104 HIPPOCRATEACEA. HIPPOCRATEA” 
361. (1) H. Indica (Willd. :) glabrous: leaves elliptical, acute at the base, 
obtuse, acute or shortly acuminated at the apex, serrulated ; young ones mem- 
branaceous, older ones firm: panicles dichotomous, corymbiform (short and 
broad), shorter than the leaves, axillary and terminal; terminal ones often 
thyrsoid by the abortion of the upper leaves: flowers very minute: petals 
linear-oblong : torus flattish, nearly discoid: ovules 2, collateral, in each cell: 
carpels oblong, striated (an inch long), each 2-seeded.— DC. prod. 1. p. 568; 
Spr. syst. 1. p. 178; Rowb. Cor. 2. t. 1305 fl. Ind. 1. p. 165; ft. Ind. (ed. 
Wall.) 1. p. 169; Wall.! L. n. 4210; Wight? cat. n. 854, 355.—H. disperma, 
Vahl, enum. 2. p. 28.—H. obtusifolia, Wail.! L. n. 4211 (not Roxb.)——Pa- 
thucottah, Gingie hills, and. elsewhere, not uncommon throughout the Penin- 
sula. It is also found in Bengal. 
De Candolle makes three varieties, but we have seen all the three on the 
same specimen. 
362. (2) H. obtusifolia (Roxb. :) glabrous: leaves elliptical, obtuse or acute 
at the base, obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminated at the apex, slightly 
serrated or almost quite entire, very coriaceous : panicles axillary and ter- 
minal, thyrsoid, longer than the leaves, terminal ones sometimes much elon- 
gated and compound from the abortion of the upper leaves: flowers pretty 
large: petals lanceolate, much longer than the calyx: ovules 6 in each cell: 
carpels obovate, emarginated, striated (14-2 inches long), each 4—6-seeded. 
—Roab. fl. Ind. 1. p. 166; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 2013; fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) 
l. p. 170; DC. prod. 1. p. 569; Spr. syst. 1. p. 178; Wight! cat. n. 352, 
353.—H. tortuosa, Wall! L. n. 4216.—H. volubilis, Heyne (not Linn.); 
Wall. L. n. 4215.—Salacia levigata, Wight ! (not DC.) in Hook. Bot. Misc. 
3. p. 295. suppl. t. 36. Madura and Tanjore districts. eed, 
Roxburgh s drawing at the India House enables us to ascertain that this 18 
his plant. The flowers are large for the genus, being, when expanded, AE 
a quarter of an inch across ; in H. indica they are not half a line. The pet 
(as well as the calyx and pedicels) are more or less minutely pubescent, but 
not ciliated as is stated in the specific character given by Dr Wight under 
Salacia levigata. The S. levigata, DC., has ciliated petals, and belongs to 
Anthodon of Ruiz and Pavon, a sub-genus of T'onsella, Schreb. 
II. SALACIA. Linn. E DG 
Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, inserted between the torus and the calyx. Sta- 
mens 3, inserted on the top of the torus or between the torus and ovary: 
filaments flat, distinct: anthers adnate 2-celled ; lobes divaricating at the 
base, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 3-celled: ovules 2 or more in each i 
cell Style short. Stigma obsoletely 3-lobed. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, often — 
1-celled from abortion. Seeds solitary in each cell, wingless, covered with 
pulp.—Shrubs or small trees. Flowers in axillary corymbs, or more fre- —— 
quently, from the abortion of the common peduncle, on simple 1-flowered — 
pedicels arising from a small axillary tubercle ; rarely (ever?) in axillary - : 
dichotomous panicles, 
All the species which we have examined have the ovules superposed, or one above 
the other, forming ap arently a single longitudinal row ; but in Hippow eii we have 
found them collateral and evidently in a double series. If these remarks prove ap- — — 
licable to all the species of the respective genera, they would materially assist 1? 
heir discrimination when only in flower. —As we consider the S. chinensis of Linneus — 
to belong to this, and not to Salacia as defined by St Hilaire, we retain the Linnea? 
name for the present genus (the Calypso of Pet. Thouars, and St Hilaire), from 
which Johnia of Roxburgh is no way distinct: Salacia of St Hilaire, with 1-celled, 
transversely dehiscing anthers, and fleshy fruit, is entirely a genus from the Wes 
Indies or South America, and the same with Tonsella of Schreber. The true Salacia 
is found only in Asia and Africa, with the exception of S. campestris (Calypso campes- 
tris, St Hil.) ; of this, however, we entertain doubts as to its being a legitimate spe 
cies of the genus, but if it be so, it is the only one with elongated panicles of flowers. 
