THE SHRUBS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 165 



Msench.) — A small, rather delicate shrub, 3 to 5 feet 

 high, with pointed toothed leaves which are 3 or 4 

 inches long, and have short foot-stalks. The flowers 

 are in clusters of (generally) 3 in the forks of the 

 upper leaves, greenish yellow, and funnel-shaped, 

 like those of the Woodbine, This is found only in 

 the mountains. 



^ 2. (D. sessilifolia, Buckley.) — Like the preceding, 

 but larger in several particulars, and the leaves clasp 

 the branches, being destitute of a foot-stalk. Found 

 in the mountains. 

 /i-' 1. Strawberry Bush. (Euonymus Americanus, 

 Linn.) — A shrub 2 to 5 feet high, found in all the 

 Districts, and known by the names of Burning Bush, 

 FisJi-ivood, and Bursting Heart, besides the one first 

 given. The branches are square, straight but flex- 

 ible, very smooth, and about as green as the leaves. 

 The flowers are small, purplish or greenish, and un- 

 attractive. The fruit gives the plant a peculiar 

 beauty, for which chiefly it is prized in shrubberies. 

 This is of a bright crimson color when mature, and 

 covered with small w\irts which give it somewhat the 

 aspect of a small strawberry. This finally bursts 

 open, exposing its bright scarlet seeds. 



v- 2. Burning Bush. (E. atropurpureus, Jacq.) — 

 Every way larger than the preceding, its flowers 

 dark purple, and the fruit smooth. I have not met 

 with it, and am indebted to Prof. Mitchell for my 

 knowledge of it as an inhabitant of this State. 



^^^Stillingia ligustrina, Michx.) — A shrub with slen- 



