25. UIlAMNE.l!. 
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2. Euonymus. Cal. flat, 4 — 5-lobed ; disk peltate. Pet. 
4 — 5, inserted in the inarjfin of the disk. Stam. 4 — 5, in- 
serted in the disk. Style 1. Caps, it — 5-eelled, 3 — 5- 
an^led, dehiscence locidicidal. Seeds solitary in each cell, 
with a fleshy arillus, not truncate at the hilum. — Leaves 
simple. 
1. Staphylea Linn. Bladder-nut. 
[1. S. pinnata (L.); 1. j)innate, leaflets 5 — 7, petioles without 
glands, fl. racemose, styles 2, caps, hladdery. — E. B. 1560. R. 
4823. — Fl. yellowish-white. — Avery doubtful native. S.VI.] E. 
2. Euonymus Linn. Spindle-tree. 
1. E. europeeus (L.); pet. oblong, fl. mostly 4-cleft and 4-an- 
drous, branches tetragonal smooth and even, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 
minutely serrate, caps, obtusely angular not winged. — E.B. 362. 
R. 5134. St. 27 . 3. — Arillus inclosing the seed. Bark green. 
L. glabrous. Fl. few together forming a small umbel, greenish- 
white. Fruit rose-coloured. — Hedges and woods. Sh. V. 
Order XXV. RIIAMNEiE. 
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 fleshy or dry. 
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. Rhamnus ZiwK. 
1. R . catharticus (L.) ; thorns terminal, fl. 4-cleft dioecious, 
petioles much longer than the stipides, /. roundish-oval sharply 
toothed, fi‘. with 4 seeds. — E. B. 1629. — Branches opposite. 
Serratures of the 1. ineurved, glandular. Notch in the seeds 
shut. Styles 4, united half way up. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. 
V. — VII. Buckthorn. E. I. 
2. R . Frangula (L.) ; spineless, fl. 5-cleft perfect, 1. elliptical 
acuminate narrowed below entire, fr. with 2 seeds, style simple. — 
E. B. 250. — Branches alternate. Fl. in small clusters, greenish- 
white, small. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. Alder Buck- 
thorn. E. I. 
