EUON'YMUS LATIFO'LIUS. 
BROAD-LEAVED SPINDLE TREE. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CELASTRACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introdueed 
Europe. 
10 feet. 
May, June. 
Shrub. 
in 1763. 
No. 1236. 
The Euonymus of Theophrastus is said to have 
been so called by antiphrasis, from euonumos, hav- 
ing a good name ; because the plant which the an- 
cients so called was “infamous for its strong foetid 
smell.” Pliny, in describing it, says the smell and 
taste of it is pestiferous, and menaceth present death. 
It is uncertain to what plant these observations 
were applied by the Greeks. 
The shrub now figured was, by Linneus, taken as 
a variety only of the Euonymus Europaeus or Spin- 
dle Tree of Britain ; no doubt, however, is now en- 
tertained of its specific distinction. It forms a far 
more handsome shrub or tree than Europaeus or any 
other of the genus ; indeed, as a small detached tree, 
unencumbered with surrounding shrubs, it becomes 
exceedingly attractive in summer, from its handsome 
foliage ; and in autumn, from its brilliant scarlet 
fruit. Another circumstance, of no mean consider- 
ation, in its favour, is that its foliage is less liable to 
the attack of insects than that of the common 
species. 
It may be readily propagated, either from seeds, 
cuttings, or layers. 
