Euonymus L. Euonymus europaeus, L.

1. Euonymus L. View in CoL 1

Unarmed shrubs or small trees. Leaves usually opposite. Flowers 4- to 5-merous. Capsule 4- to 5-locular, dehiscent; seeds partly or completely covered by a bright orange, fleshy aril. 1 Stems creeping and rooting, with ascending branches; leaves linear to linear-oblong; cymes all 1-flowered 4. nanus 1 Stems never creeping and rooting; leaves lanceolate to broadly obovate; cymes (1—)2- to 12-flowered 2 Evergreen 5. japonicus 2 Deciduous 3 Twigs subterete, covered with dark brown tubercles

3. verrucosus 3 Twigs ± quadrangular, without tubercles 4 Leaves 3-8(-10)cm; buds 2-4 mm, ovoid, acute; flowers usually 4-merous 1. europaeus 4 Leaves (5-)8-16cm; buds 7-12 mm, fusiform, acuminate;

flowers usually 5-merous 2. latifolius

1. E. europaeus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 197 (1753) View Cited Treatment

(£. vulgaris Miller ).

Much-branched, glabrous, deciduous shrub or small tree 2-6 m. Twigs green, quadrangular, without brown tubercles. Buds 2-4 mm, ovoid, acute. Leaves up to 10 x 3-5 cm, opposite, ovatelanceolate to elliptical, acute or acuminate, crenate-serrulate. Cymes 3- to 8-flowered. Flowers usually 4-merous. Capsule 10-15 mm wide, angled, pink; seeds covered by the aril. 2« = 64. Most ofEurope, except the extreme north and much of the Mediterranean region. All except Az BI Cr Fa Fe Is Rs (N) Sb.