I2O CELASTRACEAE. 



6. Leaves sharply serrate : nutlets not ridged. 7. 



Leaves crenately toothed : nutlets ribbed. . I. decidua. 



7. Fruit red. I. verticillata. 

 Fruit yellow. I. verticillata chrysocarpa. 



NEMOPANTHUS. Mountain Holly. 



Deciduous glabrous shrubs with slender terete twigs ; small 

 continuous somewhat 3-sided pith ; alternate slightly raised cres- 

 cent- or shield-shaped leaf-scars with a single bundle-trace ; 

 scarcely evident minute stipule-scars ; ovoid sessile buds with 

 about 3 exposed scales ; rather small slender-petioled often en- 

 tire leaves ; small whitish polypetalous often imperfect usually 

 solitary flowers long-pedicelled from the axils ; and small red 

 berry-like drupes with several hard nutlets. 

 Leaves oblong to elliptical, mucronulate. N. mucronata. 



Family CELASTRACEAE. Spindle Tree Family. 

 A small family of little use apart from their employment 

 in landscape work, for which their bright seeds render them 

 attractive. 



CELASTRUS. Bittersweet. 



Deciduous woody twiners with soft pale wood with (in our 

 species) rather large ducts in spring and minute scattered sum- 

 mer ducts, and moderately fine medullary rays ; rounded stems ; 

 round homogeneous pale pith ; alternate slightly raised decur- 

 rent half-round leaf-scars with a compound crescent-shaped bun- 

 dle-trace ; no stipule-scars ; round sessile solitary buds with sev- 

 eral exposed scales ; large" stalked low-crenate leaves ; rather 

 small white perfect polypetalous flowers in axillary clusters ; 

 leathery orange capsules ; and brilliant red-arillate seeds. 

 Fruits few, in short axillary clusters. C. orbiculatus. 



Fruits numerous, in terminal clusters. C. scandens. 



EVONYMUS. Burning Bush. Spindle Tree. 

 Shrubs or small trees with white or yellowish firm wood 

 with innumerable minute diffused ducts and extremely fine me- 

 dullary rays; more or less angular or winged moderately slen- 



