40 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
lobis corollze isomera, tubo brevi ejus leviter adhzrentia; anthere oblonge. Ovarium sessile, sub- 
globosum, 4—6- rarius 7-8-loculare; stylus O v. brevis, crassus, stigmatibus tot quot ovarii loculi dis- 
tinctis v. confluentibus; ovula in loculis 1-2, collateralia. Drupa globosa, 4—8-pyrena, pyrenis osseis 
v. crustaceis.—A rbores v. frutices; foliis alternis, sepe nitidis, integerrimis v. rarius dentatis v. 
spinosis; pedunculis axillaribus, paucifloris v. sepius ramosis; floribus albis.—Prinos, Linn. Gen. 
n. 441. 
l. I. Vitiensis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 295. t. 25; foliis ovalibus subacuminatis integer- 
rimis tenuiter coriaceis; floribus abortu dioicis in cymulas breviter pedunculatas dispositis, masculis 
4—6-meris, foemineis sepissime 8-meris; pyrenis 8 dorso profunde sulcatis.—Bua Bay, Vanua Levu 
(U: S. Expl. Exped.), Taviuni (Seemann! n. 87). Also collected in Viti by Harvey. 
Orvo XXVII. CELASTRINEZE. 
I. Celastrus, Linn. Gen. n. 270; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 364. Flores interdum unisexuales. 
Calyx basi urceolatus, 5-fidus. Petala 5, sub disco inserta, apice patentia. Stamina 5, disci sinub M. 
inserta, filamentis subulatis; antherz oblong. Discus cupularis v. concavus, 5-lobus. Ovarium | 
disco impositum (nec immersum), 2—4-lobum, 2—4-loculare (interdum imperfecte); stylus brevis 
crassus v. subelongatus, stigmate 3—4-lobo; ovula e basi loculi 2, collateralia, erecta, funiculo b 4 
cupulzformi. Capsula teres globosa v. oblonga, coriacea, 2—4-locularis, loculicide dehiscens, loculis ` 
1-2-spermis, valvis 3-4 medio septiferis. Semina erecta, arillo carnoso apice pervio inclusa, testa 
membranacea, albumine copioso carnoso ; embryo orthotropus, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula infera. 
—Frutices szpissime scandentes, inermes; foliis alternis submembranaceis petiolatis, integerrimis 
v. serratis; stipulis inconspicuis; racemis v. paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus; floribus inter 
minores, pedicellis bracteatis. 
1. C. Richii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 289; inermis, glaberrimus; folis oblongis utrinque 
subacutis crenulatis supra lucidis brevissime petiolatis; racemo terminali paucifloro.—Vanua Levu 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Allied to C. paniculatus of the East Indies, according to A. Gray ; it has not been seen by me. 
II. Gymnosporia, Wight et Arn. Prodr. vol. i. p. 159; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 365. 
Calyx 4—5-fidus v. 4—5-partitus. Petala 4—5, sessilia, patentia. Stamina 4-5, sub disco inserta, 
filamentis subulatis; antherz late didymz. Discus late explanatus, 4—5-lobus v. 4—5-sinuatus. 
Ovarium sepissime basi lata cum ovario confluens, 3-gonum v. pyramidatum, 2—3-loculare; stylus 
brevis, stigmatibus 3; ovula in basi loculi 2, erecta, funiculis basi nudis. Capsula obovata v. rarius 
globosa, 3-gona, 2-3-locularis, 1-4-sperma. Semina arillo completo v. imperfecto interdum 0, e 
septo loculi erecta, testa coriacea, albumine carnoso ; cotyledones foliaceze.—Arbusculz et frutices 
rigidi, ssepius spinosi; foliis alternis v. fasciculatis, szepissime obovatis, coriaceis, integerrimis v. ser- 
ratis, exstipulatis ; cymis axillaribus, solitariis v. fasciculatis, interdum gracile pedunculatis; floribus 
parvis, viridibus v. flavescentibus.—Catha, Endl. Gen. n. 1086. ` 
1. G. Vitiensis, Seem. ; inermis; foliis ovalibus v. obovatis crenulatis basi in petiolum brevem 
attenuatis; cymis brevibus multifloris; calycis lobis fimbriato-ciliatis; petalis denticulatis; capillis 
inter stamina nullis; capsula subglobosa; seminibus ovalibus, basi arillo carunculseformi glabro sti- 
patis.—Catha Vitiensis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 287. t. 23. Celastrus crenatus, Hook. et Arn. 
Beech. p. 61, non Forst.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and other parts of the group; common 
