XX. CELASTRA CEH: EUO’NYMUS. 149 
Genus I. 
ellallallos 
EUO/'NYMUS Tourn, Tue Evonymus, or SPINDLE TREE. Lin. Syst. 
Tetra-Hex-andria Monogynia. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst, t. 388. ; Lin. Gen., 271, ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 3.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 3. 
Synony Fusain, B: t de Prétre, or Bois 4 Lardoire, Fr.; Spindelbaum, Ger. ; Evonimo, 
Ital. 
Derivation. The word Eudnymus is formed from the Greek, and signifies of good repute, The 
French word Fusain means a spindle, alluding to the use of the wood for making spindles. Bonnet 
de Prétre alludes to the form of the capsules, which, when opened, bear some resemblance to a 
priest’s cap ; and it is called Bots 4 Lardoire from the use made of the wood for skewers or larding 
pins. The German namie is literally spindle tree. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 4—5-lobed, flat, covered by the peltate disk at the base. 
Petals 4—6, spreading, inserted in the disk. Stamens 4—G, inserted above 
the disk in rather prominent glands. Capsule 3—5-celled, 3—5-angled. 
Seeds 1—4: in each cell, and wrapped in pulp or aril. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, serrate. Stipules mostly none. Peduncles axil- 
lary, 1—many-flowered. Inflorescence cymose. — Deciduous shrubs or low 
trees ; sometimes trailing, or climbing by rootlets. 
# @ 1, E. evrope'us L. The European Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 286.; Dec Prod., 2. p.4.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 3. 
Synonymes. E. vulgaris Mill. Dict.; Prick-timber Gerard; Louse Berry, Dogwood, Gatteridge 
Tree ; Fusain d’Europe, Fr.; B de Prétre Fr.; ine Spindelbaum, Ger.; Be- 
rette di Prete, Ital. 
Derivation. The English name Prick-timber, or Prick-wood, alludes to the employment of the wood 
in making toothpicks and skewers, which were formerly called pricks ; and it is called Dogwood, 
because the wood of Cornus sanguinea and that of the Eu6nymus europe‘us are used indiscrimi- 
nately for the same purposes, both being called Gatteridge Tree ; the meaning of which we do not 
know. It is called Louse-wood, because the powdered leaves were formerly put on the heads of 
children to chase away lice. 7 
Engravings. Smith’s Eng. Bot., ¢. 362. ; the plate of the tree ia Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. v ; and 
our fig. 200. 
200. Eudnymaus europe ‘us, 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, very finely sawed. 
Flowers about 3 upon one peduncle; the petals oblong, rather acute. Lobes 
of the capsule obtuse. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub, or low tree. 
Europe and Britain, in hedges and copse woods. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. 
Flowers greenish white; May. Fruit scarlet, produced in great abundance, 
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