92 DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



thers of the flowers axe not sessile and it is not so tall-growing, 3 to 15 

 feet. Winged Buhxing Bush (77) — Euonymus al^tus — from Japan 

 has usually broadly ridged or winged stems. There is an evergreen spindle 

 tree from Japan often cultivated though not fully hardy North ; of this 

 there are a number of varieties with white- and yellow-blotched leaves. 

 Most of the species bloom in June and all from May to July. 



[Seeds (slow) ; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO THE BURNING BUSHES 



* Leaves evergreen, thick and glossy, 1-3 inches long. (A.) 



A. Erect to 10 feet. Japanese Spindle Tree (78) — Euonymus 

 japdnious. 



A. Trailing, procumbent or climbing. Climbing Euonymus — 



Euonymus radicans. 



* Leaves thinner and deciduous. (B.) 



B. Stem broadly ridged with vring-like corky growths. Winged 

 Burning Bush (76) — Euonymus alitus. 



B. Stem usually somewhat 4-angled but not winged. (C.) 



C. Fruit rough, warty, strawberry-like. (D). 

 ., D. Upright shrub to 8 feet. Erect Strawberry Bush (79) — 

 Euonymus americJinus. 



D. Procumbent to 1 foot. Running Euonymus (75) or Straw- 

 berry Bush — Euonymus obovS,tus. 



C. Emit more or less deeply 3-5-lobed. (E.) 

 B. Branches densely warty ; erect to 6 feet. Warty Euony- 

 mus (80) — Euonymus verrucbsus. 



E. Branches smooth. (F.) 



F. Flowers purplish with yellow anthers ; low shrub to 2 feet 

 with linear leaves. Narrow-leated Burning Bush — 

 Euonymus n^nus. 

 F. Flowers yellowish with yellow anthers ; shrub to 15 

 feet. (G.) 

 G. Clusters 3-7 -flowered ; capsule deeply 4-lobed. Euro- 

 pean Spindle Tree (81) — Euonymus europ&us. 

 G. Clusters more flowered ; capsule winged, large ; leaves 

 large, 2-4 inches long. Broad-leaved Spindle Tree 

 (82) — Euonymus latifblius. 

 F. Flowers purple with purple anthers. Burning Bush (76) 

 or Waahoo — Euonymus atropurpureus. 



