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CELASTRINE^. IV. Celastrus. 



acumi- 



35 C. poPULiFoLirs (Lam. ill. no^. 2698.) leaves ovate, 

 nated, serrated ; umbels almost sessile, few-flowered. Tj . G 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Popl 



Shrub 6 feet. 



Asiatic. 



leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrulated ; peduncles axillary, 6* 

 8-flowered ; pistil villous; nectary 5-lobed; capsule triangularly 

 globose, 3-valved. Tj . S. Native of Penang, in the East 

 Indies, where it is called Boonga Lawung. Pittosporea 

 lata, Jacq. mss. Flowers yellowish-green, fascicled, 

 downy. Stigma simple. Capsule 1-celled. Seeds attached 



serru- 

 Ovary 



or* r* ^ /TTTMi 1 , • V along the middle of each valve to parietal prominent placentas 



36 C PANicuLA Tus (Willd. spec. 1 . p. 1 125.) climbing ; leaves C in number, roundish, and angular ^ placentas, 



•powered 



(Wall 



roundish-oval, serrated, smoothish ; panicle terminal; stamens 



inserted in a nectarial ring. Tj . ^. S. Native of the East 



Indies, on the Circar mountains. — A large climbing shrub ; the 



bark covered with grey scabrous specks. Flowers numerous, 



simll yellow Style 1. Stigmas 3. Capsule round, size of a bular, crowned by a long style. 



pea, 1-celled S-valved, contammg from 3 to 6 seeds, surrounded Flowers greenish-white. Caps 



Shrub 6 feet. 



leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated ; peduncles 

 axillary, few-flowered, racemose ; petals oblong ; capsules glo 



by yellow aril. 



P«wfc/c-flowered Staff-tree. Fl. March, April. Shrub cl. 

 37 C. depe'ndens (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 389.) climbing, 



moth- Inoiroe Ma1^«^ ««.,,«* „i.„.l . i • i . . S 



3-lobed, 3"furrowed stigma. 

 Long-styled Staff-tree. 



Capsule yellow. 



May 



Native of Nipaul. 

 Style crowned by a 



Shrub cl. 



=;*^;r::r=t:-^r^- jE^'EE^ ^. ^=^^^^^^-S£^^z^. 



composed of many simple, diverging, short racemes ; stamens 

 alternatmg, with an equal number of reniform nectarial glands. 

 h' ^-G. Native of Nipaul. C. multiflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 389. Flowers numerous, small, pale greenish-white. Cap- 

 sule straw-coloured, roundish, somewhat 3-lobed, 3-valved. 3- 



blunt at the base ; peduncles axillary, usually solitary. Tj , G. 

 Native of Nipaul, at Sirinagur. A smooth shrub. 

 Alder-leaved Staff- tree. Shrub. 



(D 



iied a;¥urx^i h^ rdTn ::i" :rseeds c"'' '\ rr ' "^"^^^^' p^^^^^^"* ^^ ^^^^^ -^^-- - -fi - ^i; Va-ii: 



3 emarginate lobes. 



//an^Jn^-leaved Staff-tree. Fl. July. Shrub cl. 



^J::I!^::^^1^''±^-^?^'.?' P- 3^0.) climbing, smooth ; 



rv „ . - Native of Nipaul, at Sirinagur. 



Small-fruited Staff-tree. Shrub. 



46 C. Heynea^'us (Roth, in Schult. syst. 5. p. 421.) erect, 



leaves stalked i,™LdTv;,b„.r; ^rlea- P^de";:^^^^^^^ smoo.h, leaves elliptjcal. bluntly serrulated, cjmes Vxiliary 

 terminal, drooni„„ • seeds nv™teAv„ l±l,F.™!f T^""'."' "1>« ».fru,t divaneafng. Ij . S. Native of the East Indies. 



termmal, drooping ; seeds invested by a complete aril. h. S 

 Native of Mysore. A large climbing and twining tree, with 

 ight-brown scabrous bark. Nectary a concave, 5-?ided recep- 

 tacle. Flowers small, greenish-;vhite. Capsule round, size of 

 a pea. 1 -celled, 3-valved, containing 3-6 seeds each, invested by 

 a thick complete, fleshy, orange-coloured aril. Style scarcely 



V //'g"^^ ""^^ 3 spreading notched lobes. 



A orf^//«^-panicled Staff-tree. Clt. 1810. Shrub cl. 



