Flowers many upon a peduncle; the peduncle
compressed. Petals orbiculate. Capsules
angulately furrowed, smooth. (Dec. Prod.)
A shrub or low tree. Canada to Florida.
Height 4 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1756.
Flowers dark purple ; June and July. Capsule
crimson. Seeds white, with a red aril ; ripe
in October. Decaying leaves purplish red.
Naked young wood purplish green
Branches slightly 4-sided. Leaves 2 in. to 5 in.
long. P a rts of the flower usually in fours; petals
roundish obovate. Capsules smooth, deeply
lobed. This and th e other American species of
Duónymus are rarely found in a thriving state in
Britain : as it appears to us, from not being
planted in moist shady situations, and in peat or
sandy soil. •' 204. B u o iijm u s a tro p u rp ù reu s.
SI « 6. D. a m e r i c a ' n u s L. The American Euonymus, or Spindle Tree.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 286. ; Dec. P rod., 2. p. 4. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 5. ; T o r and Grav I n 268
Synonymes. E. sempervìrens Marsh. ; E . altcrnifùlius Moench-, th e Bu rn in g Bush, Strawberry
E n p -a k n g s . Nouv D u H am., 3. t .9 .; Schinidt Arb. t.7 5 . ; onr fig . 206., representing th e pl-int in
flower ; and 20Ö., representing It in seed, With th e warty capsule.
Spec. Char., Sçc. Branches smooth. Leaves almost sessile, elliptic-lanceolate
sawed. Flowers 1 to 3 on a peduncle. Petals sub-orbiculate. Capsule
echinately warty. (Dec. Prod.) A sub-evergreen recumbent shrub. Canada
to Florida, among rocks, and in moist woodlands. Height 2 ft. to 6 ft. In troduced
in 1686. Flowers greenish yellow, tinged with pu rp le ; May and
June. Capsule deep crimson. Seeds white, with a scarlet a r il; ripe in
October. Decaying leaves and naked shoots green.
20 5 . E u ónymus am eric àn u s
Varieties.
203. Eu ó n ym u s americ àn u s.
(Our
fig . 207.) — Leaves narrowly elliptical or oblong,
slightly falcate, the margin minutely serrated. Po ssibly
the E . angustifolius of Pursh, which Torrey and
Gray had only seen in a herbarium.
* J» a. E . o. 3 sarmentosus Nutt. Var. y Tor. 4 G ra y .__
Shoots trailing and often rooting; leaves ovate-lanceolate.
® A* a- E . a. 4 ©¿o»o/«i .Nutt. Var. h Tor. & Gray; E .
obovatus Dec. Prod. 2. p. 4., Doris Mill. 2. p. 5.
(Oury?g.208.)—Trailing and rooting; leaves obovate,
or oval-obovate, obtuse or slightly acuminate, acute at the
E re c t. Leaves oval or elliptical lanceolate, the uppermost often slightly fai-
cate, mostly acuminate, acute or obtuse (rarely subcordate) a t the base. ( 1 or.
and Gray, var. a.) Branches slender, green. Leaves 1 m. to 2m . long con-
aceons, nearly evergreen in the southern states. Seeds smaller than m E .
atropurpùreus. The scarlet fruits, according to Pu rsh , resemble a t a distance,
those of ri'rbutus H'nedo. They form a great ornament, he says, to
this almost evergreen shrub, and have given rise, in America, to its common
name, the burning bush. O f easy cultm’e in moist soil, and a shady situation.
Cuttings or seeds.
Î a 7. E . H a m i l to n /Y n o t Wall. Hamilton’s Euonymus, or Spindle Tree.
Identification. Wall. F l. Ind., ’2 p. 403. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 4.
Svnonvme. atropurpùreus TTíí//. FÌ. iwd. 2. p. 4U2.
Eng ra vin g . Oar fig . 209., from a vigorous p lan t in th e Hort. Soc. Garden.
Spec. Char., 4c. Branches smooth,
terete. Leaves lanceolate, finely
serrated. Peduncles dichotomous,
6-flowered. Flowers tetrandrous.
Petals 4, lanceolate cordate. Ovary
4-lobed, 4-celled, each cell containing
2 ovules. (Doris M ill.) A
low tree or shrub. Nepal. Height
10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1825.
Flow'ers yellowish greni ; June
and July. F ru it ? purple; ripe in
? October. Decaying leaves and
naked young wood green. _
A free-growing sjiecies, with an
erect stem ; the young shoots green ;
the leaves large ; bark o f the older
shoots white. Left to itself, as a
standard, it forms a dense fastigiate
bush, with numerous suckers; but,
trained to a single stem, it would
doubtless form a handsome small
tree. A plant against the wall, in
th e Horticultural Society’s Garden,
flowers freely every year ; b u t has
not yet ripened fruit. The plant in 209. E u o n ym .
u s H am ilto n i« nw .
the open garden was killed to the ground by the winter of 1837-8, Imt sprang
up again with vigour. In the Liverpool Botanic Garden it
was not injured.
Other Species of Huonymus.— H. japónicus Thurú}. (qRt
fig. 210.), and H. japónicus Joliis variegàtis, E. gnraTiiæfôlius
Roxb., and some other specie.s, are in London gardens ; but
they can only be considered as half-hardy. In th e Canterbury
Nursery, E . j. fôliis variegatis has been found hardier
than the species. In the Horticultiural Society’s Garden,
E . japónicus, trained against a wall, was but little injured
by the winter of 1837-8. The following species, shortiy described
in our first edition, Mr. Don considers as likely to
prove “ truly hardy ;” some o f them are introduced, and are
in green-houses : E . grossus Wall., E. micránthus D . Don,
E . lùcidus D . Don, E . echinatns Wall., E . tingens Wall.,
E . gliiber Roxb., E . fimbriàtus Wall, E . indiens Heyne, E .
vàgans Wall, E . subtriilôriis Blume, E . Thunbergianw
Blume, E . péndulus Wall, and E . frlgidus WaU.
210. E .japónicufi.