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and vci-y sliowy ; ripe in Septeinlier. Dceaying leaves reddisii. Naked young
wood green or reddish green.
Varieties,
¥ '* E . e. 2 latifolius Lodd. Cat. lias ratlier broader leaves than the species.
¥ a E . ». 3 foliis variegàtis Lodd. Cat. lias variegated leaves, but never
looks healthy.
¥ J» E . ». i friictu álbo Lodd. Cat. has white ca|)snles.
J« E. ». 5 nànus Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf-growing plant.
Nos. 2. and 4. o f these varieties are, in our opinion, alone worth cultivating.
Hoots numerous and whitish, forming a dense mass o f network, and not
extending to a great distance from the stem. Tlie branches arc numerous
aiul opposite ; and the wood hard and fine-grained. The leaves and bark
are acrid, poisonous, and fetid when bruised. The capsules are o f a fine
rose colour, except in the wliite-capsuled variety, and the seeds are each
invested with an aril o f a fine orange colour. In a state o f cultivation the
tree attains the height o f 30 ft. or upwards, and, though almost entirely neglected
in pleasure-grounds, it forms a singularly handsome object in autumn,
when covered with its ripe fruit. Seeds; in any common soil'not over moist.
¥ a 2. D. VERBUCo'sus Scop. Th e warted-èar/c»rf Euonymus', or Spindle
Tree,
Identificaiion. Scop. C am ., ed. 2. No. 2G8. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 4. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. <
Synonymes. E . europæ'us leprôsus Lin. ; F usain galeux, ou
vorruqucux, Fr. ; wa rziger Spindeibaum, Gcr.
Engravings. Nouv. D u Ilam ., 3. t. 8. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 72. ;
and ouxjig. 201.
Spac. Char., 4c. Branches warted with prominent
lenticular glands. Leaves ovate, slightly serrate.
Flowers three on a peduncle. Petals
ovate. Capsule bluntly 4-cornered. {Vcc.
Prod.) A deciduous shrub or low tree. Austria,
Ilimgary, and Carniola. Height 6 ft. to 12ft.
Introduced in 1763. Flowers ¡mrplish brown ;
May and June. F rn it reddish purple ; ripe
in September. Decaying leaves reddish green.
Naked young wood green, with brown and
white spots.
A shrub of somewhat fastigiate habit of growth,
with rough warty branches. This species is cultivated
in collections chiefly for the singularity of its
a|)pearance, being among spindle trees what the
warted ash is among ash trees. I t ripens seeds,
and is readily increased by cuttings.
201. iìu ó iiym iis ve rru co su s .
¥ SÉ 3. H. i,ATiEo'i,ius C. Bauh. The broad-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle
Tree.
Identification. C. Bauh. P in ., 428. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 4. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 4.
Synonymes. E. europæ'us var. 2, L in . ; Fusain à larges Feuilles, Er. ; hro itb lattrig er Spindeibaum,
Ger.
E ngravings. Jacq. F l. Austr., t. 289. ; Bot. Mag., 2384. ; th e plate of th e species in Arb. B rit., 1st
edit., vol. V. i and our Jig. 202.
Spec. Char., 4 c . Branches smooth. Leaves broad-ovate, toothleted. P e duncles
trichotomoiis, many-flowered. Petals oval, obtuse. Lobes o f capsule
acutely angled, wing-formed. (Don’s Mill.) A deciduoiis shrub or low tree.
South o f France to Tauri;i, in groves. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced
in 1730. Flowers white, becoming purplish; Ju n e and July. F ru it deep
red, and very showy ; ripe in September. Decaying leaves purplish red.
Naked young wood reddish green, with long pointed green buds, tinged
with red.
In British gardens, this forms much the handsomest species of the geiuis,
202. i?u<5nymas lallfòHus.
from its broad shining leaves, and its large red pendulous fruits, with orange-
coloured seeds, which, when the capsules open, are suspended from the cells
somewhat in the manner th a t the seeds o f tlie magnolias hang from their
strobiles. Even the wood o f this species, during winter, is much handsomer
than th a t of any other, the branches being regularly divaricate, with a clean
bark, of a reddish green, and with long pointed dark brown buds ; by which
alone this species may be distinguished from all th e others. Unfortunately
for this species, it is generally treated as a shrub, and crowded among other
shrubs or trees ; so th a t it is never allowed a chance of attaining either its
full size or its proper shape.
I 4. D. n a 'n u s Bieb. The dwarf Euonymus, or Spindle Tree.
Identification. C. Bieb. F l. T a u r. Suppl., p. 160 ; Dec. P rod., 2. p. 4. j Don’s Mill., 2. p. 4.
Synonipne. E . caucasicum Lodd.
Engraving. Our fig. 203. from Messrs. Loddiges’s plant.
Spec. Char., 4c. Branches smooth, somewhat herbaceous. Leaves lanceolate,
entire, nearly opposite. Flowers 4-cleft, from 1 to 3 on a peduncle. (Dec.
Prod.) A trailing nndershrub, with the aspect of the widow wail (Cneonim
tricdccum). Northern Caucasus.
Height 1 ft. Introduced
in 1830. Flowers
greenish white ; July and An- ,
gust. F ru it ? ; ripe ?. Shoots ‘
slender, recumbent, and with
the leaves o f a deep green. ’¡'"¡vsmus nkm,..
A very neat little plant, apparently quite hardy, and well adapted for rockwork.
¥ SÉ 5. H. a t r o p u r p u 'r e u s Jacq. The dark-purple:;?m»»)’»d Euonymus, or
Spindle Tree.
Identification. Jacq. Ho rt. Vind., 2. •, Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 4. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 5. ; T o r. and Gray,
1. p. 257.
Synonymes. E . caroliniensis Marsh. Arb. Am e r. No. 1. ; and, probably, E . latlfblius Marsh. Arb.
Amer. No. 2. ; Burning Bush, Amer.
Engravings. Jacq. H o rt. Vind., 2. t. 120. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 73. ; and o ur fig. 204.
%pec. Char,, 4c. Branches smooth. Leaves stalked, lanceolate, serrated.
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