46 COMMON CANADIAN "WILD PLANTS. 



Sepals and petals white, the latter hooded, and with slender 

 claws. Pedicels also white. — Dry hill-sides. 



2. C. OVa'tUS, Desf. {G. ovalis, Bigel.'), has the leaves nar- 

 rowly oval or elliptical-lanceolate, finely serrate, and gla- 

 hrous or nearly so. The flowers, also, are larger than in 

 No. 1. — South-western Ontario. 



Order XXVm. CELASTRA'CE.5;. (Stajt-tree F.) 

 Shrubs with simple stipulate leaves, alternate or opposite, 

 and small regular flowers, the sepals and , petals both imbri- 

 cated in the bud. Stamens 4-5, alternate with the petals, 

 and inserted on a disk which fills the bottom of the calyx. 

 Pods orange or crimson when ripe.' 



Synopsis of tlie Geuern. 



1. Euon'ymns. Flowers perfect. Sepals 4 or ."i, united at the base. 



and forming: a fiat calyx. Branchlets 4-sided ; leaves opposite. 

 Flowers axillary. 



2. Celas'trus. Flowers polygamous. Petals and stamens 6. Calyx 



cup-shaped. Leaves alternate. Flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. EBOlV'iriMUJS, Tourn. Spindle-tree. 

 1. E. America' nus, L., var. ObOVatUS, Torr. and Gray. 

 (Strawberry Bush.) A low, rather straggling shrub, with 

 short-petioled or sessile leaves^ the latter ovate or obovate, 

 pointed. Flowers greenish, with the parts generally in 

 fives. Pods rongh-warty, depressed, crimson when ripe. — 

 Wooded river-banks ajid low grounds. 



■ 2. E. atropurpu'reus, Jacq., (Burning Bush) occurs at 

 Toronto and westward in Ontario, and may be distinguished 

 from No. 1 by its greater size (4-8 feet high) its long-petioled 

 leaves, purplish flowers, and smooth pods. 



8. CEIAS'TKUS, L. Statf-teee. 

 C. scandens, L. (Wax-work. Climbino Bitter-sweet.) 

 A twining smooth shrub, with oblong-ovate, serrate, pointed 

 leaves. Flowers small, greenish, in terminal racemes. 

 Pods orange-coloured. These burst in autumn and display 

 a scarlet pulpy aril, presenting a highly ornamental appear- 

 ance. — Twining over bushes on river-banks c^nd in thickets. 



