620 381. Staphylsea. 64?. CELASTRINiE. PL ex* cal. 
Stem short, branchy, bald ; leaflets cut ; racemes terminal 
drooping ; bractece membranaceous, bristlelike ; corolla yel- 
low ; seed hard, shining. 
II. 382. EVONYMUS. Theophrastus. Spindletree . 
Calyx 4? or 5-cut, flat, with a peltate disk ; petals 4? or 5, 
spreading; stamens 4? or 5, placed on glands prominent 
above the calyx-disk; style 1 ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved ; 
seeds covered with a coloured arille, inserted at the inner 
angles of the cells. 
Evonymus Europceus . European spindle-tree . 
Stamens mostly 4-; peduncles compressed, many-flowered; 
stigmata awlshape ; leaves petioled, bald. 
Evonymus vulgaris, Raii Syn. 468, 1 ; Park. 241. 
Evonymus Theophrasti, Ger.em. 1468, I. 
Evonymus Europaeus, Lin. S. P. 286. 
Prickwood. Prick timber. Gatteridge tree. 
Woods and hedges ; shrubby ; April and May. 
Branches bald, green, when young 4?- angled; leaves op- 
posite, lanceolate, serrate ; peduncles axillary, forked ; flowers 
white, foetid ; capsules purple ; seeds white ; arille yellow.— 
Branches used for butchers’ skewers, and toothpicks ; ber- 
ries vomit and purge very violently. 
Fam. XXX. 65. RHAMNEiE. R. Brown. Rhamnoidece, 
Richard. Frangulacearum seetio> 
De Candolle. 
Calyx 1 -leaved, 4 or 5-cut; corolla 0, or many-petaled, 
inserted on the calyx-disk ; petals as many as the calyx- 
lobes ; stamens as many as the lobes, and opposite to the 
petals; ovary simple, free, girth with the calyx-disk; berry 
many-celled ; seeds ascending or upright; perisperm 0, or 
very thin; corculum straight; radicle below. — Stem arbo- 
rescent or shrubby ; leaves stipuled, alternate or opposite. 
383. RHAMNUS. Theophrastus. Buckthorn . 
Calyx pitchershape, 4 or 5-cut; petals 4 or 5, some- 
times 0; stamens 4 or 5 ; style 1 ; stigmata 2 or 4; berry 2 
or 4-celled, 2-seeded ; hile cartilaginous, at the bottom of 
the seed. 
