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at their joints* The leaves are oblong, rough and 

 waved on their edges. The flowers are produced at 

 the ends of the branches, in loofe panicles, and are 

 of a white colour, mixed with red, dividing at the top 

 into five parts, and fpreading open in form of a flar. 



EUONYMUS. 



The S P I N D L E TREE. 

 Clafs 5. Order i. Pentandria Monogynia. 



THE Empalement is compofed of one leaf, five-parted, and 

 plane : the divifions are roundiih and concave. 

 The Corolla confifts of five petals, ovate, plane, fpreading and 



longer than the calyx. 

 The Filaments are five, awl- lli aped, ered, lliorter than the co- 

 rolla, and placed on the germen as a receptacle. The An- 

 ther(B are twin. 



The Germen is fliarp pointed. The St'jle is fliort and fimple. 



The Stigma is obtufe. 

 The Seed-vejjel is a capfule, fucculent, coloured, pentagonal, 



with five angles, five cells and five valves. 

 The Seeds are folitary, ovate and coveied with a berry'd Aril- 



lus, 



OhJ, In fome fpecies one fifth part of the fructification is taken 

 away. 



The Species with us^ are^ 



I, EuGNYMUs carolinenfis. Carolinian Spindle 

 Tree. 



This flirub grows to the height of eight or ten 

 feet, dividing into many oppofitc branches, the 

 young ftioots arc fomewhat quadrangular and mark- 

 ed longitudinally, with green ftripes. The leaves 

 are placed oppofite, and are oval, £harp pointed, and 

 finely and flightly fawed on their edges, of a deep 



greeft 



