124 38. CELASTBINE.a!. 



filamentis filiformibus ; discus parvus, lobatus ; ovarium liberum, 

 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis ; ovula erecta ; stylus brevis, stig- 

 mate maximo obscure trilobato. Capsula spheroidea, obscure 

 trigona, circiter 6 poll, diametro, valvis stylo indurato cornutis ; 

 semina tota arillo rubro carnoso involuta, ellipsoidea, brunnea, 

 nitida, minutissime punctata, simul obscure striolata. 



Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



This is very much like 0. paniculatus, but the leaves are 

 larger, the flowers smaller, with narrower not ciliolate calyx-lobes, 

 and the stamens of the male flowers exceed the petals. 



Dr. Henry states that the leaves and root of this shrub are 

 dried in the sun and pounded to a powder, which is said to be 

 efficacious in killing insects that infest turnips, &c. 



10. Celastrus (Gymnosporia) variabilis, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Frutex nanus, interdum prostratus (Henry), spinosissimus, 

 paucispinosus vel omnino inermis, undique glaber, ramis floriferis 

 teretibus, brevibus vel 2-3 ped. longis, simul inermis, primum 

 glaucis vel pulverulentis. Folia breviter petiolata, papyracea, ob- 

 louga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 2-3| poll, longa, usque ad 1 poll, 

 lata, utrinque acuta vel cuneata, minute serrata, venis primariis 

 utrinque circiter 10 sat conspicuis, ultimis reticulatis. Flores 

 herinaphroditi, pentameri, 3-3| lineas diametro, in cymas parvas 

 (circiter pollicares) graciles dichotomas axillares dispositi ; calycis 

 lobi parvi, crassi, rotundati, minute fimbriati ; petala lata, recurva, 

 apice rotundata, obsolete fimbriata ; stamina petalis breviora, 

 filamentis teretibus ; discus carnosus, ovarium cingens ; ovarium 

 3-loculare, loculis biovulatis ; ovula erecta ; stylus brevissimus, 

 3-lobatus. Capsula trigona, spheroidea, nuda, 3-4 lineas diametro ; 

 semina matura desunt. 



Hupeh : Ichang (Maries ! A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



Allied to Celastrus Boyleanus, Wall., from which it differs in 

 the texture and shape of its leaves and the shape of the fruit. 



1. Gymnosporia ? 



Hupeh : Ichang (Maries !). Herb. Kew. 



? 1. Elaeodendron ? Fortunei, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1863, i. 



p. 602 ; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 582 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 205. 



China : without locality ( Fortune^ !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



As Maximowicz observes, this is most likely Euonymus, but 



the fruit is unknown. 



