Celastrus, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, _ 621 
humerous, armed with the same large, sharp leaf and flower 
bearing thorns as in the last, Leaves alternate, short-petiol- 
ed, obovate, slightly serrate, smooth, shining ; ; about two 
inches long. Panieles axillary, dichietcenoun, | many-flower- 
ed. Flowers small, white. Petals many times longer than 
the calyx, Mectary as in C, emarginatus, Germ round, 
three-celled ; ced/s with two ovula in each, attached to the 
* bottom of the cell. Styles three, short, clubbed. Stigmas 
emarginate, Capsules small, not inflated, in other respects 
like the last, Seeds one or two in each cell, small, nearly 
_ round, attached as in the germ. Ari/ white, sebaceous, em- 
bracing the lower half of the seed. 4ntegument single, po- 
lishedg brown, Perisperm conform to the seed, dull white, 
and hard. Embryo nearly as long as the perisperm, erect, 
Cotyledons roundish. _ Radicle ovate, inferior, tee 
_ The wood of this tree is hard, and durable, 
8. C. paniculata, Willd. sp. i. 1125. 
Unarmed, shrubby, scandent. Leaves round, oval, ser- 
rate. Panicle terminal, Stamens inserted into a nectar ial 
Ting. 
A large, climbing shrub ; a native of the Circar mountains, 
Flowering time March and April. é 3 
_ Branches twiggy. Bark covered with gray, piles 
specks. Leaves alternate, petioled, broad-oval, serrate, pret- 
ty smooth, about two inches long, and one anda half broad. 
Petioles round, and one-third the length of the leaves, Pa- 
nicles terminal, erect, thin, oblong. Bractes small, falling. 
Flowers small, yellow, numerous, Calyx inferior, five- 
toothed; segments concave, emarginate, Petals five, insert- 
ed between the nectary and calyx, spreading. Nectary cup- 
shaped ; border five-toothed. Filaments five, which are a 
continuation of the teeth of the nectary, rather shorter than 
the petals. Anthers ovate, Germ round, Style shorter. Stig- 
mas three. Capsule round, size of a pea, one-celled, three- 
valved, opening from the apex. Seeds from three to six, 
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