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XLi. CELASTRiNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) 



615 



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thediskand continuous with it, trigonal or pyramidal, 3-4-celIed, cuu- 

 xracted into a short style, stigma capitate ; ovules 4 or more in each cell, 

 m 2 series. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-angIed, 3-4-ceIled, loculicidaL Seeds 

 lew rarely winged, arillate, albumen fleshy.— Distrib. Species 8 : Indian 

 Malayan and Ja van. ;,■:••;:;;■:;;,-•:. -;:;:;;; ?>--;(,■. ,c ,, ' : • , ■ -« 



The species without fruit have been referred to this genus bj habit alone. ' ' 



Sect. I. Petals crested. Disk flat,* adhering to the calyx, 5-lobed : lobes 

 continuous with the petals. 



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1. Xi. Wigrhtianum, Arn, in Ann, Nat Hist. iii. 151 ; leaves 5-9 by 

 n 7 ^^V flowers f in. diam. Wight III. 178 ; Ic, t 162 ; Walp, Reix i 530 \ 

 mz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 145: FL Sdv. Anal 



Westekn Peninsula, from the ConcansouiJiwards. I ''S'^'^'^:^. ---^^ V: '^ ^oJ^-'^ 

 I f r— 2*^ *^^^' Leaves coriaceous. ■ Cymes axillary or terminal, branching panicu- 

 atelj several times. Petals with a membranous corrugated crest. Fruit 4 in; long, 

 ^•celled, sharply triangular. Seeds oblong, compressed. 



Pt. I 545. 



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fimbriatum, Wight IlLi, 178; leaves 4-7 by 2-3| in/ovate or 

 tong shortly acuminate, flowers nearly | in. diam. L. ovatum 

 in. Bemerk 32. L 



32. 1j. javanum Turcz. 

 Euonymus ovata, Wall. Cat. 4300. 



Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 



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Flowers in axillary or 

 hriate crest. Fruit f 



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_ Sect. II. Petals corrugated or crisped (except 6. Jlorib 

 «Pper surface. Disk flat. 10-lobed, linme the cs 



.yx 



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n^- *■- pallidum, Laws. ; leaves 2^3 by 1-U in. elliptic-oblong, cymes 

 /a in. glabrous, disk faintly lobed with long fleshy hairs surrounding the 

 ^e of the stamens otherwise naked. 



Malacca. J!/«?'w/7^7/ 



^ tree; whole plant quite ^BhrounP' Leaves pale ash-colourecl, almost shining, 

 petiole 4-^ in. Cymes axillary. Petals ^ in., broadly ovate, corrhgated on the upper 

 ^ace.— A very distinct species, readily known by the colour of its leaves, and the 

 '''^offleshy hairs surrounding the stamens. ' / ■ ' ' /' " ' ' ""^' '■ 



: 4. t; ValUchli, Kurz in Journ. AsTSoc. Beng.\8l\ pt. ii. 299; 

 ^ves 6-8 by 3-3^ in. ovate-oblong rounded at the apex, cymes 6 or more 

 *^ glabrous, disk faintly 10-lobed covered with fleshy warts. 



Tenasserim, at Tavoy, Parish; Birma, Kurz. , 



^ wge glabrous tree. Leaves daucescent, green and shining above, opaque beneatn, 



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.. ^-iuun.er no wuuiu lua.,.^ ^ .ismatocarfi 



J'^onym of the above, But in this he is in" error 



m,,; ?••, celastroides, Laws. ; leaves 2H by IJ-M m. ovate ac 

 yded at the apex, cymes 6 in.-i ft. glabrous, disk very faintly 

 "^irely covered with minute fleshy lob^late warts,^ 





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ovate 



fi axlllarjand terminal widelj-divaricating paniculate <?flB*l FeMsj^m., 

 om a broad base, slightly "corrugated. FruU f—Cloaslj alhed to L. Wallichii. 



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