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AHBOHETUM AND FUUT1CETUM. 



PART II J. 



edges of swamps ; introduced 



in 1686. The flowers appear 



in June and July : they are 



yellow, tinged with red, and 



are succeeded by scarlet fruits 



which, according to Pursh, re- 

 semble, at a distance, those of 



yjTrbutus ETriedo. They are 



a great ornament, he says, to 



this almost evergreen shrub, 



and have given rise, in Ame- 

 rica, to its common name, the 



burning bush. Plants of this 



species are in the arboretums 



of the London Horticultural 

 Society and the Messrs. Lodcliges, but not in a thriving state, for want 

 of moisture and shade. Price of plants, at New York, 15 cents, and of 

 seeds 1 dollar a quart. 



4 7. E. sarmento v sus Nutt. The XxaJXmg-stemmed Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 



Identification. Nutt Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Si/noiiy tries. E. BC&ndens Hort. ; E. americanus var. sarmentosus Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4 



Spec. Char., $c. Chiefly distinguished from the last by its having a trailing stem that is prone to 



emit roots into the soil. It inhabits shady woods in Virginia and Carolina. (Dec. Prod., i. p. 4.) 



Introduced in 1824. 



„* 8. E. obova v tus Nutt. The obovate-Ieaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Stem prostrate, rooting. Shoots upright, with 4 blunt 

 angles. Leaves broadly obovate, obtuse, almost sessile, sawed, with acute 

 fine teeth. Flowers 3 upon a peduncle. Calyxes inflated. Anthers sessile. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A trailing shrub, a native of Pennsylvania, in marshes, 

 between Franklin and Waterford ; introduced in 1820, and flowering in 

 June and July. The plant of this species in the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society was, in 1834-, 1 ft. in height, and covered a circle of 

 1 ft. in diameter. We have not observed the name in any nurseryman's 

 catalogue. 



a 9. E. angustifo'lius Ph. The narrow-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle 



Tree. 

 Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 168 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches smooth. Leaves either oblong-elliptical or linear- 

 elliptical, somewhat falcate, almost entire, almost sessile. Flowers mostly 

 1 on a peduncle, unequally 5-cleft. Capsules echinately warted. Allied to 

 E. americanus. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A deciduous shrub, of (> ft. or 7 ft. 

 in height ; a native of North America, in Georgia, in shady woods. Intro- 

 duced in 1 800. Its flowers and fruit resemble those of .E. americanus ; 

 and, though nearly related to it, Lyon, its discoverer, was informed by 

 Pursh, that, when propagated by seeds, it retains its distinctive character. 

 Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1*. 6d. each; at New York, 1 dollar. 



¥ 10. E. Ham lhTOtfIA s NU8 Wall. Hamilton's Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 



Otion. Wall. Fl. Ind.,2. p. 403. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 4. 

 Synonyme. A. atropurpareui Wall. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 402. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches smooth, terete. Leaves lanceolate, finely serrated. 

 I i duncles dichotomous, 6-flowered. Flowers tetrandrous. Petals 4, 

 lanceolate cordate. Ovary 4-lobed, 4-celled, each cell containing 2 ovules. 

 (P<nC$MUl, t ii. p. 4.) A shrub or low tree, a native of Nepal, where it grows 

 to the height of 20 ft., with ail erect trunk and spreading branchlets. It was 



