168 edges of swamps ; introduced of the London Horticultural Society and the Messrs. Loddiges, but not in a thriving state, for want of moisture and shade. Price of plants, at New York, 15 cents, and of seeds 1 dollar a quart. #7. E. SARMENTO'sus Nutt. The trailing-stemmed Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. Synonymes. E. scándens Hort.; E. americànus var, sarmentosus Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4 Spec. Char., &c. Chiefly distinguished from the last by its having a trailing stem that is prone to emit roots into the soil. It inhabits shady woods in Virginia and Carolina (Dec. Prod., i, p. 4.) Introduced in 1894. m8. E. OBOVA'Tus Nutt. The obovate-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 155.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. Spec. Char., 8c. Stem prostrate, rooting. Shoots upright, with 4 blunt angles. Leaves broadly obovate, obtuse, almost sessile, sawed, with acute fine teeth. Flowers 3 upon a peduncle. Calyxes inflated. Anthers sessile. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A trailing shrub, a native of Pennsylvania, in marshes, between Franklin and Waterford ; introduced in 1820, and flowering in June and July. The plant of this species in the garden of the London Horticultural Society was, in 1834, 1 ft. in height, and covered a circle of 10 ft. in diameter. We have not observed the name in any nurseryman's catalogue. 9. E. ANGUSTIFO‘lius Ph. The narrow-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 168 ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 4.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 5. Spec. Char., &c. Branches smooth. Leaves either oblong-elliptical or linear elliptical, somewhat falcate, almost entire, almost sessile. Flowers mostly 1 on a peduncle, unequally 5-cleft. Capsules echinately warted. Allied to E. americànus. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 4.) A deciduous shrub, of 6 ft. or 7ft. in height; a native of North America, in Georgia, in shady woods. Introduced in 1806. Its flowers and fruit resemble those of E. americànus; and, though nearly related to it, Lyon, its discoverer, was informed by Pursh, that, when propagated by seeds, it retains its distinctive character. Plants, in the London nurseries, are ls. 6d. each; at New York, 1 dollar. 1 10. E. HAMILTONIANUS Wall. Hamilton's Euonymus, or Spindle Tree, Identification. Wall. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 403.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4. Synonyme. E. atropurpureus Wall. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 402. Spec. Char., &c." 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. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 4.) A shrub or low tree, a native of Nepal, where it grows to the height of 20 ft., with an erect trunk and spreading branchlets. It was a introduced in 1825; and there are plants of it in the London Horticultural Society's Garden, and in some nurseries. A standard plant of it, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, in an open situation, was, in 1834, 4 ft. high, after being 4 years planted. Plants against a wall, in the same garden, are 10 ft. high. The species is striking from the whiteness of its stem, and the largeness of its leaves. The plant above mentioned, which is trained to a wall, flowers pretty freely; but the flowers are small, and the cymes of them do not make a show: they are of a yellowish green colour. i 11. E. GARCINIÆFO'LIUS Roxb. The Garcinia-leaved Euonymus, or Spindle Tree. 2 p. 4. edges, much longer than the calyx. Peduncles between the leaves, sometimes solitary, 3-flowered. Tree. tapering entire base. Peduncles slender, flattened, nearly equalling the length of the leaves, 3 App. i. Half-hardy Species of Euonymus, or Species which, ac cording to G. Don, “ will, no doubt, turn out to be truly hardy. I E grossus Wall, a tree of Nepal, growing 12 ft. high, and introduced in E micranthus D. Don, a Nepal shrub of 8 ft. high, introduced in 1820. SE lìcidus D. Don, a Nepal shrub of 6 ft. high, introduced in 1820. 1 E. japimicus Thunb., an elegant Japan tree, growing to the height of 20 it, introduced in 1804. É echinatus Wall, a climbing and rooting shrub from Nepal, in 1824. The 170) Found on mountains, at the height of from 5,000 ft. to 7,000 ft. The following species, marked in Don's Miller as frame plants, are not yet introduced : 1 E tingens Wall., a tree of Nepal, growing to the height of 16 ft. or 20 it, the yellow bark of which is employed by the Nepalese for the pur. pose of marking the forehead with their religious symbol, commonly called ticha. This is also found on mountains. In p. 173., under the order celastracea, are enumerated two other Nepal species, which will probably 170 prove hardy; and which will be found described below. * E. glabér Roxb., a tree growing to the height of 15 ft., in Chittagong, in the East Indies. 