39 C. OBTUsiFOLius (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 393.) arboreous 

 smooth ; leaves stalked, lanceolate, bluntly serrulated, very blunt 



o? the' M P^^"^J*^l^-P-y. niany-flov4red. Tj . S. ^Nat^e 

 of the Mauntms C. trigynus, Lam. ill. 2. no. 2699. Style 

 none. St.gma deeply 3-lobed. Capsules 3-valved, naked 

 Sonnerkia, Comm. t p^rius. WiUem. herb. maur. p. 21. ?W 

 ^oots glaucous, nodding at the points. Peduncles once or twTcf 



2ol>ef "'^"'''^ ^'''^"'''''''* ^^-^^'J^ne. Clt. 1824. Tree 



40 C. moxospe'rmcs (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 394.) climbinrr 

 smooth ; leaves oblong, glossy, serrulated ; panicles thin hnear! 

 axillary and terminal^ longer than the leaves ; capsules 3-varved 

 1 -seeded. Tj G. Native of Silbet, in the East Indfes' 

 where it ,s called Tiara. Climbing and twining over trees o a 

 considerable extent. Flowers numerous, small! pale green sh- 

 ye low. Disk flat repand, embracing the base of tlie o Try 

 Sugnia trigonal Capsule slightly triquetrous, oblong, smooT 



clur^dt^LltraHl. ^''' ''''''''' ^--^ ^"^^ - -4- 

 0«cWerf Staff tree. Fl. April, May. Shrub cl. 



41 C. Wailichii; climbing, smooth; leaves ovate, coria- 

 ceous, acute, serratecl, glossy, and shining ; racemes axillary • 



many-seeded. T^ . ^. S. Native 



C. serrulatus, Roth. nov. spec. p. 155. Flowers whitish. 

 Heyne's Staff-tree. Shrub. 



47 C. alpe'stris (Blum, bijdr. 1145.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, glandularly serrated, smooth; corymbs axillary, 



dichotomous. Tj.S. Native of Java, in the higher woods. 

 ^Ip Staff-tree. Shrub 7 feet. 



48 C. repa'ndus (Blum, bijdr. p. 1145.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 long-acummated, ratherrepand, smooth ; panicle axillary, about 



equal in length to the leaves. Tj 

 Repand Staff- tree. Shrub. 



Native of Java. 



Y *-• itOTHiA Nus (Schult. syst. 5. p. 423.) leaves roundish- 

 °^!. '. f ^""^i"^*^^,' serrated, pubescent ; panicle terminal, with 



. S. Native of the East Indies. C. 



corymbose branches. Tj 



^<^»^} A»-WVJIA« AJIl^O* UUt J 



RotVs Staff-tree. Shrub. 



50 C. pnKrTAVTTc /'TTiiir.l 



Willd. Flowers white. 



) climbing, smooth; 



branches dotted ; leaves oval, acuminated, serrated: flowers 



scattered on the branches. 



China. 



G. 



greenish 



Branches angular, rough^froii whfte dots. 



pan and 

 Flowers 



^..nf, 1 ^^^\ Tcf ""^^ ""'^'^ ^ y^"«^^ wrinkled arii. 

 Ji^o«eJ-branched Staff-tree. Clt. 1817. Shrub cl. 



strin..! ;'^''''''^''' ^P™^- J^P- ^S-) erect, smooth ; branches 

 ser?atP:i T ^ i '''^" ^' the leaves, opposite, ovate, acuminated, 

 Japan cTT\\ '""n T^' ^ -^^^-'^^^' h • g! Native of 



sTr'hJ? ^ ^±'^1'^' ^^f^°«^ 1-4 aggregate carpels. 

 ^fn^e(/-branched Staff-tree. Shrub. 



late"^ p;^.''''''^ -1? ^^*'''^- P'^^- "^- 11^-) leaves ovate, crenu- 



n the pS ''''"^'^- ^ ;, ^' N^*^^^ «f Marquesas Islands 

 m tne Facific ocean, as well as in " -^ - - ^ 



Koth, which is probably the same. 



Not 



Shrub 



of Penang, in the East Indie 

 r- 400. but not of Lin. 



Staff-tree. Shrub cl. 



Wall 



smooth . ^^^^^^ T ^'^^""^- ^" ^5"- trans. 2. p. 332.) erect, 



aggregate. 



^ 



►an. Berries blue; 



42 C. PAUciFtdBus (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 400.) erect, smooth ; f/«'^^-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub. 



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