1 84 Celastraceae 



ers very small, purplish; stamens exserted; 

 berry nearly J of an inch in diameter, black. 

 Frequent throughout the Rockies in damp 

 woods, especially those of the "Jack Pine" 

 where it frequently forms a considerable 

 part of the forest floor, in dense, close mats, 



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CELASTRACE^ 

 ' Family 



Shrubs with simple evergreen leaves, and 

 regular perfect flowers, sepals, petals, and 

 stamens each 4 in our species. 



Low evergreen shrub, densely 

 Pachystima , 1 . . 



M r inites branched or nearly simple, 1-3 



(Pursh) feet high. Leaves opposite, 



Raf. smooth, ovate to oblong or 



Mountain lanceolate, cuneate at the base, 



Lover. ' ir 



the upper half serrate or serru- 



late |-i inch long on very short petioles, 

 Flowers small in axillary cymes; petals 4, 

 stamens 4, inserted at the edge of the broad 

 disc. 



