92 xxiv. celastrace^e. [ Euonymus . 
1. S. * pinnata L. ( common B.) ; leaves pinnate, petioles 
without glands, styles 2 united at the apex. E. B. t. 1560. 
Thickets and hedges. Yorkshire; about Ashford, Kent, h- 6* 
— A plant of Eastern Europe, without any title to be received into 
the British Flora, except that of custom. 
Okd. XXIV. CELASTRACE.E R. Brown. 
Calyx 4 — 5-cleft, its base covered with a large, flat, fleshy 
disk, imbricated in aestivation. Petals 4 — 5, alternate with the 
sepals arising from the edge of the disk. Stamens 4 — 5 alter- 
nate with the petals. Ovary wholly or in part immersed in the 
disk, 2 — 5-celled. Cells with one or many seeds. Fruit a 
capsule with 3 — 5 cells, and 3 — 5 septiferous valves, or a dry 
drupe with 1 or two cells. Seeds erect, often with an arillodium, 
never bony. Albumen copious, fleshy, with a straight embryo , 
flat cotyledons , and an inferior radicle. — Shrubs, with simple , 
mostly opposite leaves, and axillary cymes. 
1. Euonymus Linn. Spindle-Tree. 
Cal. flat, 4 — 5-cleft, having a peltate disk within. Pet. 4 — 5. 
Stam. alternating with the petals, inserted upon the disk. Caps. 
with 3 — 5 angles, and as many cells and valves. Seeds with a 
coloured fleshy arillodium . — Named from Euonyme, mother to 
the Furies, in allusion to the injurious effects produced by the 
fruit of these plants. 
1. E. Europce'us L. ( common S.) ; flowers mostly tetandrous, 
petals oblong, branches 4-angled glabrous, leaves ovato-lanceo- 
late, minutely serrate. E. B. t. 362. 
Woods and hedges; frequent in England, and the south of Ireland, 
scarcely wild in Scotland. k . 5, 6. — Shrub 3 — 5 ft. high. Bark 
green, smooth. Leaves glabrous. Peduncle bearing a few-flowered 
umbel. Flowers small, white. Fruit obtusely angular, very beautiful 
rose-coloured. Arillodium orange-coloured. The berries and even leaves 
are said to be dangerous, and the whole plant is fetid. Of its tough 
white wood skewers and spindles are made, and Linnasus tells us it 
affords the best charcoal for drawing. 
Okd. XXV. RHAMNACE2E Juss. 
Calyx 4 — 5-cleft, valvate in aestivation. Petals 4—5, inserted 
on the summit of the tube of the calyx, shorter than and alter- 
nate with its lobes, sometimes wanting. Stamens 4 — 5, alternate 
with the calycine lobes. Ovary inferior, or wholly or in part 
superior, 2 — 4 celled ; cells with one erect ovule. Fruit fleshy 
and indehiscent, or dry and dehiscent. Seeds erect. Albumen 
fleshy, rarely wanting. Embryo straight ; cotyledons large and 
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