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F. Flowers yellowish or whitish with purple anthers ; tall 



shrub or tree to 25 feet. (H.) 

 H. Leaves large, 3-0 inelns long and 1-2] inches broad. 



SIEBOLD'S EI/ONYMI s Euonymus Sieboldiiinus. 

 H. Leaves smaller, 2-5 inches long and under 1 inch 



broad. HAMILTON'S EI-ONYMIS Euonymus llamilto- 



nianus. 

 H. Leaves small, 2-4 inches long ; fruit abundant and 



large ; seeds white- or pinkish- and orange-coated. 



BUNGE'S EUONVMI/S Euonymus Bungeanus. 



Rhamnus. The BUCKTHORNS are large shrubs or small trees some- 

 times cultivated for hedges and border plants. The leaves are either 

 alternate or opposite, the flowers minute but fragrant, and the berries 

 when ripe are red or black and 1- to 4-seeded. The opposite-leaved 





FIG. 83. Comuiou Buckthorn. 



forms are thorny, while the alternate-leaved ones are not. One or two 

 species, hardy only South, have small evergreen leaves, while most 

 species have larger deciduous leaves. The buckthorns do best in rather 

 moist spil. [Seeds (slow) ; twig cuttings.] 



