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Westebn Peninsula; NilgWri Mts., Noton^ &c. 



A shrub, drying blackish. 





J-IJ in. 'Fruit broadly obovate, J in., drying black, 3-celled; cells 1-2-seeded. .,'..^^ 

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the apex not turning blackish when dried. — Malabar, Wight. 



8. G. Rothlana, ff^. <{r^ ProcZn 159 (Celastrus); leaves 3-4 _ 

 elliptic or obovate subcuneate at the base coriaceous glabrous. Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bamb.Fl 47. C. serrulata, Roth Nov, Sp. 155 in part C, Wallichiana,_ 

 Wall. Cat 4304, c in part Catha Rothiana, Walp. Rep. 1. 532. , ', >v: 



Western Peninsula ; the Concan and Canara, Heyney &c. « ^ ;^-._.'^, 



Branches thick and coarse, sometimes armed. Leaves crenulate. f^^^^\}\^P^^^^ 



so reduced that they become sessile and clustered. Fruit obovate, | in., 3-ceued;^ce 



3-seeded. 



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** Branx^hes armed; spines naked. {See 8. G. Rothiana.) 

 9. 6. ru^osa, Laws.; leaves 6 by 2| in. oblong subacuminate 

 fruit I in. solitary on pedicels f in, obovoid transversely wrinkled. ,^ 



MiSHMi Hills, Griffith. • \ \ ' • 



A Iree ? branches with smooth bark, very sparingly armed ; spines very short. Leai 

 faintly serrate, coriaceous. Flowers ? Fruit 3-celled; cells 1-seeded. ' '^. V- ■ '. 





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, 10. G. Keyneana, W. <lh A. Prodr. 159 (Celastrus); leaves 6-^ "J 

 l|-2i in, elliptic crenate-serrate, fruiting cymes 3 in. dichotomous, capsraie 

 obovoid \ in. smooth. Celastrus Heyneana, Roth inRoem. & Schmt.by!^'^ 

 421 inpdH)'DG. Proctr. W. 7. C. serrulata, Roth Nov. Sp. 165 *« pan. 

 C. Wallichiana, Sprmg. in Wall Cat. 4304 c in part. Catha Heyneana, 



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3VE8TEKN Peninsula, ^eyn«/ Palney Mts., IF/flf^. "Sir*-' i« in 



V A tree? branches with smooth blackish bark, spines straight, \ m. .^"''ff'.' 

 * axillary dichotomous cymes 2-3 in. Fetals broadly ovate, | in. Ffuxi tarwnaw:, 



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3-celled, cells l-2-6eeded, drying blackish. 



11. G. Palconeri, Laws.; leaves 2| by li in. obovate or ^'subelKpHc 

 serrate scabrous above pubescent beneath, fruit \ in. mam. sojip^ j 

 on short peduncles or in small dichotomous cymes \ in. long 

 smooth 3-celled 1-2 -seeded. 



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all the other Gymnosporice by its pubescent leaves. 



12. G. rufa, WaU. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 397 (Ceja? 

 leaves 3-5 by 1-1 1 in. lanceolate acuminate serrate subcoriaceous glaD^u , 



cymes 1-2 in. capillary dichotomous fascicled, fruit H i"- ??*"'W 80. 

 3-celled, cells 1-seedecL Celastrus rufa, Cat. 4.309; Brand. For. -e^- ° 

 Catha rufa, Don Gm. Syst. ii. 10 ; Walp. Rep. i. 632. - ^ ' ;; ,: "^^j ^' 



Subtropical Himalaya ; from tnttaon, alt. 2-5000 ft., to Sikkim and Bhotan, a . 



3-6000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4800 ft. "" "^^H«m^ 



A large branching tree, with slender sparingly-armed branches ; ..Pp"i«„8,., ^^le, 



pale beneatTi. Flowers small. Petals A 





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yellow mside. ^ec?« black. 



13. G. aoyleana, TToZZ. (7a<. 4317 (Celastrus); lea^^s,H*v^ leaves, 

 ovate to obovate glabrous, cymes dichotomous shorter than tne . 

 fruit turbinate H in. diaili. 3-celled, cells 1-seeded C. spinosus, i^ if 

 lU. 1571 Boiss. Fl. Orient, il 11 : Brand. For. M. 80. 





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