1 E. fimbriatus Wall., a tree from the Sewalfik Mountains, in India, with doubly serrated leaves. E. indicus Heyne, an East India shrub 8 ft. high. 1 E. vågans Wall., a most extensive climbing and rambling shrub, in the mountainous forests of Nepal, resembling E. echinatus, but never throwing out roots at the joints. E subtriflorus Blume, and E. Thunbergiànus Blumé, are Japan shrubs, of which little appears to be known. The following species are those above alluded to, as mentioned in Royle's Illustrations, and not included in Don's Miller : E. pendulus Wall., a Nepal tree, considered by some as identical with E. japonicus, and found on the Himalaya Mountains, at an elevation of about 5,000 ft. E. frigidus Wall. is also a Nepal tree, which is generally found with E. fimbriata, at not less than 8,000 ft. of elevation. MM + GENUS II. CELA'STRUS L. THE CELASTRUS, or STAFF TREE. Lin. Syst. Pentándria Monogynia. 1. C. SCA'NDENS L. The climbing-stemmed Celastrus, or Staff Tree. Identification, Lin. Sp., 285.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 6.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 9.; Bourreau des Arbres, Fr.; Baummörder, Ger. Leaves oval, acuminate, serrate. Flowers diæ- treestrangler.” The leaves are about 3 in. long, and nearly 2 in. broad, serrated, of a lively green above, but paler on the under side. We are uncertain whether both of the sexes are extant in British collections or not; but, as seed has been produced in the Botanic Garden at Bury St. Edmunds, it is clear that the female one, at least, is. Miller says the seeds ripen well in England, and that the plant may be propagated by them, or by layers. It prefers a strong loamy soil, rather moist than dry. As a freely growing twiner, with pleasing foliage, and as ligneous twiners are not numerous, it deserves to be more generally cultivated. Plants, in the London nurseries, cost ls. 6d. each, and American seeds 6d. an ounce; at Bollwyller, plants 1 franc each; and at New York, plants 20 cents each, and seeds 35 cents a quart. 2. C. BULLA'TUS L. The studded-capsuled Celastrus, or Staff Tree. in terminal panicles. Capsules elegant, studded, scarlet. (Dec. Prod., ii. App. i. Half hardy Species of Celástrus. There are a number of species of Celástrus from the Cape of Good Hope, and some from the East and West Indies, and South America, which might be tried in the open air against a conservative wall; but the family are not of sufficient beauty or interest to render this desirable to any grcat extent. GENUS III. NEMOPA'NTHES Rafin. THE NEMOPANTHES. Lin. Syst. Polygàmia Dive'cia. 1. N. CANADEʼnsis Dec. The Canadian Nemopanthes. Identification. Dec. Mém. Soc. Gen., 1. p. 44.; PL Rar. Hort. Gen., t. 3.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. Synonymes. C'lex canadensis Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 299. ; N. fascicularis Rajin.; l'lex delicátula Bart. Fl. Vir., p. 67. ;? Prinos lucidus Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 478.; Houx du Canade, Fr: Engravings. Dec. Mém. Soc. Gen., 1. t. 3.; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 49., as I'lex canadensis ; and our fig. 172. Spec. Char., fc. Leaves ovate, quite entire, or serrated at the apex, smooth. Pedicels usually solitary, l-flowered, very long. Flowers white. Berries large, beautiful crimson, very ornamental. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) This is said to be a very 172 hardy, ornamental, deciduous shrub, and to be cultivated at Courset, and in the nursery of M. Cels, at Paris. We have only seen a small plant of it, under the name of Prinos lùcidus, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, which, in 1834, was 4 ft. high, after having been 8 years planted. GENUS IV. MAYTENUS Feuill. The MAYTENUS. Lin. Syst. Polygàmia Diæ cia. Identification. H. B. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. Amer., 7. p. 64. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.9.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 10. . 1. M. chile'nsis Dec. The Chili Maytenus. Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 11. