66 CELASTRINEiE RHAMNEjE LEGUMINOSiE. 
Fl. yellowish white. — A very doubtful native. Yorkshire. Kent. 
" Wild at Kensthwaite hedges near Winandermere." Mr. F. H. 
Charley. S. VI. Bladder -nut.'] E. 
2. Euonymus Linn. 
1. E. europazus (L.) ; pet. oblong, fl. mostly 4-cleft and 4-an- 
drcus, branches tetragonal smooth and even, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 
minutely serrate, caps, obtusely angular not winged. — E. B. 362. 
St. 27- 3. — Arilhis inclosing the seed. Fl. greenish- white. Bark 
green. L. glabrous. Fl. few together forming a small umbel. 
Fruit rose-coloured. — Hedges and woods. Sh. V. Spindle -tree. 
Order XXV. RHAMNEiE. 
Cal. 4 — 5-cleft, aestivation valvate. Pet. distinct, inserted into 
the throat of the calyx. Stam. opposite to the pet. and equal- 
ling them in number. Ovary wholly or in part superior, 2 — 3 — 
4 -celled, surrounded by a glandular disk. Seeds solitary, erect. 
Embryo straight. Fruit a capsule or berry. 
1. Rhamnus. Cal. urceolate, 4 — 5-cleft. Pet. 4 or 5 or some- 
times 0, inserted with the stam. on the margin of the tube 
of the calyx. Fruit fleshy, with 2—4 cells and as many 
seeds. 
1. PlHamnus Linn. 
1. R. catharticus (L.) ; thorns terminal, fl. 4-cleft dioecious, 
petioles much longer than the stipules, I. roundish-oval sharply 
toothed, berry with 4 seeds. — E. B. 1629. — Branches opposite. 
Serratures of the 1. incurved, glandular. " Notch in the seeds 
shut." Styles 4, united half way up. — Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. V.— VII. Buckthorn. E. L 
2. R. Frangula (L.) ; spineless, fl. 5-cleft perfect, I. elliptical 
acuminate narrowed below entire, berry with 2 seeds, style simple. 
— E. B. 250. — Branches alternate. Fl. in small clusters, green- 
ish-white, small. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. Alder 
Buckthorn. E. I. 
Order XXVI. LEGUMINOSiE. 
Cal. inferior. Sep. 5, more or less combined, odd one ante- 
rior. Cor. papilionaceous (in our plants), inserted into the base 
of the calyx. Pet. 5, odd one superior. Stam. 10 (in our plants), 
monadelphous or diadelphous. Ovary free, 1 -celled. Fruit a 
legume ; placenta on the upper suture ; style from the upper 
suture. Embryo bent over the edge of the cotyledons, or straight. 
— All our plants have papilionaceous flowers and 10 stamens in 
one bundle or in two bundles of 9 and 1 . 
Tribe I. LOTE/E. Pod continuous. Cotyledons rising above 
the ground and becoming green leaves. 
