
          37017. EUGENIA LUSCHNATHIANA. 
Pitomba. From Bahia,
Brazil, through Dorsett, Shamel and
Popenoe. Compact, handsome, 20-foot
evergreen tree, bearing deep orange
fruits one inch in diameter, crowned
with persistent calyx; skin thin,
enclosing soft, melting, bright orange,
juicy fleshh with acid, very aromatic
flavor. Cooking rather than dessert
fruit, making excellent jellies.

EUONYMUS JAPONICUS.
From F. N. Meyer. A densely leafy
evergreen shrub or small tree of bushy
habit, 10 to 25 feet high, entirely
smooth. Leaves obovate to narrowly
oval, 1 to 3 inches long, 1-4 to 1-2
inch wide, leathery, dark, polished
green. Fruit smooth, globose, 1-3 of
an inch across, pinkish. Seed coats
pale orange. Is sometimes used for
hedges. Hardy only in the south.

EUONYMUS PATENS. Spreading 
shrub to 10 feet in height, with
handsome foliage often remaining on
the branches throughout mild winters.
Abundant late-ripening fruits
pink with orange seeds. This shrub
is closely allied to E. japonicus but
differs notably in the thinner semi-
evergreen leaves. Hardy as far north
as New York and, in sheltered places
in Massachusetts.
        