76 ORDER 40. RHAMNACE^E. 



Lea-es alien. ate. a Capsule dehiscent Cells 2-ovuled. Tine CHLASTRCA. 1 



a Capsule dehiscent. Cells 1-ovuled. Erect. S. Fla MATTENUS. 



a Drupe dry, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Erect. S. Fla SCHAEFFERIA. 



Leaves opposite. ft Capsule 3-6-celled. Cells 2-ovuled EUONYMCS. 1 



!> Drupe 1-eelled, 1-seeded (ovary 2-4-celled.) S. Fla MYGINDA. 



1. CELASTRUS, L. STAFF-TREE. Fls. often imperfect Sep. and pet. 

 5. Disk 5-lobed, bearing the 5 stamens on its edge. Caps, subglobous, or 3- 

 anglod, 3-celled. Seeds with an arillus, 1 or 2 in each cell. *> With alter- 

 nate, deciduous Ivs. and minute, deciduous stipules. 



<'. Mcandeus L. St. twining; Ivs. oblong, acuminate, serrate ; rac. terminal; Howe: 1 * 

 dioecious. Woods. 20 40f. Arilled seeds scarlet, persistent in winter. June. 



2. EUONYMUS, Tourn. BURNING BUSH. (Eu,good, ora^a, name.) 

 Fl. perfect; calyx flat, of 5 (sometimes 4 or 6) united sepals. Corolla flat, 

 inserted on the outer margin of the broad disk. Stamens 5, with short fila- 

 ments. Caps, colored, /5-angled, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds wholly invested 

 with a scarlet aril. 5 t> Lvs. opposite, serrate. Flowers purple. 



1 E. atropnrpureu* Jacq. Lvs. elliptic-ovate, petiolate, acuminate, finely serrate, 

 puberulent beneath ; ped. compressed, many-flowered; fls. usually 4-merons ; capsule 

 smooth, lobed. Woods. 4 U)f. Fruit crimson. June. Varieties in cultivation have 

 orange-red or even whitish fruit. 



!S E. Americaim* L. Branches 4-angled ; Ivs. oval and elliptic-lanceolate, acunn 

 nate, acute, or obtuse, smooth, subsessile : ped. round, about 3-flowered; fls. mostly 

 pentamerous : caps, warty. Woods. 2 5f. Fruit dark red. June. 

 ft. aftoratu*. Trailing: Ivs. obovatc, ohtusish, petiolate. Ohio, <fcc. 

 y. anffusHf~<>lln. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, inequilateral, acute at each end. South. 



3 E. EuROFvEUS, bas smooth, shining, lance-oblong, serrate leaves, the flattened ped 

 3-flowered; fls. 4-parted. Europe. Not hardy North. (.See Addenda.) 



ORDER XL. RHAMNACE^E. BUCKTHORNS. 



Shrubs or small trees, often spiny, with simple, alternate, stipulate leaws, 

 with flowers regular, sometimes apetalous or otherwise imperfect ; with the 

 stamens perigynous, as many (4 or 5) as the valvate sepals, alternate with 

 them, and opposite to the petals when they are present. Disk perigynoua. 

 Capsule or drupe with one albuminous seed in each cell. 



Leaves opposite or subopposite, with opposite branches. ..a 



a Flowers small, in axillary clusters or umbels. S. Fla SCOTIA. 



a. Flowers minute, spicate, in terminal panicles SAGERKTIA. I 



Leaves alternate. h Shrubs climbing by twining. Petals sessile BERCHKMIA. 2 



6 Shrubs climbing by tendrils. Pet short GODANIA. 3 



Leaves alternate. < Clusters of (white) flowers terminal. Pet. unguiculate CZAKOTHCS 1 



< Clusters axillary. Pet. 4. 5, orO. on the margin of disk RHAMXUS. S 



Clusters axillary. I'et. 5. under the 5-lobed disk. S. Fla COIUBRI>A. 



1. SAQERETIA, Brongn. (Named for M. Sageret, a Frencl florist 

 and \eg. physiologist.) Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, cucullate. Sta, 5. Ovary 

 immersed in the entire disk, with a 3-lobed stigma. Drupe 3-celled. 5 

 With slender branches Fls. in rigid, interrupted spikes. 

 S. WIIcliAuxIi Brongn. Blanches at length spiny ; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, srjb 

 seseile, shining, snhentire. Sandy coasts. Car. to Fla. Trailing, H 15f. October. 



