946 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol XIX,. 

 Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves; 



Petals Ununited. 



Olas nana, 



OIiaCINE,E. 

 F, B. I. i. 576. 

 Himalaya to 5,000 ft. 



small, dwarfed by jungle fires, root stock woody 

 with annual ribbed shoots 2 ft. high ; leaves 1 1-2^ by 

 :|-^ in,, oblong-lanceolate, nearly s.essile, smcoth and 

 light green above, gieenish with a bloum beneath, 

 margins turned back ; flowers nearly ^ in. acioss, soli- 

 tary, calyx minute, increases in fruit, petals 3, oblong- 

 lanceolate, stamens M, 8taminodes b-6, bifid, longer 

 than the stamens ; fruit, the size of a pea, round, one- 

 seeded. 



GymnosPDria or 

 Celas'rus, 

 Eoylc^Qa cr spinosa, 



Gtoula darim. 

 Celastrine^ 

 F. B. I. i. <i20. 

 Himalaya to .3,000 ft. 

 Salt lange. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



medium size, smooth, densely bi-anching, stiff, 

 straight, axillary spines not bearing leaves ; leaves 

 smooth, ovate or round, '■^-l^ ins. by ^-1 in., toothed ; 

 flowers many, white in short axillary clusteis, calyx 

 five lobed, lobes obtuse, minutely fiingcd, petals 5, 

 oblong, stamens 5 : capsule three-angled, \ in. diam., 

 cells three, seeds 3, half enclosed in a red flej-hy outer 

 coat. 



Gym-aosporia "Walli- 



cMana or 

 Gelastras rigrida, 



Patahi. 



Celastrine^. 

 F. B. I. i. «21. 

 North-West Frontier Pro- 

 vince. 

 Peshawar. 

 Kawnlpindi. 



medium size, branches much zig-zagged, spines 1-3 

 ins. long, bearing leaves and Bowers; leaves 1-1 1 by 

 J-1 in., obovate, crenate, leathery, smooth ; flowers in 

 clusters shorter than the leaves ; fruit somewhat 

 inflated, three and one-seeded cells ; in other respects 

 like the last species. 



Gymnosporia or lai'ge, branches stiff and nearly straight, spines 



Colastrus montana, axillary, straight, 1-2 ins. long, often bearing leaves 

 Talhary mareila, xhera- und flowers ; leaves 1-3 by :|-2 ins., linear, ovate to 



wane. 

 Celastrine^. 

 F. B. l.i. 621. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



roundly ovate, minutely toothed or not, leathery ; 

 flov?ers, in axillary or on the spines, much branched 

 clusters, shorter than the leaves, small, greenish white, 

 bracts, calyx lobes and petals fringed ; fruit rotnd or 

 ovoid, black, size of a pea, 1-3 celled, cells one-seeded ; 

 in other respects like the last species. 



