142 CKLASTRACEiE. Euonymus. 



2. Euonymus Ameuicanus, Linn. (Plate XX.) Strawberry-tree. 



Branches smoolli, 4-sidcd ; loaves varying from clliplical-laiKcolalc to oval-obovate, sliglitly 

 crcnale-serratc, sinoolli ; petioles very short ; peduncles 1 - 3-flowercd ; parts of the flower 

 mostly in fives ; petals roundish-obovate ; capsules depressed-globose, v.rrucosc. — Willd. 

 sp. 1. p. 1132 ; Michx. jl. 1. p. 155 ; Duham. arh. 3. «. 9 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 292 ; Torr. Jl. 1. 

 p. 261 ; DC. prodr. 2. p. 4 ; Hook. Jl. Bor-Am. 1, p. 119 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 150 ; 

 Torr. ^ Gr. Jl. N. Am. 1. p. 256. 



var. 1 : erect, oval, oblong, or elliptical-lanceolate, soinclinics a little falcate, var. a. &c p. 

 Torr. <S,- Gr. I. c. 



var. 2 : trailing and often rooting ; leaves ovatclanccolatc. Torr. ^ Gr. I. c. E. Anncri- 

 canus, var. sarmentosus, Nutt. gen. 1. p. 154. 



var. 3 : trailing and rooting, with short erect branches ; leaves obovale or oval-obovate, 

 obtuse or sliglitly acuminate, acute at the base. Torr. ^- Gr, I. c. E. obovatus, Nult. I. c. 



The common or upright variety is a shrub from 2 to 5 feet high ; the prostrate form is 

 2-3 feet long, with erect flowering branches about a span high. Leaves 1-3 inches long, 

 somewhat coriaceous : petioles 1-2 lines long. Flowers about one-third of an inch in 

 diameter, flat when expanded. Segments of the calyx very short, or nearly obsolete. Petals 

 greenish-yellow with a tinge of purple ; the claw short. Capsule 6-7 lines in diameter, 

 densely covered with acute warts, of a bright crimson when mature ; the dissepiments and 

 arillus of a scarlet color. Seeds whitish, ovoid, smaller than in the preceding species, 1-3 

 in each cell. 



Moist woods, and in swamps ; western part of the State : rathsr rare. Fl. June. Fr. 

 October. 



Order XXXIV. RHAMNACEiE. Juss. The Buckthorn Tribe. 



Calyx of 4 - 5 sepals united at the base, valvate in aestivation. Petals 4-5, 

 cucullate or convolute, inserted on the throat of the calyx, sometimes wanting. 

 Stamens as many as the petals, and opposite them ! Ovary usually cohering 

 with the tube of the calyx, more or less immersed in the fleshy disk, composed 

 of 2 - 4 united carpels, 2 - 4-celled, with a single erect ovule in each cell : 

 styles more or less united : stigmas simple, usually distinct. Fruit a capsule, 

 berry or drupe, commonly more or less cohering with the calyx. Seeds erect, 

 without an arillus : albumen fleshy, or rarely none. Embryo nearly as large 



