38. CELASTBINE.E. 123 



5. Celastrus crispulus, Begel in Ind. Sent. Sort. Petrop. 1861, 

 p. 51 ; Whip. Ann. vii. p. 578 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 202. 



China : cultivated in the Petersburg botanic garden. 



6. Celastrus flagellaris, Bupr. in Bull. Phys. xv. p. 357, et 

 Decas PI. Amur. t. 4; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi.p. 202; Franchet, 

 PI, David, p. 71. 



Celastrus ciliidens, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 85. 

 Chihli: Jehol (David ex Franchet). 

 Mandshuria; Japan. 



7. Celastrus Hindsii, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 

 p. 334 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 199. 



Catha monosperma, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 483. 



Celastrus monospermus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 63, non Roxb. 



Kwangtung: Lofaushan (Ford I), Macao (Hance V); Hong- 

 kong (Hinds ! Champion ! Wright ! Lamont !). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



8. Celastrus diversifolius, Hemsl. 

 Gymnosporia diversifolia, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 204. 

 Celastrus Wallichianus, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 226? non Wight 



et Am. 



Fokten : Amoy (Hance, 1413 !) ; Hainan (Bullock et Hance) ; 

 Luchu Ahchtpelago ( Wright !). Herb. Kew. 



It is a little doubtful whether the Luchu plant be the same as 

 the other. The principal difference is that the former has naked 

 axillary spines, while the latter, so far as the specimens go, has 

 the short lateral flowering branches terminating in a spine. 

 Certainly the Amoy plant is not the Celastrus Wallichianus, 

 Wight et Am. 



9. Celastrus (Eucelastrus) latifolius, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Frutex parvus (Henry), omnino glaberrimus, ramulis teretibus 

 brunneis crebre lenticellatis ; gemmae magna?. Folia longe 

 petiolata, papyracea, late ovalia velfere orbicularis absque petiolo 

 usque ad 6 poll, longaet 5 poll, lata, abrupte obtuseque acuminata, 

 remotiuscule serrulata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque ssepius 

 7 subtus elevatis ; petiolus 5-12 lineas longus. Flore* parvi, 

 pentameri, monoici vel dioici, in paniculas angustas terminales 

 dispositi, paniculis florum $ minoribus; calycis lobi ovato- 

 oblongi, subacuti, margine nuda ; petala (florum $ non visa) 

 angusta, minute fimbriata ; stamina florum 6 petalis longiora, 



