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628 XLi: CELASTRiNEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) ^ [Salacia 



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■ Tenasserim, atMergui, Griffith, ' q f\\, 



A scandent? shrub, with very light-coloured branches and leaves. 'Leaves &-9 by 

 2|-4in., elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, margins slightly recurved, membranous or sud- . 

 coriaceous. Petals | in., orbicular. Ovules about 8 in each cell. Fruit ?— Kesemblnig 

 >S. /atJfisceTis, ' but readily distinguished by its numerous flower's and long slender 



pedicels. - • . i ■ - "^t;:^ 



. 15. S. verrucosa, Wight EL i. 134; whole plant drying tffearly black, 

 branches covered with minute rough warts, pedicels slender i-1 iii' ^, 

 memecyloides, Wall Cat 4218. . ^ '^' ' ' 



, Tenasserim, at Moulmein and Mergui, Griffith, c&c— Distrib. Philippine Islands. ■ 



. A shrub. Leaves 3^-5 by 1^-24 in., elliptic-nblong or broadly lanceolate, obtuse at 



the apex or with a short obtuse acumen, entire or ftiintly serrate, very conaceous. 



Fhwers from chiefly extra-axillary tubercles. Calyx-lobes fringed with rust-colourea 



hairs. Petals J in., oblong-ovate, obtuse. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit | m. diam.i 



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subglobose, smooth, black. 





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16. S. macrosperma, WigM Ic. t, 962; whole plant drying 

 black, branches without warts, pedicels stoutish usually under ^ in. 



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■ Western Peninsula, from the Concan southwards. 



A diffuse rambling shrub, 

 qbtusely acumiuiite, entire 



tubercles. Cah/x4obes fnu^^„ 



S. verrucosa, ovate, obtuse from a broad base. Ovules 2 in each cell. -'^^^^^ !"^^ • 

 diam., globose, rugulose, black.— Wight says that the calyx-lobes are ??^W^^^n 

 this species, but in some of his own specimens they ar^ ^distinctly ciliated. >^yei7 



closely indeed allied to S. verrucosa, . ■' '^ '-'?'- 



1o^r-*:f» .juiJl-L-j ^.-a^^^^-..^( .:^ - ■_ -;. ,vj- ^:,::,,i^Tzd^^'K _,.■-:,_ ■ 



;.^* Peduncles under i in; 3-flower^^^ / - - ' y kl'^l!^^: ' ^ - 



\"-17. S. oblongra, WatlCal 4226; R d: VPro^r. 106; j^^J;^;> 

 47 B ; Thwaites Enum. 53 ; Dalz. dc Gibs. Bomb. FL 33 : Bedd._ Fl m- 

 Anal Gen, Ixvii. t. x. iv. S. oppositifoUa, Rottl; Wight Ic. t 97. ^-V^^' 

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■Western Peninsula i from the Co^can southwards, Ceylon, in the hotter par s o 

 the island, ' ^ 1 at 



A small glabrous tree or shrub. Leaves 3-6 bv li-2 in., elliptic-oblong, ^^^^^^^j^^ 

 the apex or with a very short obtuse acumen, slightly serrate, subcoriaceous, ^° |^° 

 yellow Avhen dry. Floicers sometimes sessile in the axils of the 'cares owmgv^,^^ 

 extreme shortness of the common peduncle. Calyx-lobes rounded, glabroug, e 

 Petals about J in., broadly elliptic, serrate. Ovules 4 in each cell. Fruit 2-2i «^-^,.^;/ 

 tnberculate, light-brown. Seeds about 8, 



**** Flowers in branching cymes. 



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18. S. fruticosa, Ilej/ne in WaU. Cat. 4223 (under Tonsella) j fc^ ,| :; 



dichotomdttsly branched cjones 



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WESTERN rEsiNsuLA; Q&r^&x&, Hevh. Hohenacler, KuTZ, BottUr.^ ^^^ ,^%^ 

 A scamlcnt shiub. Leaves 34 by li in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, or snn ^^^^.^^ 

 obtii.'^jly acuminate, serrate, chartaceous. 'PefaZa A m- diam., orbicular, wim 

 border. /VujY .^-Closely allied to S. fiorihunda, of whicli it may' be a variety. 



li. Laws- flowers in divaricating cymes 4 m. long- 



19. S. Griffithil 



. Habitat unknown.— ^erj. Griffith 



Leaves 3-5 by i|-2 iri:, oblonc:-....^.v,., ...^...^ — - , ^, ., , 



conaceous. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse. : Ovules 2, superposed, x ruit / 



:„ '„ir„.7i^ o.nTr,?n.afe. crenate-serTate, 



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