66 24. RHAMNACEA. 
2. Evonymus. Cal. flat, 4—5-lobed; disk peltate. Pet. 
4—5, inserted in the margin of the disk. Stam. 4—5, in- 
serted in the disk. Style 1. Caps. 3—5-celled, 3—5- 
angled, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds solitary in each cell, 
with a fleshy arillus, not truncate at the hilum.—Leaves 
simple. 
l. Stapuyztea Linn. Bladder-nut. 
[1. S. pinnata (L.); 1. pmnate, leaflets 5-7, petioles without 
glands, fl. racemose, styles 2, caps. bladdery.—H. B. 1560.—F]. 
yellowish-white.—A very doubtful native. S. VI.] E. 
2. Evonymus Linn. Spindle-tree. 
1. E. europaeus (L.); pet. oblong, fl. mostly 4-cleft and 4-an- 
drous, branches tetragonal smooth and even, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 
minutely serrate, caps. obtusely angular not winged.—E. B. 362. 
R. vi. 309. St. 27. 3.—Arillus inclosing the seed. Bark green. 
L. glabrous. Fl. few together forming a small umbel, greenish- 
white. Fruit rose-coloured—Uedges and woods. Sh. V. VI. 
Order XXIV. RHAMNACEA. 
Cal. 4—5-cleft, eestivation valvate. Pet. distinct, inserted into 
the throat of the calyx. Stam. opposite to the pet. and equal- 
ling them in number. Ovary wholly or in part superior, 2—3— 
4-celled, surrounded by a glandular disk. Seeds solitary, erect. 
Embryo straight. Fruit fleshy or dry. 
1. Ruamnus, Cal. urceolate, 4—5-cleft. Pet. 4 or 5, or 
sometimes 0, inserted with the stam. on the margin of the 
tube of the calyx. Fruit fleshy, with 2—4 cells and as many 
seeds. 
1. Ruamnvus Linn. 
1. R. catharticus (L.); thorns terminal, fl. 4-cleft dicecious, 
petioles much longer than the stipules, 1. roundish-oval sharply 
toothed, fr. with 4 seeds—E. B. 1629.—Branches opposite. 
Serratures of the 1]. incurved, glandular. Notch in the seeds 
shut. Styles 4, united half way up—Hedges and thickets. Sh. 
V.—VII. Buckthorn. 
2. R. Frangula (L.); spineless, fl. 5-cleft perfect, 1. elliptical 
acuminate narrowed below entire, fr. with 2 seeds, style simple.— 
E. B. 250.—Branches alternate. F\. in small clusters, greenish- 
white, small—Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. 
