PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
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the centre; cells 1 or 3-seeded. Seeds ca- 
lyptrate (or arillate?) — 
!• E. subsempervirent ; stem sarmentose, often Americanus* 
radicant, acutely quadrangular; leaves sub- 
sessile, opaque, ovate-lanceolate acute, obtuse- 
ly serrate, serratures for the most part undula- 
ted ; peduncles about S-flowered ; flowers 5- 
petalled ; fruit scabrous. — Leaves somewhat 
shining, and remarkable for their opacity; fruit 
of the usual brilliant colours ; theca bursting 
from the centre.— 
Creeping rooted Burning-hush^ or Spindle-tree» 
Seldom exceeding- two feet in height, and always preserving 
the sarmentose habit. It is, T think, a distinct species. On 
the high shady banks of the Wissahi6kon. On the hills border- 
ing the east side of the Schuylkill a mile or two south of the 
falls; and in a copse on the east side of the road leading from 
the Lancaster turnpike about two miles from the Schuylkill 
bridge, towards the fails, the copse perhaps two miles on the 
road after leaving the turnpike. In the latter place it is abun- 
dant. July. 
120. CELASTRUS. Gen. pi. 372. fRhamni.J 
Calix 5-lobed. Corolla 5-petalled. Stamina 
situated around a 5-toothed glandulous 
disk. Style thick, perforate; Stigmas 3. 
Capsule (theca) 3-sided, 3-celled, 3-valv- 
ed, valves septiferous in the centre; cells 
1 or 2-seeded. Seeds semiarillate, arillus 
4-cleft. — J\T utt. 
1 . C. without thorns ; leaves ohlong, acuminate scandens, 
serrate, racemes terminal. — Willd. 
Icon. Duham. arb. 95. Schmidt, arb. 140. — 
(Pursh.) 
