. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Euonymv.' obovatus Nutt. Gen. i: 155. 1818. Euonymus americanus var. obovatus T. & G.; A. Gray, Gen. 2: 188. 1849. A low decumbent shrub, seldom rising over a foot from the ground, branching, rooting from the prostrate twigs. Branches 4-angled or slightly winged; leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, rather thin, mostly acute or cuneate at the base, obtuse at
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Euonymv.' obovatus Nutt. Gen. i: 155. 1818. Euonymus americanus var. obovatus T. & G.; A. Gray, Gen. 2: 188. 1849. A low decumbent shrub, seldom rising over a foot from the ground, branching, rooting from the prostrate twigs. Branches 4-angled or slightly winged; leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, rather thin, mostly acute or cuneate at the base, obtuse at the apex, finely crenulate-serrulate, i'-2' long, i'-ii' wide, glabrous; petioles i"-2" long; pe- duncles 1-4-flowered; flowers greenish, smaller than in the preceding species, about 3" broad; petals generally S, nearly orbicular, crenulate or erose, close together or even slightly overlapping, with scarcely any claw; capsule commonly 3-cell- ed, slightly lobed, depressed, tuberculate. In low woods, southern Ontario to Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey ( ?), Illinois, Michigan, and Kentucky. Blooms earlier than E. americanus, April-May. 3. Euon5mius atropurpureus Jacq. Burning Bush. Wahoo. Fig. 2799. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Hort. Vind. 2 : 5. pi. 120. 1772. A shrub or small tree, 6°-2S° high. Twigs obtusely 4-angled; leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic, ij'-s' long, i'-2i' wide, acuminate at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base, puberu- lent, especially beneath, crenulate-serrulate, rather thin; petioles 4"-8" long; peduncles very slender, i'-2' long, bearing a trichoto- mous S-iS-flowered cyme; pedicels 3"-6" long; flowers purple, s"-6" broad; petals commonly 4, obovate, undulate; capsule smooth, deeply 3-4-lobed, 6"-8" broad. Ontario to Florida, Montana, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Wood nearly white ; weight per cubic foot 41 lbs. Indian-arrow. Strawberry-tree or -bush. Bitter-ash. Arrow-wood. Spindle-tree. Please
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