82 ox EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS ET AMERICANUS. 
perveriilent beneath ; peduncles compressed, several-flow- 
ered : parts of the flower usually in fours: petals roundish, 
obovate : capsules snfiooth, deeply lobed. — Jacq. 
Flowers June, July. Shrub 4--12 feet high; the 
brandies slightly 4-sided. Leaves 2 to 5 inches long. 
Petals dark purple. Capsule crimson when mature. Seeds 
nearly vvrliite, invested with a bright red succulent aril. — 
Torrey 8; Gray^ Flor, N. Amer. 
Common Names. Burning-bush, Spindle-tree. 
EuoNYMus Americanus, (Linn.); Branches smooth, 
4-sided ; leaves varying from elliptical-lanceolate to oval 
obovate; on very short petioles: rather obscurely serrate, 
glabrous, peduncles 1-3-flowered: petals roundish-obovate : 
capsules depressed globose, verrucate-echinate. — Willd. 
Flowers May to June. Branches slender, green. Leaves 
1-2 inches long, coriaceous, nearly evergreen in the South- 
ern States. Parts of the flower mostly in threes or fives 
Segments of the calyx very short and roundish. Petals 
greenish-yellow, tinged with purple. Capsule deep crim- 
son when mature, slightly angled, densely muricate or 
warty; the dissepiments and aril scarlet. Seeds smaller 
than in the preceding, 1-3 in each cell. Both species are 
very ornamental in autumn when the fruit is ripe. — Torrey 
Gray. Flor. N. Amer. 
Common Names. Strawberry-tree, Burning-bush. 
The Wahoo Bark, the subject of the present paper, is 
derived from the preceding varieties of Euonymus. These 
shrubs are found throughout the United States and Canada, 
preferring rich soil and shady situations. In addition to the 
above name, which was conferred on these plants by the 
Indians,^ they have also received the title of the Indian 
Arrow Wood, from the straightness of their trunks. From 
Dr. S. W. Ripley, of Ohio, information concerning this 
bark, and the shrub afl'ording it has been received; and in 
the locality in which he found it, it usually occurred in 
low grounds in the vicinity of creeks, and never attained 
