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1, EVONYMUS. 
Trees or shrubs, rarely subscandent. Leaves opposite, per- 
sistent or deciduous. About forty species are known, from 
India, China, Japan, Europe, and North America. Name from 
eVavipos, literally, ‘a good name,’ but sometimes signifying the 
reverse. The application here seems uncertain. The dect- 
duous species furnish nothing very ornamental, and are little 
cultivated. The indigenous #. Ewropeéus is very pretty in 
Autumn, when the pale scarlet fruit is ripe, especially after it 
is split open, revealing the orange-coloured aril of the seeds. 
The Japanese species are tender, but succeed well on the south 
and west coasts. 
1. E. Japénicus.—A handsome evergreen shrub about 6 
feet high with oval oblong lanceolate or elliptical crenate 
glabrous dark green somewhat coriaceous leaves. This has 
given birth to some of the most splendid variegated shrubs in 
cultivation. The diversity of variegation is almost as great 
here as in the Hollies, including yellow and white and tinges of 
red. The names of the varieties sufficiently indicate the nature 
of the variegation: as, £. Japénicus foliis aivreo-marginatis, 
E. Jap. fol. dlbo-marginatis, E. Jap. latifolius albus, E. Jap. 
latifol. aivreus, ete. 
2. E. radicans.—A small straggling decumbent shrub with 
oblong or orbicular finely serrated leaves about an inch long. 
The green-leaved variety does not appear to be in cultivation, 
but there are some pretty variegated ones of recent introduc- 
tion from Japan: HE. rad. féliis atwreo-marginatis, EB. rad. 
foliis roseo-marginatis, etc. By some botanists these forms 
are also considered as varieties of Japénicus. 
The true £. latifolius is a deciduous Japanese species. 
FE. atropurpwreus, Burning Bush, is a small shrub with 
oblong acuminate finely toothed nearly glabrous membranous 
leaves, dark purple flowers, and scarlet smooth capsules; and 
E. Americanus has more coriaceous foliage variable in form, and 
scarlet prickly capsules. Both are North American. 
Orper XXXII _RHAMNEA. 
Trees or shrubs, often spinose or glandular-pubescent, with 
alternate simple stipulate leaves often 3- or 5-nerved longitudi- 
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