. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 306 FLOWERIXG PLANTS The genus cont ains about 60 species occurring chiefly in India, the Himalayas and Eastern Asia, a few in the Sunda Islands, and in the Philippines, one in Australia, about four m Central America and the same number in North America and in Europe. A few species of Euonymus are lianes; the genus Celastrus, which is chiefly developed in the mountains of India and China, extending to Japan, Malaya and Australia, with one species, C. scajidens, in Xorth America, consists mauily of woody twiners. The leaves of Catha edulis (Arab
. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 306 FLOWERIXG PLANTS The genus cont ains about 60 species occurring chiefly in India, the Himalayas and Eastern Asia, a few in the Sunda Islands, and in the Philippines, one in Australia, about four m Central America and the same number in North America and in Europe. A few species of Euonymus are lianes; the genus Celastrus, which is chiefly developed in the mountains of India and China, extending to Japan, Malaya and Australia, with one species, C. scajidens, in Xorth America, consists mauily of woody twiners. The leaves of Catha edulis (Arabia and East Africa) are used as a sedative when Fig. 149. Euoyiymus europaeus. A. Flower, x 4. B. Vertical section through the ovary and floral axis, x 6; c?, disc. C. Fruit shewing dehiscence, nat. size; a, aril; s, seed. D. Seed cut lengthwise, x4; a, aril; s, testa; e, endosperm. (A, B after Loesener.) The small family (II) Staphyleaceae is distinguished by its comj)ound generally imparipinnate leaves. Staphylea contains eleven species distributed through the north temperate zone; several are known in cultivation. Family III. AQUIFOLIACEAE A small famil}^ of three genera and 287 species, almost wholly included in the genus Ilex. The plants are shrubs or trees having alternate simple leathery- leaves ^rith minute stipules. The in- florescence is a few-flowered axillary cyme. The smaU, regular flowers are bisexual or unisexual through abortion (the plants. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938. Cambridge, University press
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