620 381. Staphylsea. G't. CELASTRlN^. Pl.ex.caL 



Stem short, branchy, bald ; leaflets cut ; racemes terminal 

 drooping; Iractece membranaceous, bristlelike; corolla yel- 

 low ; seed hard, shining. 



II. 382. EVONYMUS. Theophrastus. Spindletree. 



Calyx 4 or 5-cut, flat, with a peltate disk ; petals 4 or 5, 

 spreading; stamens 4 or 5, placed on glands prominent 

 above the calyx-disk; style 1 ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved; 

 seeds covered with a coloured arille, inserted at the inner 

 angles of the cells. 



Evany mus Europceus. European spindle-tree. 



Stamens mostly 4; peduncles compressed, many-flowered; 

 sii^rmata awlshape; leaves petioled, bald. 



Evonymus vulgaris, iZaw Sz/n. 468, 1 ; Parft. 241. 

 EvonymusTheophrasti, Ger.em. 14G8, 1. 

 Evonymus Europa?us, Lin. S, P. 286. 

 Prickwood. Prick timber. Gaiteridge tree. 



Woods and hedges ; shrubby ; April and May. 



Branches bald, green, when young 4'angled; leaves op- 

 posite, lanceolate, serrate ; peduncles axillary, forked ', flowers 

 white, foetid ; cap5M/e'5 purple ; seeds vfhite ; arille yellow. — 

 Branches used for butchers' skewers, and toothpicks ; ber- 

 ries vomit and purge very violently. 



Fam. XXX. 65. RHAMNE^. R. Brown. Rhamnoidece, 



Richard. Frangulaceartim sectio, 

 De Candolle. 

 Calyx 1-leaved, 4 or 5-cut ; corolla 0, or many-petaled, 

 inserted on the calyx-disk ; petals as many as the calyx- 

 lobes ; stamens as many as the lobes, and opposite to the 

 petals; ovary simple, free, girth with the calyx-disk; herry 

 many-celled; seeds ascending or upright; perisperm 0, or 

 very thin; corculum straight; radicle below. — Stem sxho- 

 rescent or shrubby ; leaves stipuled, alternate or opposite. 



383. RHAMNUS. Theophrastus. Btickthorfi. 



Calyx pitchershape, 4 or 5-cut; petals 4 or 5, some- 

 times ; stamens 4 or 5 ; style 1 ; stigmata 2 or 4 ; herry 2 

 or 4-celled, 2-seeded ; liile cartilaginous, at the bottom of 

 the seed. 



