432 CELASTRACEAE 



N. Y. Frequent on L. I. and S. I., increasing northward. 

 N. J. Middlesex Co., increasing northward. 

 Pa. Luzerne Co. 



Perhaps not specifically distinct from /. vcrticillata. 



7. I. laevigata (Pursh) Gray. In swamps: Me. to Pa. and Ga. 

 Common throughout the range, most abundant southward; 

 locally wanting. 



2. Nemopanthes Raf. (Ilicioides Dumont.) 

 1. N. mucronata (L.) Trelease. In swamps: N. S. to Ont., Wise, 

 Ind. and Va. 



Conn. Rare along the coast, increasing northwestward. 

 N. Y. On L. I. and S. I., unknown in Bronx and Westchester 



counties, thence increasing and becoming common northward. 

 N. J. Very rare and local in the pine-barrens and the region 



surrounding them, thence increasing northward. 

 Pa. Pike, Wayne, Monroe, Carbon and Lackawanna counties. 



Tertiary, rare on Beacon Hill, scattered elsewhere: Cretaceous, 

 scattered.* Older Formations, increasing northward. 117-189 

 days. Sea level-4,020 ft. 



CELASTRACEAE 



Leaves opposite. 1. Euonymus. 



Leaves alternate, woody vine. 2. Celastrus. 



i. Euonymus [Tourn.] L. 



Pods tuberculate; low shrubs; flowers greenish pink. 



Erect or ascending; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. I. E. americanus. 



Decumbent, rooting at the nodes; leaves obovate, obtuse. 2. E. obovatus. 

 Pods smooth; high shrubs or small trees. 



Flowers purple; cymes 6-15-flowered. 3. E. atropurpurens. 



Flowers greenish yellow; cymes 3-7-flowered. 4. E. eitropaeus. 



i. E. americanus L. In low woods: southern N. Y. to Fla., Neb. 

 and Tex. 



N. Y. Not uncommon on L. I., S. I. and in the Bronx. 

 N. J. Rare in Passaic, Bergen, Essex and Hunterdon counties, 



thence increasing and becoming common southward, but not in 



the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Montgomery, Bucks, Berks, Delaware and Chester counties, 



Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, rare elsewhere: Cretaceous, 

 common: Older Formations, rather scattered. 176-220 days. 

 Sea level. 

 * See Introduction paragraph 36. 



