RHAMNUS 



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F. Flowers yellowish or whitish with purple anthers ; tall 

 shrub or tree to 25 feet. (H.) 

 H. Leaves large, — 3-6 inches long and l-2i inches broad. 



Siebold's Euonymus — Euonymus Sieboldianus. 

 H. Leaves smaller, 2-5 inches long and under 1 inch 



broad. Haaiilton's Euonymus — Euonymus Hamilto- 



nianus. 

 H. Leaves small, 2-1 inches long ; fruit abundant and 



large ; seeds white- or pinkish- and orange-coated. 



Bunge's Euonymus — Euonymus Bunge^nus. 



Rhdmnus. The Buckthorns are large shrubs or small trees some- 

 times cultivated for hedges and border plants. The leaves are either 

 alternate or opposite, the flowers minute but fragrant, and the berries 

 when ripe are red or black and 1- to 4-seeded. The opposite-leaved 



Fig. 83. — Commou Bnckthoru. 



forms are thorny, while the alternate-leaved ones are not. One or two 

 species, hardy only South," have small evergreen leaves, while most 

 species have larger deciduous leaves. The buckthorns do best in rather 

 moist soil. [Seeds (slow) ; twig cuttings.] 



