BEB OR REDDISH PURPLE 101 



scarlet arils of the seeds. There are one to four 

 seeds in each cell. 



Leaves. — The ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 nearly sessile, leaves are bright green with a 

 pointed apex. 



Floivers. — The small flowers grow in loose 

 cymes from the leaf axils. June. 



This is an erect shrub, sometimes six feet high. 

 It grows along the wooded banks of streams 

 from New York and Illinois, southward. 



Euonymus ohovatus, Runnmg Strawberry 

 Bush, is low and straggling. The leaves are in- 

 verse egg-shaped, and grow on short stems. The 

 flowers are smaller and earlier than in the pre- 

 ceding species. The fruit is usually three-celled. 

 It has a more limited range than Straw^berry 

 Bush, its southern boundaries being Pennsyl- 

 vania, Indiana, and Kentucky. 



BURNING BUSH. WAHOO. SPINDLE TREE 

 Euonymus atropurpureus Staff-tree Family 



Fruit. — The smooth fleshy pod or capsule is 

 three- or four-lobed and purple in color. The 

 pods open, when mature, enough to disclose the 



