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minutely toothed. Style distinct. Capsule prickly, globose, £ in. 
diam. 
Himalaya, 7000-12,000 ft. ; March, April.— China, Luchu archipelago. 
4. Euonymus pendulus, Wall . ; FI. Br. Lid. i. 612. A small 
tree ; branches drooping. Leaves thick, leathery, oblong-lanceo- 
late, 2J-5 in. ; upper surface dark green, shining, lower pale ; 
margins sharply toothed. Flowers ^ in. diam., the parts in 4’s, 
rarely in 5’s. Petals ovate-oblong, white, minutely fringed. Style 
short but distinct. Capsule with 4 broad, rounded wings. 
Simla, the Glen, Shali ; May, June. — Temperate Himalaya, 3000-8000 ft. 
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5. Euonymus Hamiltonianus, Wall. ; FI. Br. Lidi. i. 612. A 
shrub or small tree. Leaves thin, membranous, ovate or oblong- 
lanceolate, 2^-4 in., minutely toothed. Flowers ^ in. diam., the 
parts in 4’s. Petals oblong-lanceolate, green-white, entire. Style 
short but distinct. Capsule deeply 4-lobed, not winged. 
Narkunda ; June. — W. Himalaya, 4000-9000 ft. 
2. CELASTETJS. The Greek name of the Privet, Ligustrum vul- 
gar e . — Tropical Asia, Australia, N. America. 
* Celastrus paniculata, Willd . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 617. A climbing 
shrub ; branches covered with small, white, wart-like excrescences. 
Leaves alternate, glabrous, membranous, ovate or orbicular, 
x 2-3^ in., toothed, abruptly pointed. Flow r ers polygamous, 
pale yellow-green, in terminal, pendulous panicles. Calyx 5-parted, 
lobes rounded. Petals 5, inserted under the disk. Stamens 5, 
inserted on the margin of the disk. Ovary 3-lobed, sessile on the 
concave disk, 3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style acute. Capsule 
globose, \ in. diam., cells 3, opening down the middle ; seeds 3 or 
6, each enveloped in a red, fleshy coat or aril and remaining exposed 
after the capsule has opened. 
Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. ; April-June. — Malay archipelago. 
3. GYMN0SP0RIA. From the Greek gymnos, naked, and 
spora, a seed. — Many warm regions of the Old World. — This 
genus is merged in Celastrus in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 997. 
Gymnosporia Royleana, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 620. A stiff, 
erect, much-branched, spinous shrub, 8-12 ft. Leaves alternate, 
glabrous, ovate or orbicular, -|-1^ in., crenate or sharply toothed. 
Flowers numerous, 2-sexual, white, in short, axillary cymes. 
Calyx 5-parted, lobes obtuse, ciliate. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 5, 
inserted under the margins of the 5-lobed disk. Ovary half 
immersed in the disk, 3-lobed, 3-celled ; style 3-lobed at the top. 
