Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
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1. Ilex epaca Ait. American Holly. A tree of slow growth. 
Leaves elliptical or obovate, evergreen, glabrous on both sides, spiny- 
tipped, spinose-dentate. Staminate cymes 3-10-flowered. Fertile 
flowers mostly scattered and solitary. Drupe globose or globose- 
oblong, red. Nutlets ribbed. 
In moist woods. April-June. Southeastern part of state. 
FAMILY 49. CELASTRACEiE. Staff-Tree Family. 
Shrugs or trees or twining vines. Leaves alternate or 
opposite, simple. Flowers regular, generally perfect, some¬ 
times dioecious, small. Calyx 4-5 lobed, or parted. Petals 
4-5, spreading. Stamens inserted on the disk, alternate 
with the petals. Ovary mostly 3-5-celled. Fruit a de¬ 
hiscent 2-5-celled pod. 
Leaves opposite; erect or decumbent shrubs. 
I. Euonymus. 
Leaves alternate; woody vine. II. Celastrus. 
I. EUONYMUS (Tourn.) L. 
Shrubs, with opposite-petioled or serrate leaves, and 
perfect, cymose, axillary, greenish or purple flowers, Calyx 
4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5 inserted beneath the 4-5-lobed disk. 
Stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the disk. Ovary 3-5-celled, 
the cavities 1-2-seeded. 
1. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Wahoo. A shrub or small 
tree, 6°-25° high. Leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic long, acu¬ 
minate at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base, puberulent, crenulate- 
serrulate. Flowers purple, 5"-6" broad. Petals commonly 4, obovate. 
Capsule smooth, deeply 3-4 lobed, 6°-8° broad. 
Woods. May-June. Common. 
II. CELASTRUS L. 
Usually twining vines or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 
entire or toothed. Flowers in axillary or terminal ra¬ 
cemes or panicles, dioecious. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 
5. Capsule 2-4-celled. 
