154 AIIIÌORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM.
G e n u s I I .
C E L A 'S T R U S Z . T h e C e la st k u s , o/-NTriEE T r e e . Lin. Syst. P entándria
Monogynia.
Identification. Lin. Gen., 270. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 5. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2 p. 6.
Synonymes. Kuonymöldes Mo7wc/i; Cölastrcj, F r . ; Cclaster, Ger.
Dcriyatioyi. ^Froin Are/as, th e la tte r season ; th e fru it remaining on th e tre e all th e winter.
kelasiros of th e Greeks is supposed to be th e F u dnymus.
Gen. Char. Calyx small, 5-IobetI. Petals 5, ungiiiculate. Ovary small, im-
mersed in a 10-striped disk. Stigmas 2—3. Capsule 2—3 valved. Seed 1,
in a large fleshy aril. (Doris Mill.)
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; stipules minute. — One
hardy species ; a climbing shrub, a native o f No rth America.
1 1. C. s c a ' n d e n s Z . The climbing-sfenmicd Celastrus, or Staff Tree.
Jdenlification. Lin . Sp., 285. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 6. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 6. ; T o r. and Gray 1 n 2.57.
Synonymes.■s. B o u rre au dos Arbres,^ Fr. ^......................
; Baummörder, Gcr. ; Bitterswee t, Waxwork, Am e r. Engravings.(re Nouv.NJrMiir Du l l i , Ham.,T4orv. 1.1 t'.•• 9 (i(^5 ./. and . . . . . i o u r .211.
m i ’
Spec. Char., 4<t. Thornless, climbing, smooth. Leaves oval, acuminate
serrate. Flowers dioecious. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous twining shrub.
Canada to Virginia. Height 5 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers
small, jiale yellowish green ; June. Capsules orange ; ripe in September.
Seed reddish brown, coated with a bright orange aril, changing at last to
scarlet.
The stems are woody and flexible, and twist
themselves round trees and shrubs, or round each
other, to the height o f 12 or 15 feet, or upwards,
girding trees so closely as, in a few years, to destroy
th em ; whence the French and German names,
which signify “ tree strangler.” The leaves are about
J in . long, and nearly 2 in. broad, serrated, of a lively
green above, but paler on th e under side. The plant
prefers a strong loamy soil, ra th e r moist than dry; and
is readily propagated by seeds, layers, or cuttings. 211. Celástrus scândens.
Other Species o f Celástrus. — C. bullatus, described from a figure of Plukenet,
is, according to Torrey and Gray, a doubtful [ilant. C. nepalensis and C. pyra-
canthifoliiis are in Messrs. Loddiges’s collection, b u t ra th e r tender.
G e n u s I I I .
NEM O PA 'N TH E S Rafin. T h e N rm o p a n t i i e s .
Dioe'cia.
Lin. Syst. Polygàmia
Identification. Bafin. J o u rn . P h y s., 1819, p. 96 ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 17. ; D o n ’s Mill,, 2. p. 13.
Synonyme. Ilicidldes D um . Cours. 1. vol. i . p. 27.
Derivation. F rom nemos, a grove, and anthos, a flower; it being generally found in groves.
Gen. Char. Calyx small, scarcely conspicuous. Petals 5, distinct, oblong,
linear, deciduous. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals. Ovary hemispherical,
covered with clammy juice. Style wanting. Stigmas 3—4, sessile
; ill th e male flowers hardly manifest. Berry globose, 3—4-celled.
(Doris M ill.)
Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, exstipulate, deciduous ; quite entire.— One
hai’dy species.
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1. N. c a n a d e 'n s i s Dec. The Canadian Neraopanthes.
Uenlification. De c. Mem. Soc. Gen., 1. p. M .; P I Bar- R°U- ‘ 3. ;
Stjnonymcs. ’/'¡m t (ianadcnsis Michx. Flor. Bor. Ame r. 2. P ' j
“ ascicuiaris Bnfm. ; I'le n dclicatula E a r t. F l . Fnc p. 67. ; f P rin o s 1H-
cidus Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. m 478. ; Houx du Canade, . , . . ^
Engravings. Michx. F l. Bor. Amer. 2. t. 49., as 1 lex canadensis , and
Óì Ajig. 212.
Spec Char., 4e. Leaves ovate, quite entire, or serrated a t
the apex, smooth I ’edicels usually solitary, 1-flowered,
very long. Flowers white. Berries large, beautiful
crimson, very ornamental. (Doris Mill.) A dcculuous
shrub. Canada to Carolina, on movmtams. Height
3 ft to 5 ft. Introduced in 1802. Blowers small, white ;
April and May. Berry large, beautiful crimson; ripe m
October. Very ornamental.
Plants of this species in the H o rt. Soc. Garden, anti at
Messrs. Loddiges’s, under the name of Trinos lucidus,
form neat fastigiate shrubs, rather ot slow growth. A
few years ago there were some very handsome plants ol
this species a t White Knights. Suckcrs_ or layers m loamy sod
of the young wood m sand under a glass.
N. can ad én sis .
or cuttings
213. Mi'i.vlcniia cliilensis
other Species of Celastràceec.—M.aytc'inis chilénsis Dec.
fo n r fis. 213.), a handsome evergreen branchy shrub,
with twiOT branchlets. The flowers are in axillary clus-
ters with the corolla of a yellowish green colour, not
showy. I t is R native o f Chile, and stood eight or ten
winters against a south wall in the Hort. Soc.
and was thought to be tolerably hardy, but was killed to
the «round in th e winter of 1837-8, and did not spring up
agaiil It also stood several winters in the open garden, as
a standard, and promised to be a valuable addition to onr
hardy evergreen shrubs, wliich it may possibly yet prove.
O r d e r X X L JQ U I F O L IA 'C E Æ .
W o t / , 5 . p. 1 7 8 ., DOWÄ 2. p . 14. ^ ^ o i ì r
O B D .C U A B . Calyx and corri/ii wUL an nnbncate Sepals Y - 6 .
IID o « v r f ? s ^ ? iti" 4—6 lobes, and as many stamens inserted into it
r e T u n d i fleshy, indehiscent, with 2 - 6 stones each contam.ng a pendulous
s e l ? whicl/has large fleshy albumen (D - I G - L o w trees or shrubs,
chieflv evergreen. N a t i v e s of Enroiio and Noith Ameiica.
Z»™»I stap le, alternate o r o p p o s ite , exstipulate, evergreen or dec.dnons;
Mowers small, axillary, solitary or f a s c i c l e d .- I h e genera
lln u ta ff ig hardy species are three, and are thus contradistinguished : -
M v c i 'N D J Jacq. Sexes hermaphrodite. Stamens 4. F ru it 1-celled, 1-seeded.
Shrubs with square branchlets ; leaves opposite subconaceoiis, and flowers
upon trifidly or trichotomonsly branched pediinc es.
/ ' tT x Z Sexes hermaphrodite, dioecious, o r polygamous. Stamens 4 - 5 .
F in i r in c lta in « 4 or 5 nuts. Evergreen shrubs with, mostly, coriaceous
leaves Flowers many on a peduncle. ■
P k i' n o s Z S e x e s m o s tly d ioe c io u s o r p o lygamous. S tam en s 6 . F r u it mchiding
6 nuts. Shrubs with leaves deciduous or persistent, and flowers
1 upon a peduncle.