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XXIII. CELASTRACEiE 
Leaves thin, membranous. Petals entire. 
Style minute. Capsule with 4 long, tapering wings 2. E. lacerus. 
Style short, distinct. Capsule 4-lobed, not winged 5. E, Hamiltonianus. 
1. Euonymus tingens, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 610. A small 
tree. Leaves thick, leathery, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 in. ; 
upper surface dark green, wrinkled, lower pale ; margins crenate 
Fig. 28. Euonymus tingens. 
or sharply toothed. Flowers \ in. diam., the parts in 5’s, rarely 
in 4’s. Petals orbicular, yellow-white, purple-veined, margins 
minutely crenate. Style as long as the stamens. Capsule obscurely 
4- or 5- angled, not winged. (Fig. 28.) 
Simla, common ; May. — W. Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. 
2. Euonymus lacerus, Buch.-Ham. in D. Don , Prodr. 191 ; FI. Br. 
Ind. i. 611, under E.fimbriatus. A shrub or small tree. Leaves thin, 
membranous, ovate or orbicular, 2-3 in. ; teeth acute, small and 
regular or deep and somewhat irregular. Flowers J in. diam., the 
parts in 4’s. Petals broadly ovate, white, entire. Stamens very 
short. Style minute. Capsule with 4 long, tapering wings. 
Narkunda, Shali ; May, June. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-10,000 ft. 
* 3. Euonymus eehinatus, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 611. A large, 
climbing shrub ; stems attached to trees or rocks by tufts of aerial 
rootlets. Leaves leathery, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 in. ; upper sur- 
face dark green, lower paler ; margins crenate or bluntly toothed. 
Flowers J- in. diam., the parts in 4’s. Petals orbicular, white, 
