EMrETRACEyE FOUQUlERACE>E CELASTRACE^. 165 



ORDER LXXXIV.— EMPETRACEtE, Liad. Nat. Syst. p. 117. 



THE CROWBERRY TRIBE. 



Small shrubs, of 3 genera, and 4 species : 2 from S. Europe ; 1 from N. 

 America ; and from the Straits of Magellan. — Properties unknown. 



* Corema album, D. Don. "b Portugal. 



ORDER LXXXV.—FOUQUIERACE^. DC— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 118. 



Trees or shrubs, of 2 Mexican genera, each with 1 species. — Properties 

 unknown. 



* Fouquiera formosa, H. B. and Kth. 5 Mexico. 



ORDER LXXXVL— CELASTRACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 119. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, referred by Lindl. (adding Lop- 

 phopetalum) to 26 genera. Of species, DC. pr. and Spreng. syst. 

 enumerate 22 from S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 9 from N, 

 America ; 5 from Japan ; 5 from Madagascar and Mauritius ; 3 from Eu- 

 rope ; 2 from N. Africa ; 2 from the Canaries ; 2 from Arabia ; 2 from New 

 Holland and the South Sea Islands ; 1 from China ; 1 from Caucasus ; and 

 1 from Senegal. To these Wall. Cat. adds 1 for China, and 1 for Mau- 

 ritius. S. Africa exhibits 60 forms, {Harvey,) and the E. Indies, accord- 

 ing to our materials, 80. Of these, 28 belong to Euonymus ; 3 to Lopho- 

 petalum ; 33 to Celastrus ; 3-4 to Eleeodendron ; 2 to Pleurostylia ; — to 

 Actegeton ; 4 to Kurrimia ; 4 to Microtropis ; and 1 to Tralliana. Twen- 

 ty-two inhabit the Himalayas; 12 the Khassya and Morung Mountains; 

 4 the Neelgherries ; and the rest Ceylon, Malabar, Mysore, Travancore, 

 Singapore, Penang, Prome, Tavoy, &c. Properties unimportant. 

 Euonymus, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 3; — W. and A. pr. \,p. 160.) Spindle-Tree. 



1. Hamiltonianus, Wall. {Cat. — E. atropurpurens, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 627 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 402 ;— not Jacq.) 5 Deyrah Dhoon. Fl. 

 small, greenish-white, March and April ; fr. 0. 



2. glaber, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 628; ed. Carey, 2, p. 403.) 5 Chitta- 

 gong. Fl. small, greenish- white, May; fr. 0. 



3. grossus, Wall. {Roxb. fl. ind. ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 408.) 5 Nepal. Fl, 

 small, greenish, June ; fr. 0. 



4. echinatus. Wall. {Roxb. fl. ind. ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 410; — B. M. 54, t. 

 2767 i—Royle ill. t. 21.) Bw Nepal. 5-7000 ft. alt. Fl. small, green. 

 In H. C. G. Fl. ? 



