RHAMNUS 



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F. Flowers yellowish or whitish with purple anthers ; tall 

 shrub or tree to 25 feet. (H.) 



H. 



H. 



Leaves large, — 3-6 inches long and 1-2J inches broad. 

 Siebold'b Euontmds — Euonymus Sieboldi^nus. 

 Leaves smaller, 2-5 inches long and under 1 inch 

 broad. Hamilton's Euonymus — Euonymus Hamilto- 

 ni&nus. 



Leaves small, 2-4 inches long ; fruit abundant and 

 large ; seeds white- or pinkish- and orange-coated. 

 Bunge's Edontmus — Euonymus BungeS,nus. 



Rhdmnus. The Buckthorns are large shrubs or small trees some- 

 times cultivated for hedges and border plants. The leaves are either 

 alternate or opposite, the flowers minute but fragrant, and the berries 

 when ripe are red or black and 1- to 4-seeded. The opposite-leaved 



Fig. 83. — Common Buckthorn. 



forms are thorny, while the alternate-leaved ones are not. One or two 



species, hardy only South, have small evergreen leaves, while most 



species have larger deciduous leaves. The buckthorns do best in rather 



, moist soil. [Seeds (slow) ; twig cuttings.] 



