Gyvirwsporia.] XLi. CELASTRizfE^. (M. A. Lawson.) ^ 619 



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fflnuate or lobed. Ovary attached by a broad base, or immersed in the 

 («sk, 2-3-ceIled ; style short, 2-3-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell Capsule 

 oDovoid, or nearly globose. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, "aril completely or par: 

 mily covering the seed, or 0, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons foliaceous.— 

 WSTEiB. Species 60, natives of the hotter parts of the whole world. , . ■ ' ' 





branches unarmed. 



• r' acuminata, Rool:. f. ; leaves 5-8 by 2-3^ in. ovate-oblong 

 acuminate serrate membranous glabrous. i\ Celastrus oxyphylla, Wall, 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 2-5000 ft., J.D.e/; Khasia Mts., alt. 4r-5000ft.; Easterx 



ra-iNsuLA and BiRMA, Griffith,— DisTRiB. Yunan. •: ^ ,; V"\': ', 



A shrub with somewhat slender branches. 'Towers in very delicate fasciculate 

 <lKiIiotomou8 cvmes ^1 in. long. Petals ^ in., oblong-elliptic, reddish. Fruit J-i in.,' 

 wundlj obcordate, somewhat compressed, 2-ceHed, 2-seeded, black. 





2. Cr. negrlecta, Wall Cat. 4341 (under Celastrus) ; leaves 4-6 by 2-2 ^ in, 

 ovate-elliptic acute or subacuminate entire. or very faintly serrate towards 

 ™ apex very coriaceous glabrous. C, ? attenuata, Wall. Cat 4319. 1 Bseo- 

 '^tys acuminata, H'^. (7^ ■ : -\ .:..--: ; /^^ : 



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ch f ^ -^ ^ ^^^^ *'""^^ ^*^"^ branches. Flowers |-1 in. long, in very delicate ai- 

 notomous cymes. Petals as in G. acuminata. Fruit nearly globose, about J in., 



^^t yellow, 3-celled, l-3-8eeJed. -; ■: -' ' ' :■ , : 



3- 6. salicifolia, Laws^; leaves 3-4 by i-| in. narrowly, lanceolate 



^rrate glabrous. ' ^ • '•"■ 





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^ Shrub? with erect slender dark-coloured branches. Floicers in slender dUncho- 

 ^''^oua cymes 1-2^ in. long. Petals X in., suboval, concave, plukish-white. Fmitf 



. *. Cri- obianceolata, Zcti^s.; leaves 3-4 by |-f in. oblanceolate 

 «penng into the petiole serrate in the upper half coriaceous glabrous, mar- 

 S^ revplute in the lower half. . . . /, r . „ . t > ^. -^. , >r' 



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A tortuous shrub with smoott blackisb branches. Flowers in delicate tnchotomous 

 ^^M-l in. long. Fruit? ' ^'^-<^--—----^- -^-^ I't r'r'::--:-'^, '. 'X 



5. G. puberula, laws.; leaves 2-2| by l^-li in. broadly oboyate 

 »«Dacuiuiiiate serrate-creuate membranous puberulous on the nerves 



'beneath. ; ' 



.4 shrub with stout branches, young branches and peduncles puberulous Flowers 

 of J'^^f <i:choiomous cymes 2-3 in. long, which are axillary or fascicled at the ends 

 ^Ofl branches. i^/-ui« obovate, i in. ? 



iJ'.G. fruticosa, Thwaltes Enum. 72 (und^ Catha) ; leaves f-H by 

 * a in. oblong-spatlmlate crenate-serfate glabrous.. 



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mes shorter 

 brown, with 



4' transverse stride, 3-cIlled cells 1-seeded. &«^ red shining, anl small, whitish. 

 J7 hke some of the unariied forms of G. montam, but it may be known from 

 ^* by the slender filiform pedicels' and the Colouf ^of the capsules. ? , ^r - , • 



roi,;S- ovata,* TTa^^. Cai: 4308 (under Celastriis) ; Jeaves^S by 1 4-1 4 m. 

 ^J^% ovate orsubovate serrate coriaceous glabrous. W.<L' A. I rodr. 159. 



ovata, ?ra//>. i?^^. i. 532. 



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