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1702. Synonymes. Senácia Maytenus Lam. Ill., No. 2112. ; Celastrus Maytenus Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1127. ; ? M. bodria Mol. Chil., p. 152. Engravings. Feuill. Obs., 3. p. 39. t. 27.; Bot. Reg., t. 1702 ; and our fig. 173. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves lanceolate serrated. A hand some evergreen shrub, a native of Chili, at Coquimbo, and introduced in 1829. In its native country, it is 173 said to form a small tree, 12 ft. high; in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, where it has been planted against a south wall since 1830, it forms a handsome, evergreen, branchy shrub, with twiggy branchlets. It has also been tried there as a standard, and found to be quite hardy. The flowers are in axillary clusters, with a corolla of a yellowish green colour, not showy. (Bot. Reg., t. 1702.) This desirable addition to our hardy evergreen shrubs will, we trust, soon come into general cultivation. It affords one of the numerous examples which are continually occurring of the utility of trying house plants in the open air, since in published lists it is marked as requiring a green-house. GENUS V. Don's Mill., 2. p. 12. . 1. C. MAUROCE'nia L. Mauroceni's Cassine, or the Hottentot Cherry. Identification. Lin. Sp. 385.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. Synonyme. Maurocènia frangulària Mill. Dict., No. 1. Derivation. The specific name was given in honour of the Venetian senator, Signor Francisco Mauro. ceni, who had a fine garden at Padua, a catalogue of the plants in which was published by Antonio Teta. Engraving. Dill. Elth., t. 121. f. 147. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves sessile, obovate, quite entire, convex. Pedicels many, very short. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.). A shrub, a native of Ethiopia, introduced in 1690, and commonly kept in green. houses, but which deserves trial against a conservative wall. • 2. C. CAPE'Nsis L. The Cape Cassine, or Phillyrea. 174 Identification. Lin. Mant., 220.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. Engravings. Burm. Rar. Plant. Afr., t. 85. ; Díll. Elth., t. 236.; and our fig. 174. August. of Nepal, and introduced in 1820; and the last a native of the Cape of GENUS VI. HARTO‘GIA Dec. The HartOGIA. Lin. Syst. Tetra-Pentándria Monogynia. Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 12.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. Derivation. Named in honour of J. Hartog, a Dutch traveller, and naturalist at the Cape of Good Hope. • 1. H. CAPE'NSIS L. The Cape Hartogia. Identification. Lin. Fil. Suppl., 198.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 13. Synonymes. Schrébera schinoides Thun. Prod., t. 2.; Elæodendron schinoides Spreng. Sysl., 1. Engraving. Thunb. Prod., t. 2. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves opposite, oblong, crenated, smooth, hardly stalked. Pedicels few-flowered, axillary, drooping. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, growing to the height of 10 it., and introduced in 1800. It is marked in the catalogues as a green-house plant, but has been found to stand the open air as an evergreen shrub. In the London nurseries, a narrow-leaved variety of the Cérasus Laurocérasus used frequently to be sold for it. p. 780, CHAP. XXXIV. OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY PLANTS OF THE ORDER AQUIFOLIA'CEÆ. Identification. Lindley's Key, p. 63. Synonymes. Celastrineæ, tribe Aquifoliacea, in part, Dec. Prod., 2 p. 11. ; Ticineæ, in part, Lindl. Introd. to N. S., p. 178., Don's Mill., 2. p. 14. Distinctive Characteristics. Calyx and corolla with an imbricate æstivation. Sepals 4–6. Corolla hypogynous, with 4–6 lobes, and as many stamens inserted into it alternately to its lobes. Ovary 2—6-celled; a pendulous ovule in each cell. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, with from 2—6 stones, each containing a pendulous seed, which has large fleshy albumen. Flowers small, axillary, solitary, or fascicled. (Lindl. Introd. to N. S.) lyginda is described as having a l-celled fruit. The species of Aquifoliàceæ are evergreen and deciduous shrubs or trees, having alternate or opposite leaves, frequently coriaceous, glabrous, and sometimes feather-nerved. The genera containing hardy species are three, and are thus distinguished :Mygi'NDA Jacq. Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx 4—5-cleft. Corolla deeply 4-cleft. Stamens 4, inserted into the base of the corolla. Fruit with (very |