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for their drawings. The leaves have a nauseating smell; livestock never touch them. The 

 fruit is a powerful purgative. It can kill vermin. A yellow dye extracted from it is fixed 

 with alum. 



The warty-barked euonymus, Evonimus verrucosus, Linn., is a shrub quite full of 

 limbs and branches that make it very dense. The limbs and branches are covered with 

 raised, brown, wartlike spots. The leaves are opposite, oval, acuminate, and finely 

 dentate. The flowers, three or four together on a common peduncle, are purplish brown. 

 The stamens are sessile and are positioned on the disk that surrounds the ovary. 



FLOWERS: in May. 



RANGE: northern Europe. 



USES. This shrub adds variety to parks and large gardens. The color of its flowers 

 and the warts covering its branches give it a unique appearance. 



CULTIVATION. These two species of euonymus thrive in all kinds of soil. They're 

 propagated by sowing the seeds in loose soil and in a shaded area as soon as they're ripe. 

 Locations that are too exposed aren't good for them. 



KEY TO PLATES. 



661 . European euonymus. 1. Complete flower, enlarged. 2. Complete capsule. 3. 

 Same, transverse section. 



662. Warty-barked euonymus. 1. Flower viewed from below. 2. Same, view from 

 above. 



