558 



EULOPHIELL^i 



Elisabethae, Lind. & Rolfe. Fls. 2-2J^ in. across, usu- 

 ally 2-4 ill tlie drooping cluster; sepals and petals ovate; 

 labellu.u oscillatory; anterior lobe yellow. B.M. 7387. 

 fi.B. 21:181. l.H. 40:173. 



Peetersiana, Kriinz. {GmmmatophyUum liampleri- 

 <niHm, Reichb. f.). Lvs. 2-4 ft. long: scape 3-4 ft. long: 

 Hs. 3-4 in. across: sepals bright purple and blotched 

 at tip; petals purple, unblotched; lip white, purple- 

 bordered, with 4 erect crests. G.C. III. 23:200. Gn. 53 

 p. .379. (SeeG.C. ni.2G:353). Oakes Ames. 



EII6NYMUS f ancient Greek namoi. 'ivn ./•'•-» v»i»s. 

 CelastrdcecB. Spindle Tree. Bi km-^ i'l -n ^ikaw- 

 BBBRY Bush. Ornamental, di-i-jiln i r ■ ii.'ri-en 

 shrubs of upright or sometimes j>ri'. ping 



habit, with oppusitc simidc lvs. :iimj i , ! . r m. ..n^pic- 



Tious gi-.-^iii -h, .v i|ii i-h .ir- |iiir|.lisli il-. II) a\illaryoymes; 

 veryatttM ■ .i i' h i ImIi- li:iii.|-).iii,- scarlet, pink 



or whin-. ■ I-., -Im.wiii- til., liright orange 



seeds wli. i .; . ■ ,■ ,mi ,, tih th,. -|,1, h.|i,l fall coloring 



The 



.ated 



hardy North, while of the evergreen ones only il'. radi- 

 cans is fairly hardy, and, on account of its greater 

 hardiness, is often used North as a substitute of the ivy 

 for covering walls, rocks and trunks of trees, climbing, 

 if planted in good soil, to a height of 15 and sometimes 

 20 ft. B. JiurojXfus, and South the evergreen JS. Ja- 

 ponicuSj are sometimes used for hedges. Prop, by seeds, 

 usually stratified and sown in spring, or by cuttings of 

 ripened wood in fall. The evergreen species grow 

 readily from cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass 

 in fall or during the winter in the greenhouse. Varie- 

 ties are sometimes grafted or budded on stock of their 

 typical species. About 40 species are known in the 

 northern hemisphere, extending also from .S. Asia to 

 Australia. Shrubs or .small trees, with usually more or 

 less quadrangular branches and opposite, usually gla- 

 brous and serrate lvs.: fls. small, in axillary cymes, 

 4-5-merous, generally perfect; style and stamens short, 

 the latter inserted on a disk: fr. a 3-5-lobed, somewhat 

 fleshy capsule, each dehiscent valve containing 1 or 2 

 seeds enclosed in a generally orange-colored aril; the 

 seed itself is usually white. The wood is tough, close- 

 grained and light-colored, often almost white, and used, 

 of small or- 

 has medica 



INDEX. 



EuropsBUS, 6. pulchelhts, 12. 



flavescnts, 12. pyramidalis. 12. 



gracilis, form of. IS.radicans, 13. 

 Hamiltonianus, 9. 



argenteo ■ margina- 



Bungeanu.s, 

 Carrieri, 13 

 coluranaris. 



JaponieiLs, 12. 



latiShu""'.' 

 linifoliiis, 5. 

 Maackii. 9. 

 macrophyllus, 12. 

 medio-pictus, 12. 

 microphyllus, 12. 



reliculatus, 13. 



robustus, 12. 



roseo • viarginatus, 



13. 

 Sieboldianui 

 subtrif torus. 

 Thunbergiai 

 variegatus, '. 



obovatus, 2. vindi-variegatus.i 



pallens, 12. Yeddoensis, 10. 



A. Foliage decidtwus. 

 Capstiles ttiberciilate, depressed-globose, fls. 5- 



1. Americinus, Linn. Strawbekkv Bush. Upright 

 shrub, to 8 ft. : lvs. ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 usually acute at the base, acuminate, crenately serrate, 

 l%-'.i in. long: peduncle slender, few-fld.: fls. yellowish 

 or reddish green : fr. pink. June. From southern N. 

