo. (Fig. 2367.) 



Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Hort. Vind- 



a: 5. pi. 120. 1772. 



A shrub or small tree, 6-25 high. Twigs 

 obtusely 4-angled; leaves ovate-oblong or 

 elliptic, ij'-5' long, i'-2%' wide, acumin- 

 ate at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base, 

 puberulent, especially beneath, crenulate- 

 serrulate, rather thin; petioles 4 // -8 // long; 

 peduncles very slender, \'-2' long, bearing 

 a trichotomous 5~i5-flowered cyme; pedicels 

 3 "-6" long; flowers purple, 5 "-6" broad; 

 petals commonly 4, obovate, undulate; cap- 

 sule smooth, deeply 3-4-lobed, 6 // -8 // broad. 



Ontario to Florida, Montana and the Indian 

 Territory. Wood nearly white; weight per cu- 

 bic foot 41 Ibs. Called also Indian Arrow. June. 



