160 s CELASTRINEÆ. EvosYuvs. 
globose, 3-angled (about the size of a pea, black when dry).— Row. fl. Ind. 
1. p. 620; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 387 ; Roth. nov. sp. p. 154; DC. prod. 2. p.9; 
Spr. syst. 1. p. 114 ; Wall.! L. n. 4306 ; Wight! cat. n. 478, 479.—C. emargi- 
nata, Wall.! L. n. 4305. b (partly).—C. Wallichiana, Wall. ! L. n. 4304. b 
(partly)—C. crenata, Roth. nov. sp. p. 156. (not Forst.)—Staphylea monta- 
na, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 594.—Catha montana, G. Don, in Mill. dict. 
p. 10. 
The ovary and capsule are occasionally only 2-celled. The young branches 
are sometimes pointed with a thorn as in C. Wallichiana and C. emarginata. 
Roth's C. crenata was described from some young shoots which wanted 
thorns: Wight's cat. n. 478. is in this state. The fruit of the present and 
following is scarcely the size of a small pea. 
502. (7) C. emarginata (Wild. :) branches flexuose, thorny : leaves short- 
ly petioled, obovate, obtuse or emarginate, attenuated at the base, quite en- 
tire, very thick, hard and coriaceous, glabrous, pale and shining: peduncles 
axillary very short or wanting, bearing several fascicled 1-flowered pedicels: 
capsules slightly turbinate, 3-angled (about the size of a pea, black when 
dry).— Willd. sp. 1. p. 1128; Rowb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 620 ; (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 3875 
Roth. nov. sp. p. 155 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 8 ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 115; Wall,! L. n. 4305; 
Wight! cat. n. 477.—Staphylea vepretum, Rowb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 593.— 
Catha emarginata, G. Don, in Mill. dict. 2. p. 9. 
The young short shoots being often spinescent at the extremity, as in some 
of the other species, are frequently described as leaf-bearing-thorns: but in 
these plants the thorns, when axillary, are obviously abortive shoots: or when 
terminal are abortive continuations of the leaf's shoots ; and, as may in such 
a case be expected, are sometimes both to be seen on the same specimen. 
V. EUONYMUS, Linn. 
Calyx 4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, sessile. Torus a fleshy orbicular disk. 
Stamens 4-5, inserted on the surface of the disk, between the margin and 
ovary: base of the filaments persistent, and forming glandular projections 
on the torus: anthers with a thick connectivum at the back, opening trans- 
versely or longitudinally. Ovary immersed in the disk, with as many cells ve 
petals: ovules 2 in each cell. Style short and thick. Stigmas united into 
one, obtuse or lobed. Capsules 4-5-celled, 4-5-valved, loculicidal. Seeds 
1-2 in each cell.—Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing by means of roots 
thrown out by the stems. Leaves opposite. Peduncles axillary. Flowers 
occasionally with a fourth or fifth part additional. 
503. (1) E. dichotomus (Heyne :) leaves shortly petioled, coriaceous, from 
narrow oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, blunt 
at the point, quite entire : peduncles solitary or 2-3 together, from simple to 
twice or thrice dichotomous, few-flowered, about one-third of the length 
the leaves: petals 5, orbicular: style scarcely any: stigma blunt: capsule 
(unripe) ** clavate, lengthened, tapering downwards; its vertex 5-lobed, Te 
tuse; lobes short, round."— Heyne in Roxb. ft. Ind. (ed. Wall.) 2. p 410; 
Spr. syst. suppl. p. 925 Wall.! L. n. 4289; Wight! cat. n. 484. urtallum, 
Colemala. E 
We have not seen the fruit: Dr Wallich and Heyne seem only to have 
seen it far from maturity. 
t 504. (2) E. Indicus (Heyne:) leaves from lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 
obtusely acuminated, attenuated at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, shortly 
petioled : peduncles solitary, 1-3-flowered, about twice as long as the pe 
tioles: petals 5, oval, ciliated: capsule (unripe) obovate-clavate, tapermg 
the base, retuse at the apex and furnished with 5 short rounded projecting — = 
wings.— Heyne in Roxb. fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 410 ; Spr. syst. suppl. PP? 
Wall. L. n. 4290. PE 