 York south, west to Tex. L.B.C. 14:1322. B.B. 2:,394. 

 — Var. angustiSdlius, Wood ( 47. anguslifoHus. Pursh). 

 Lvs. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, half -evergreen South. 



2. obov4tus, Nutt. {E. Americdnus, var. obov&tus, 

 Torr. & Gray). Procumbent shrub, with rooting stem 

 and erect branches, to 1 ft. : lvs. obovate or elliptic-obo- 

 vate, crenately serrate, light green, 1-2 in. long : fls. 

 purplish: capsule usually 3-ceUed. May. From Canada 

 to Indiana and Kentucky. G.F. 9:385.— It may be used 



EUONYMUS 



for covering the ground under large trees, or for bor- 

 ders of shrubberies. Var. variegatus, Hort., has the 

 lvs. marked pale yellow. 



BB. Capsules smooth: fls. generally 4-merous. 



c. Fr. divided to the base into 4 or less nearly 

 separate pods. 



3. alitus, Maxim. (C. ThnnbergiAnus, Blume). 

 Spreading shrub, to 8 ft. : branches with 2-A broad, 

 corky wings : lvs. elliptic or obovate, acute at both 

 ends, sharply serrate, 1-2 in. long : fls. 1-3, short-pe- 

 duncled, yellowish : capsule purplish, small. May, 

 June. China, Jap.— Var. subtrifldruB, Franch. & Sav. 

 Branches not winged: fls. 1-5. 



cc. Fruit more or less S-5-lobed. 

 D. Branches densely warty. 



4. verrucdsus, Scop. Erect shrub, to 6 ft. : lvs. ovate- 

 lanceolate, crenately serrulate, acuminate, l-2Kin. long: 

 fls. slender-peduncled, 1-3, brownish : capsule deeply 4- 

 lobed, yellowish red; seed black, not wholly covered by 

 the orange aril. Southeastern Europe, W. Asia. 



DD. Branches smooth. 

 E. Anthers yellow. 



5. ninus, Bieb. Low shrub, to2 ft., with slender, often 

 arching or sometimes procumbent and rooting branches : 

 lvs. linear or linear-oblong, mucronulate, entire or re- 

 motely denticulate and revolute at themargins, K-lKin. 

 long: fls. slender-peduncled, purplish: capsule deeply 

 4-lobed, pink ; seed brown, not wholly covered by the 

 orange aril. May,June. W. Asia to W. Cliina.-Hand- 

 some shrub for rockeries and rocky slopes, forming a 

 graceful, pendulous, standard tree if grafted high on 

 E. Europceus. Fruit ripens in August, earliest of all 

 species. E. Kodpmanni is a form of this. 



6. EuropleuB, Linn. Fig. 790. Erect shrub or some- 

 times small tree, to 20 ft. : lvs. ovate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, crenately serrate, IK-2K in. long : fls. 

 yellowish, in few-fid. cymes : capsule 4-lobed, usually 



pink. May. Europe to E. Asia. B.B. 2:395.— Varying 

 with narrower and broader lvs. There are also several 

 varieties with variegated lvs. and some with frs. of dif- 

 ferent colors, as var. fnlctu atropurptireo with deep 

 I>uii.lf. iructu coccineo with scarlet, and fnSctu dlbo 

 (var. I,i,r.„;,rju,. Hort.), with whitish frs. Var. atro- 

 purpilreus, .Vrli. Kew., has rather narrow purplish lvs. 



7. latifdliua. Scop. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: 

 winter buds slender, about J^ in. long: lvs. obovate-ob- 

 long, acuminate, crenately serrate, 2-4 in. long: fls. 

 yellowish, often 5-raerous, in slender-peduncled, nather 

 many-fld. cymes : capsule pink, large, with winged 

 lobes. S. Europe, W. Asia. B.M. 2384. -A very decora- 

 tive species, with handsome foliage and large frs. 



EE. Anthers purple. 

 F. Fls. purple. 



8. atropurptireus, Jacq. Burning Bush. Shrub or 

 small tree, to 20 ft.: lvs. elliptic, acuminate, obtusely 

 serrate, pubescent beneath, lK-5 in. long: fls. purple, 

 in slender-peduncled, many-fld. cymes: capsule deeply 

 3-4-lobed. scarlet. June. E. N. Amer., west to Montana. 

 B.B. 2:394. E. Americdnus, Hort. 



