PEXTANDRIA MONOGYXIA 149 



Stem woody, twining, often climbing to the blight or distance of 10 to 15 feet. 

 Iyarts'2 to 3or 4 inches long, and 1 to 2 and an half inches wide, oval, or obovate, ab- 

 ruptly acuminate, glabrous, with incurved mucrunulate or subglandular scrrature*. 

 sften unequal at base, and somewhat decurront. »n petioles about 3 fourths of an 

 inch long. Stipules very minute, s jtaceously 3 l» 5-parted. Ra r ernes terminating 

 the branches, few-flowered ; pedicels articulated! with minute setaceous bracts at 

 base. Calyx subcatnpanuiate, L0-nerved, yellowish green ; segments lance-oblong, 

 icari w >n the margin, crenulate, spreading under the fruit. Petals greenish yel- 

 low, obovate- "Wong, obtuse, broadly unguiculate. Style short, thick, persistent, fit 

 ally divided with the valves of the capsule. Capsule roundish ovoid, one fourth tol 

 ihird of an inch in diameter, greenish orange-color when mature; valves 2 or 3, 

 each with a ridge, or imperfect septum, in the middle. Sec Is elliptic, with a ridge 

 on one Bide, reddish brown, coated by a pulpy purple arittuS open at the top. 



Hub. Woodlands, and fence-rows: frequent. Fl June. JV. Sept. 



Obs. The flowers of this climbing shrub are generally dioicous, by abortion. 

 Two other species are given by IVilld. and MuIU. as natives of the U. States ; bat 

 their existence is extremely doubtful. 



114. BUONYMUS. L. Mitt. Gen. 230. 

 [Greek, literally good name ; the reason of which is somewhat obscure. 3 



Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, flat, the base covered with a peltate disk. Petal* 

 A or 5, spreading, inserted on the margin of the disk. Stamens 4 or b a 

 alternate with the petals. Capsule 3 to 5-angled, 3 to 5-celled, 3 to 

 6-valved ; cells 1 or 2-seeded ; valves septiferous in the middle. Seeds 

 coated with a fleshy, colored arillus. 



Shrub*: branches often quadrangular ; leaves mostly opi>osite, scarcely sti pil- 

 lar; peduncles axillary, often trichotomously branched. Nat. Ord. U3. Lindl. Ca* 



LA8TRMffE.fi. 



1. E. ATROPURPunEtrs, Jacq, Branches smooth; leaves petiolate, el- 

 liptic-ovate, acuminate, serrate ; peduncles divaricately branched, many- 

 flowered ; flowers 4-partcd, tetrandrous ; capsules sulcate-anglcd, smootk. 

 Beck, Hot. p. 72. 

 E, oarolinensis. Jtfarsh. ArbusU p. 43, Also? E. latifolius. £/?/$'/• p. 44. 



DAiiK-j'uurLE Euokymus. Vulgo — Burning Bush. Spindle tree. 



Stem 6 to 8 or 10 feet high ; branches opposite, smooth, slightly quadrangular. 

 Leans 2 to 4 or 5 inches long, and 1 to 2 and a half inches wide, oval, or elliptic- 

 ovate, acuminate, smooth above, pubescent beneath, finely but rather obtuselj 

 gerratc, the serratures with small incurved sphacelate points; petioles about half 

 an inch long. Common peduncles I to 2 inches long, trichotomously branched ; the 

 sent ml branch bearing one, and the lateral branches bearing two or three fluw- 

 ers ; pedi -els a quarter to half an inch long, with minute subulate bracts at base. 

 Calyx persistent ; segments short, roundish ovate, finally dark purple. Petals 

 4, dark purple, roundish obovate. Stamens 4. Capsule 3 or 4-valved, purple, or 

 aalish crimson, when mature ; valves somewhat obcordate, and angularly cham- 

 •elled opjjosite the septum. Seeds elliptic-ovoid, about one third of an inch long, 

 smooth, white, or tinged with purple, nearly enclosed in a bright red succulent 

 trill us. 



Mub, Woodlands; Forks of Brandy wine ; not common. Fl. June. Fr. Octe. 



Obs. This species occurs in rich woodlands, along the Braudy wine, also along 

 French Creek ; but is not common. It is often cultivated as an oraamenul shns> 



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