14 CELASTRACE.E. — RHAMNACE.E. Euonymus. 



CELASTRACE^E. 



39. Euonymus atropurpureus, Jacq. 



Burning Bush. Wahoo. Spindle Tree. Arrow-wood. 



Western New York, west to the valley of the Missouri River, Mon- 

 tana, southward to northern Florida, southern Arkansas, and eastern 

 Kansas. v 



A small tree, rarely 6 to 8 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 metre 

 in diameter, or more often a shrub 2 to 3 metres in height ; low, rich 

 woods, reaching its greatest development west of the Mississippi River. 



AYood heavy, very close-grained, liable to check badly in seasoning; 

 medullary rays hardly distinguishable ; color white tinged with orange. 



Wahoo bark, a mild but uncertain purgative, is used by herbalists in 

 the form of decoctions, tinctures, fluid extracts, etc. 



40. Myginda pallens, Smith. 



Upper Metacombe Key. Florida ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, rarely exceeding 4 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 

 metre in diameter. 



"Wood very heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact, satiny ; layers 

 of annual growth and numerous medullary rays hardly distinguishable ; 

 color dark brown or nearly black, the thick sap-wood lighter brown tinged 

 with red. 



41. Schaefferia frutescens, Jacq. 

 Yellowwood. Box-wood. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — southern keys from Metacombe Key east- 

 ward, Caloosa River, and sparingly on the Reef Keys ; in the West 

 Indies. 



A small tree, occasionally 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 

 0.20 metre in diameter, generally hollow and defective. 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, compact, susceptible of a high polish : 

 medullary rays numerous, obscure; color light bright yellow, the sap-wood 

 a little lighter. 



RHAMNACE^E. 



42. Reynosia latifolia, Griseb. 

 Red Iron-icood. Barling Plum. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — southern keys to Bay Biseayne ; in the Wesl 

 Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 

 metre in diameter. 



