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EUO'NYMUS* *. 



Linnean Class and Order . Pexta'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 



Natural Order. Celastri'ne/e, Dr. R. Brown . — Lindl. Syn. 

 p. 74 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 110. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 

 p.537. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 508. — Rosa'les ; sect. Ilicin^e ; 

 type, Celastra'ceae ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 617, & 621. — 

 Rhamni, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 376. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 182. — 

 Dumosae, Linnaeus. 



Gew Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 4 or 5 deep, 

 rounded concave segments, flat, with a peltate disk in the bottom. 

 Corolla (fig. 2.) of 4 or 5 oblong, flat, spreading petals, inserted in 

 the disk. Stamens (see fig. 2.) 4 or 5, inserted upon glands at the 

 margin of the disk, alternate with the petals. Anthers 2-lobed. 

 Germen (see fig. 2 ) superior, depressed, pointed. Style short, 

 simple. Stigma blunt. Capsule (fig. 3.) succulent, coloured, with 

 from 3 to 5 angles, and as many cells and coriaceous valves hav- 

 ing central partitions. Seeds (fig. 4.) solitary, egg-shaped ; each 

 enveloped in a coloured, fleshy arillus J. Embryo (fig. 7.) green, 

 straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen (see fig. 6.) 



Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, 

 by an inferior, flat calyx ; a corolla of 4 or 5 petals ; a capsule of 

 4 or 5 cells ; and seeds with a coloured fleshy arillus. 



One species British. 



EUO'NYMUS EUROPjE'US. Common Spindle-tree. Prick- 

 wood. Gatteridge-tree. 



Spec. Char. Branches smooth and even. Leaves egg-spear- 

 shaped, petiolate. Flowers mostly 4-cleft and tetrandrous. Petals 

 pointed. 



Engl. Bot. t. 362.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 286. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p.98. — 

 Sm. PI. Brit. v. i. p.262.. Ping. FI. v. i. p.329. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p.324. — 

 (tray's Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 620. — Lindl. Syn. p. 74. — Ilook. Brit. FI. p. 104. — 

 Hunt. P'.velyn’s Silva, p. 412. — Light!'. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 145- — Sibth. FI. Oxon. 

 p. 82. — Abb. FI. liedf. p. 52. — Ptlrt. Midi. Pi. v. i. p. 131. and v. iii. p. 347.— 

 llelh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 100. — Hook. PI. Scot. p. 81. — Grev. FI. Edin. 

 p. 55. — FI. Devon, pp. 42 & 1 78. — Johnst. FI. of Bervv. v. i. p. 63. — Curt. Brit. 

 Entom. v. iv. t. 194. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 66. — Perry’s PI. Varvie. Selectaj, 

 p. 22. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 11. — Mack. C'atal. of PI. of Irel. p. 25. — Euonymns 

 Vulgaris, Hay’s Syn. p. 468. — Euonymus Theophrasti, John. Uerar. p. 1468. 



Localities. — In woods and hedges. Not uncommon in most parts of Eng- 

 land ; moie rare in Scotland and Ireland. — Oxfordsh. In the lane leading from 

 the Botlev road to Binsey : Dr. Sibthoup. Near Shotover Plantations ; Head- 

 ing Copse near Marston Lane; Ileadington Wick Copse ; on the Woodstock 

 road between Oxford and Summer Town ; and between Northleigh and Ash- 

 ford Mill : 1831, W. B . — Berks ; Hedges between South Hinksey and Bagley 

 Wood : W. B. — Bedfords/'.. Itenhold, Cople, and Aspley : Kev. C. Abbot. — 

 Cambridgesh. Madingley Wood, Granchester, Kingston Wood, &c. : Rev. R. 



Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla, Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 3. A Capsule. 



Fig. 4. A Seed invested with the Arillus. — Fig. 5. The same, with part of the 

 Arillus removed. — Fig. 6. Transverse section of a Seed. — Prig. 7. Embryo, a 



little magnified. 



* From Euonyme, Mother to the Furies, in allusion to the injurious effects 

 of the fruit produced by this plant. Dr. IIookfu. 

 f See Anchusa sempervirens, folio 48, note -j-. 



} A proc ess of the placenta adhering to the hilum of seeds, and sometimes 

 enveloping them ; a peculiar substance covering the seeds. G. Don. 



