Celastracere. Rhamnaceae. 
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25. Celastraceae. 
128. Staphylea. Bladdernut. Y, 137. 
1. Ls pinnate, with 5—7 opp., toothed leaflets. FIs white, 
in pendant racemes.—Thickety hills; not common and 
in part only escaped from cultivation. 5 pinnata L. 464. 
129. Evonymus. Spindle-tree. VI, 8. Y, 8. 
1. Branches4-angular. Pets oblong, gen. 4. —Woods, hedges; 
everywhere. 4 .... europaeus L. 465. 
— Branches cylindric, rather compressed. Pets roundish, 
gen. 5.—As the last; T. 0. U. L. Z. A. 5 
latifolius Scop. 466. 
26. Rhamnaceae. 
130. Rhamnus. Buckthorn. IY, 8. Y, 11. XXII, 13. 
1. Ls (of the present year’s branches) more or less opp. 
Twigs terminating in a spine . . . 2 
— Ls altern. Twigs not terminating in a spine . 3 
2. Petioles 2—3 times as long as the (decid.) stipules. Ls 
oval or elliptic, the base rounded or slightly cordate. 
—Stony, w r ooded places ; distrib. 5 cathartica L. 467. 
— Petioles as long as, or only slightly longer than, the sti¬ 
pules. Ls elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed at the base.— 
Stony calc, hills; rare; G. T. Zurich. S. 4, 5 
saxatilis L. 468. 
3. Ls with about 9—15 almost straight lateral nerves on 
each side of the middle nerve. An erect shrub.—Sunny, 
rocky slopes of the Alp. and Jura, up to the foot of 
the mount.; (wanting in G. A.). 5, 6 aipina L. 469. 
— Ls with 4—6 slightly curved lateral nerves on each side 
of the middle nerve. Small shrubs with branches closely 
applied to the rocks.—Rocky places of the Alp. and 
subalp. on calc.; Jura (Mont d’Or). 6 pumila Turr. 470. 
131. Frangula. Alder Buckthorn. V, 11. 
1. Twigs not spiny, dotted with white. Ls elliptic, entire. 
Rhamnus Frangula L.—Hedges, thickets; distrib. 5 
Alnus Mill. 471. 
132. Zizyphus. Zizyphus. Y, 10. 
1. FIs almost sessile. Z. sativa Gartn.—Thickets; T. W., 
escaped from cultivation. 6 . t vulgaris Lam. 472. 
