﻿Rfxhan. — Cumberland ; By Ullswater in Gowbarrow Park: Mr, Hutchin- 

 son. — Devon ; Woods and hedges, frequent. Chudleigli, Moreton, llsington, 

 Totness, Maryehurch, &c. : FI. Devon. — Dorset ; Common: Dr. Pui.teney. — 

 Durham ; Castle Eden Dean ; and Derwent-water, at Barrow : Mr. Winch. — 

 Essex ; Near Woodford ; Mr. Warner. — Gloucestersh. About Bitton, and 

 Wick: Hev. H. T. Eli.icom uf. In a hedge a little above the Dell rivulet, to- 

 wards Longridge, near Painswiek : Mr. O. Roberts. — Kent ; Common near 

 Feversham : E. Jacob, Esq. — Notts ; In Wood-lane going to St. Ann’s Well, 

 Nottingham : and in many hedges besides: Dr. Dei rinc. — Somersetsh. Fre- 

 quent about Bath : Hev. C. C. ISabington. — Warwicksh. Coleshill : Hev W. T. 

 Bree. Oversley Wood, and Wetheley Wood: T. Burton, Esq. — Wilts; Near 

 Great Bedwyn : W. Barti.ett, Esq — Worcestersh. Blackstone Rock, near 

 Bewdley: Scott. — Yorksh. Near Hotherham: Mr. L. Langley, in I.oud. 

 M. N II. v. ii. p. 269. Wood near Richmond : E. E. <). ibid. v. iii. p. 168. — 

 Berwick; Ashwood; Belford: Thompson— WALES. Anglesey; Llanfi- 

 hangel Dinsylwi, above the sea. Old fortifications on Bryn Gwydryn, plenti- 

 fully : Rev. H. Davies. — SCOTLAND. King’s Park, near Edinburgh: Sir- 

 uai.d. Near Craigmillar Castle: Maugiian. — IRELAND. Plentiful in the 

 County of Cork : Mr. Drummond. Limestone Rocks near Galway, and Dar- 

 gle W'oods : Mr. J. T. IMackay. 



A Shrub, or small Tree. — Flowers in May and June. 



From 3 to 12 or 18 feet high. Branches smooth, green, cylin- 

 drical, the younger ones angular. Leaves opposite,' egg-spear- 

 shaped, pointed, finely serrated, smooth, about 2 inches long, on 

 short leaf-stalks, accompanied at their base by very small, awl- 

 shaped bracleas, which soon fall off. Flowers in small, axillary, 

 pedunculate, panicled clusters ; the first that open are pentandrous, 

 and have 5 petals ; the others are mostly tetrandrous, and have 

 only 4 petals. Petals small, greenish white. Capsules with 4 or 

 5 bluntish angles, of a fine rose-colour, sometimes white. Arillus, 

 or outer coat of the seeds, of an orange colour, forming an elegant 

 contrast with the red or white valves. 



The whole plant is foetid and poisonous. The berries operate violently on the 

 bowels. Theyare said to be fatal to sheep and goats, if taken as food. Powder- 

 ed, and sprinkled upon the hair, they destroy vermin. According to Linnaius, 

 cows, goats, and sheep eat the leaves, but horses refuse them. Mr. W oodward 

 observes, that cows are so fond of the shoots in the Spring, as constantly to 

 break down the banks of the field wherever a plant of it stands. If the wood be 

 cut when the plant is in blossom, it is tough, and is not easily broken; and in 

 that state is used by watch-makers for cleaning clocks and watches, and to make 

 skewers and toothpicks. Musical instrument-makers use it for keys of organs, 

 &c. ; and Linnieus informs us that it affords the best charcoal for drawing. 



The Natural Order Celastri'neie, is composed of Shrubs or Trees, with 

 simple, alternate or opposite leaves, and axillary cymes of small whitish or 

 greenish flowers. The calyx consists of 4 or 5 sepals, connected at the base, 

 and imbricated previous to expansion. The corolla is composed of 4 or 5 flat, 

 slightly fleshy petals, destitute of claws, and inserted under the margin of the 

 disk, with an imbricate estivation. Yhe stamens are equal in number with the 

 petals, and alternate with them, inserted either upon the edge of the disk, or upon 

 its upper surface. The anthers are 2-celled, and burst inwards. The disk is 

 large, expanded, flat, closely surrounding the ovary, and covering the flat part 

 of the calyx. The ovary fgermenj is superior, immetsed in the disk and ad- 

 hering to it, with 3 or 4 ceils; the cells are 1- or many-seeded ; the ovules fixed 

 to the inner angle of the cells by a short narrow podosperm, and ascending. 

 The fruit is superior ; either a 3- or 4-celled capsule (fig. 3.), with 3 or 4 valves 

 with a dissepiment in the middle of each, or a dry drupe containing a 1- or 

 2-celled nut; the cells of each are 1- or many-seeded. Ihe seeds are ascend- 

 ing, seldom inverted by resupination, either provided with an arillus (fig. 5.), or 

 without one; the albumen is fleshy ; and the embryo (fig. 7.) straight; with 

 flat, thick cotyledons, and a short inferior radicle. See Lindl. Syn. ; Rich, by 

 Macgilliv. ; and Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard, and Bot. 



Euonymus is the only British example of this order. 



