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edges of swamps ; introduced 



in 1686. The flowers appear 



in June and July: they are 



yellow, tinged with red, and 



are succeeded by scarlet fruits 



which, according to Pursh, re- 

 semble, at a distance, those of 



yf'rbutus fTnedo. They are 



a great ornament, he says, to 



this almost evergreen shrub, 



and have given rise, in Ame- 

 rica, to its common name, the 



burning bush. Plants of this 



species are in the arboretums 



of the London Horticultural 



Society a'nd the Messrs. Loddiges, but not in a thriving state, for want 

 of moisture and shade. Price of plants, at New York, 15 cents, and of 

 seeds 1 dollar a quart. 



* 7. E. SARMENTO'SUS Nutt. The trdilmg-stemnied Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 15f>. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Synonymes. E. scandens Hort. ; E. americanus var. sarmentosus Dec. Prod., <2. p. 4 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Chiefly distinguished from the last by its having a trailing stem that is prone to 



emit roots into the soil. It inhabit* shady woods in Virginia and Carolina, (Dec. Prod., i. p. 4.) 



Introduced in 1824. 



* 8. E. OBOVA^TUS Nutt. The obovate-Ieaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 

 Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem prostrate, rooting. Shoots upright, with 4 blunt 

 angles. Leaves broadly obovate, obtuse, almost sessile, sawed, with acute 

 fine teeth. Flowers 3 upon a peduncle. Calyxes inflated. Anthers sessile. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A trailing shrub, a native of Pennsylvania, in marshes, 

 between Franklin and Waterford ; introduced in 1820, and flowering in 

 June and July. The plant of this species in the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society was, in 1834, 1 ft. in height, and covered a circle of 

 10 ft. in diameter. We have not observed the name in any nurseryman's 

 catalogue. 



at 9. E. ANGUSTIFO N LIUS Ph. The narrow-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 

 Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 168 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches smooth. Leaves either oblong-elliptical or linear- 

 elliptical, somewhat falcate, almost entire, almost sessile. Flowers mostly 

 1 on a peduncle, unequally 5-cleft. Capsules echinately warted. Allied to 

 E. americanus. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A deciduous shrub, of 6 ft. or 7 ft. 

 in height ; a native of North America, in Georgia, in shady woods. Intro- 

 duced in 1806. Its flowers and fruit resemble those of E. americanus ; 

 and, though nearly related to it, Lyon, its discoverer, was informed by 

 Pursh, that, when propagated by seeds, it retains its distinctive character. 

 Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. each ; at New York, 1 dollar. 



10. E. HAMILTONJ/JM/S Wall. Hamilton's Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Wall Fl. Ind., 2. p. 403. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. 

 Synonyme. E. atropurpureus Watt. FL Ind., 2. p. 402. 



Spec. Char., fyc." Branches smooth, terete. Leaves lanceolate, finely serrated. 

 Peduncles dichotomous, 6-flowered. Flowers tetrandrous. Petals 4, 

 lanceolate cordate. Ovary 4-lobecl, 4-celled, each cell containing 2 ovules. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 4.) A shrub or low tree, a native of Nepal, where it grows 

 to the height of 20 ft., with an erect trunk and spreading branchlets. It was 



