Celastrec.] í XLVIIL. CELASTRINEJE, 361 
et frutices, erecti v. rarius scandentes, sepissime glaberrimi, ramulis 4-gonis rarius tere- 
tibus.. Folie opposita, petiolata, persistentia, integerrima v. serrata.  Stipulo caducm. 
Pedunculi cymosi, axillares, szepius pauciflori, rarissime 1-flori. Flores parvi, stepius virides 
v. purpurascentes, Seminum arillus spe coceineus. 
Species ad 40, perplures montium Indis, Chinz borealis, et Japoniw incole, alie Europam 
Americamque borealem temperatam habitant, paucze per insulas Malayanas sparse. DO. Prod. ii. 
3. Walp. Bep. i. 630; ii 827; v. 401: Amm. i. 189. Benth. F6. Hongk. 62. 4. Gray, Gen. 
IU.t.Y71. Heichb. Ie. Fl, Germ. t. 309, 310. Wight, Ic. 214, 973, 1053. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
Suppl.i.512. JBenn. Pl. Rar. Jav. t. 28. 
Vyxxouus, Presl, Bot, Bem. 32; Walp. Ann. i. 188, ab Euonymo nullo modo differt, 
. 2. Giyptopetalum, 7/uwaites, in Hook, Kew Journ. viii. 207. t. 7. B: Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 
73.—Calyx basi explanatus, lobis 4 brevibus. Petala 4, superne 2-foveolata. Stamina 
4, su»ra discum inserta, filamentis brevibus subulatis; antherme ad apicem connectivi 
crassi dilatati divergentes. Discus explanatus, 4-lobus, Ovarium disco immersum, cum 
eo confluens, 4-lobum, 4-loculare; stylus brevis, stigmate capitato; ovula ab apice loculi 
pendula, solitaria. Capsula subglobosa, coriacea, tarde dehiscens, 1-4-locularis, 1—4- 
sperma. Semina Euonymi.—Arbuscula?. glaberrima, ramulis 4-gonis. Folia opposita, 
petiolata, exstipulata, acuminata, serrata.  Cym:s axillares, 6-10-flore. ^ Flores parvi, 
flavescentes. Semina arillo rubro, testa rufo-flava. 
Species 1, Zeylaniz incola. Genus nonnisi ovulis solitariis, connectivo inerassato petalisque ab 
Euonymo distinctum, 
3. wrierotropis, JW/all ex Arnott,in Ann. Nat. Hist. ii, 159.—Flores interdum uni- 
sexuales, Sepala 5, imbricata, persistentia, 2 ceteris exteriora. Petala 5, rarissime 0, 
imbricata, basi in annulum persistentem liberum v. cum disco confluentem connata, rotun- 
data, carnosula. Stamina 5, rarissime apici disci libero v. annulo corollino inserta, fila- 
mentis brevissimis subulatis; antherz late ovate. Discus O v. annularis, liber v. cum 
petalis connatus, Ovarium liberum, ovoideum, perfecte v. imperfecte 2-3-loculare; stylus 
crassus, stigmate minuto 2-4-lobo; ovula in loculis 2, angulo centrali geminatim affixa. 
Capsula oblonga, coriacea, 1-locularis, 2-valvis, Terms, tarde dehiscens, ima basi calyce 
basique annulari corolle cincta. Semen erectum, stipitatum, oblongum, testa levi fusca v. 
rubra sepe extus succulenta, albumine dense carnoso; cotyledones foliacem.—Arbores v. 
frutiees glaberrims», ramulis oppositis teretibus. Folia opposita, persistentia, petiolata, 
exstipulata, integerrima, coriacea. Flores in cymas pedunculatas axillares v. in fasciculos 
sessiles dispositi, parvi, albi. Semina scpe rubra, testa arillum mentiente. 
Species ad 8, Indize montan: totius a Nepalia ad Sincapore incolze. Wap. Rep. i. 634 : Ann. i. 191. 
Twaites, Enum. Pl. 'Zeyl. 11. Wight, Ic. t. 761, 976, 977, 1052. Genus ad Zlicineas defectu 
disei petalisque basi connatis transitum offert, 
PanacxrasrRus, Mig. Fl. Ind, Bat,i. pt. ii. 690, est species JMicrotropidis (M. bivalvis, Wall.) 
petalis destituta, 
4. Catha, Forsk, Fl. Eg. Arab. 63. (Methyscophyllum, Fgkl. et. Zeyh. Enwm. 159, 
Trigonotheca, HocAst. in Flora, 1841. 662.)—Calyx 5-lobus, parvus. Petala 5, erecto- 
patentia. Stamina 5, margini disci inserta, filamentis subulatis ; anthere late didymse. 
Diseus tenuis, margine undulato. ^ Ovarium ovoideum, disco immersum, liberum, 3-locu- 
lare; stylus brevis, crassus, stigmatibus 3 brevibus liberis v. basi connatis; ovula in loculis 
gemina, e basi erecta. Capsula lineari-oblonga, 3-gona, loculicide 3-valvis, 1-3-sperma, 
septis medio incrassatis. Semina immatura medio septo hilo lato affixa, compressa, testa. 
minute tuberculata, foramine dilatato infero; * matura alata, ala tenuissima, semine duplo 
longiore" (ocAst.).—Frutex glaberrimus, ramulis cinereis. Folia opposita, petiolata, 
lanceolata, coriacea, grosse serrata.  Stipule e ciliis paucis, ^Cym:e breves, axillares, di- 
chotome ramosm. Flores parvi. : 
Species 1 (C. edulis), sponte et culta ab Akywisis ad Port Natal, et in Arabia inventa, 4, Rich. 
Fl. Abyss. t. 30. 
b. Pachystima, Raffn. in Am. Month. Mag. 1818, ex A. Gray, Pl, Fendl, 29,  (Oreo-- 
