154 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Genus II. 
CELA’STRUS LZ, Tue Cevasrrus, or ST4FF TREE. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 270. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 5. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 6. 
Synonymes. Euonymdéides Meench ; Célastre, Pres Celaster, Ger. : 
Derivation. From kélas, the latter season; the fruit remaining on the tree all the winter. The 
kélastros of the Greeks is supposed to be the Huénymus. 
Gen. Char. Calyx small, 5-lobed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Ovary small, im- 
mersed in a 10-striped disk. Stigmas 2—3. Capsule 2—3 valved. Seed 1, 
in a large fleshy aril. (Don's Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; stipules minute. — One 
hardy species ; a climbing shrub, a native of North America. 
4 1.C.sca’npens L. The climbing-stemmed Celastrus, or Staff Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 285. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 6.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.6.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 257. 
Synonymes. Bourreau des Arbres, Fr.; Baummorder, Ger.; Bittersweet, Waxwork, Amer. 
Engravings. Nouv. Du Ham., 1. t. 95.; and our jig. 211. 
Spec. Char., &c. | Thornless, climbing, smooth. Leaves oval, acuminate 
serrate. Flowers dicecious. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous twining shrub. 
Canada to Virginia. Height 5.ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers 
small, pale yellowish green; June. Capsules orange; ripe in September. 
Seed reddish brown, coated with a bright orange aril, changing at last to 
scarlet. . ag 
The stems are woody and flexible, and twist 
themselves round trees and shrubs, or round each 
other, to the height of 12 or 15 feet, or upwards, 
girding trees so closely as, in a few years, to de- 
stroy them; whence the French and German names, 
which signify “ tree strangler.”. The leaves are about 
3in. long, and nearly 2 in. broad, serrated, of a lively 
green above, but paler on the under side. The plant 
prefers a strong loamy soil, rather moist than dry; and ‘ 
1s readily propagated by seeds, layers, or cuttings. Siiis Galbicusccdadeas- 
Se 
Other Species of Celdstrus. — C. bulldtus, described from a figure of Plukenet, 
is, according to Torrey and Gray, a doubtful plant. C. nepalensis and C. pyra- 
canthifolius are in Messrs. Loddiges’s collection, but rather tender. 
Genus III. 
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NEMOPA’/NTHES Rajfin. Toe Nemopantuss. Lin. Syst. Polygamia 
Dice'cia. 
Identification. Rafin. Journ. Phys., 1819, p. 96. ; Dec, Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 13. 
Synonyme. Ilicidides Dum. Cours. 1. vol. 4. p. 27. 
Derivation. From nemos, a grove, and anthos, a flower; it being generally found in groves. 
Gen. Char. Calyx small, scarcely conspicuous. Petals 5, distinct, oblong, 
lmear, deciduous. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals. Ovary hemi- 
spherical, covered with clammy juice. Style wanting. Stigmas 3—4, ses- 
sile; in the male flowers hardly manifest. Berry globose, 3—4-celled. 
(Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, exstipulatée, deciduous ; quite entire. —One 
hardy species. 
