46 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



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

 claws. Pedicels also white. — Dry hill-side<i. 



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

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

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

 No. 1. — South-western Ontario. 



Order XXVin. CELASTRA'CE.1;. (Staff-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 the Caciiera. 



1. Eiion'yiniis. Flowei-s perfect. Sepals 4 or .'j, united .it the base, 



and forming: a flat calyx. Brancfileta 4-sided ; Uares opposite, 

 ^towers axillary. 



2. CelaH'tviis. Flowers polygamous. Petals and stamens .'i. Calyx 



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



1. EIION"ritHIS, Tourn. SriNDi.E-TBEE. 



1. E. Ameriea'nus, L., var. obOVatUS, Torr. and Gray. 

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

 ihort-petioled or sessile leaves, the latter ovate or obovate, 

 pointed. Flowers greenish, with the parts generally in 

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

 Wooded river-banks and low grounds. 



2. E. atropurpu'reus, Jacq., (Burning ^ush) occurs at 

 Toronto aftd westward in Ontario, and may be distinguished 

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

 leaves, purplish flowers, and smooth pods. 



2. CELAS'TRIIS, L. Stafp-tree. 

 C. scandens, L. (Wax- work. Climbing 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 and in thickets. 



