Eu6nymusJ\ 



XXIY. CELASTRACE^. 



91 



42. 



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lily 



f 



I 



43. 



48. 



47. 



49. 



CAPRIFOLIACE.E. Stamens inserted upon the corolla Style 1 or 

 stTules'^ stigmas 3 sessile. Leaves opposite without interpetiolar 



EuBiACE^. Stamens inserted upon the corolla. Styles 1 or 2 

 Leayes opposite with interpetiolar stipules, or leayes verticillate. ' 



LOBELIACE E. Stamens free from the corolla ; anthers opening? lon- 

 gitudinally, as many as the lobes of the corolla, united, dissimilar. 

 Style 1, fringed below the stigma. 



CAMPANULACE.E. Stamens free from the corolla ; anthers opening 

 longitudinally as many as the lobes of the corolla, similar. Styll 

 1, not fringed below the stigma. '' 



VACCINIACE.E. stamens free from the corolla and tivice as many as 

 Its lobes ; anthers opening by pores. 



*** 



Ovary entirely superior. Staviens free from the corolla. 



35. Crassui.ace^e. Carpels and stvles several, distinct 



""^the nucleus ^^^^^ ^' ""''^^ ^"^ hypogynous disk. Seed-coat close to 

 ^^" ^^'chis^^-C' ^^^^^ ^' ^'^^°"* ^^ liypogynous disk. Seed-coat 



w 



A. Corolla polypetalous. (Ord. X 

 Obd. XXIV. CELASTEACEiE 



) 



Calyx A~5-cMt, its base covered with a large, flat, fleshy 

 disk, imbricated in aestivation. Petals 4—5, alternate with 

 the sepals arising from the edge of the disk. Stamens 4—5 



Ovary wholly or in part immersed 



alternate with the petals. 



in the disk 2— 5 -celled. Cells with one or many "seeds'. F^t& 

 papsule with 3—5 cells, and 3—5 septiferous valves, or a dry 

 drupe with 1 or 2 cells. Seeds erect, often with an arillodium, 

 never bony. Albumen copious, fleshy, with a straight embryo, 

 tlat cotyledons, and an inferior radicle. — Shrubs, with simple, 

 mostly opposite leaves, and axillary cymes. 



1. EuoNYMus Linn. Spindle-Tree. 



Cal. flat, 4— 5-cleft, having a peltate disk within. Pet. 4—5. 

 ^to« alternating with the petals, inserted upon the disk. Caps. 



1 ,n '^?°^^' ^"^^ ^^ ™^"y cells and valves. Seeds with a 

 coloured fleshy arillodiim.~^^meMYomEuonyme,moi\iQv to the 

 ofThese'Yi *° ^^^ injurious efiects produced by the fruit 



n.!ni^' ^.''''''Pf''' ^ (common S.) ; flowers mostly tetrandrous, 

 petals oUong, branches 4-angled glabrous, leaves ovato-lance- 

 oiate, mmutely serrate. E. B. t. 362. 



scaycdv liuf -'"l^"''! '"'!'!''""' ^" England, and the south of Ireland, 

 green Uol"^ ?"'^'''"^- , ^ ' ^' 6.- Sf,ruh 3-5 ft. high. Bark 



umbel HoJer's ^tTt fi^'T ■ ^"'''''''' ^'^^""S a few-flowered 



loioe.s small, white. Iruit obtusely angular, very beautiful 



