56 DICOTYLEDONOUS, 



1. S. Trifolia. a shrub, with slender, smooth branches. Leaves ter- 

 nate, opposite. Leaflets ovaie, acuminaie, finely serrate, scarcely pubescent 

 when grown. Petioles pubescent near the leaflets. Flowers in terminal, 

 pendulous panicles. PetoZi' obovate, spatulaie ciliate at the base. Stamens 

 exserted, filaments hairy at the base. Fruit 3-lobed, whh the carpels distinct 

 at the summit. Bladder-nut. 



White, h' May. In middle Car. & Geo. 6-12 feet. 



Genus II. EUONYMUS. 



Sepals getierally 5, united at the base, spreading. Petals 5, 

 Stamens inserted into the upper surface of the broad disk. An- 

 thers with a thick connectivum at tjie back. Ovary imbedded 

 in the disk, S-S-celled, with 2-3 ovules in each cell. Styles 

 short and t.h.ick. Fruit a 4-5-cel)ed and as many lobed capsule, 

 dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds wsudWy enclosed in a fleshy aril. 

 Shrubs with opposite, serrate leaves. Peduncles axillary. 



1. E. Amepjcanus. a slender shrub, with small, slender, 4-angled branch- 

 es. Leaves usually nearly elipiic, varying to lanceolate, oval or obovate, acute 

 obscurely serrate. jP/oM;e/-s on axillary peduncles, each usually bearing, 3. 

 Calyx very small. Petals, obovate, small, expanding, flat. Stamens short. 

 Capsule deep red when mafure, verrucose, fleshy. Seed 1 in each cell cover- 

 ed by a scarlet aril. Strawberry tree. Burning bush. 



Green tinged with purple, ^i. Common. 4-5 feet. 



2. E. Atropurpureus. A shrub, with smooth branches. Leaves petio- 

 late, oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, acuie at the base. Peduncles 

 compressed, many flowered, parts of the flower usually by fours. Petals 

 broad-obovate. Capsules, lobed, smooth red. 



Dark purple, h. June — July. Common along streams. 4-12 feet. 



Order XXXIX. RHAMNACEiE. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft, aestivation valvate. Petals 5, distinct, cucul- 

 lateor convolate, narrowed at the base, inserted into the throat 

 of the calyx, sometimes wanting. Stamens 5, and opposite the 

 petals. Ooary composed of 2-4 united carpels, 2-4-celled, 

 coherin<? to the calyx or imbedded in a fleshy disk. Ovules 

 erect, solitary. Styles more or less united. Stigmas distinct. 

 Fruit fleshy or dry, generally uniied to the calyx. Scales ana- 

 tropous, generally with fleshy albumen. Shrubs^ generally, 

 sometimes small trees, with thorny branches. Flower, uoi con- 

 spicuous, usually perfect, but sometimes monoecious, dioecious 

 or polygamous. 



Genus I. RHAMNUS. 



Calyx urceolate or tubular, 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5, emargin- 

 ateor 2-lobed, convolute. Torus lining the tube of the calyx. 

 Ovary free, 2-4.celled. Styles 2-4, generally distinct, Fruit 

 a drupe, containing 2-4 seeds. Flowers small, generally in ax- 

 illary clusters. 



