Celastrus. pentandria moxogynia. 621 



numerous, 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. Panicles axillary, dichotomous, many-flower- 

 ed. Flowers small, white. Petals many times longer than 

 the calyx. Nectary as in C. emarginatus. Germ round, 

 three-celled ; cells 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. Aril white, sebaceous, em- 

 bracing the lower half of the seed. Integument single, po- 

 lished, brown. Perisperm conform to the seed, dull white, 

 ami hard. Embryo nearly as long as the perisperm, erect. 

 ( 'otyledons roundish. Radicle ovate, inferior. 

 The wood of this tree is hard, and durable. 



3. C. pantculata. Willd. sp. i. 1125. 

 Unarmed, Bhrubby, scandent. Leaves round, oval, ser- 

 rate. Panicle terminal. Stamens inserted into a nectaiial 



ring. 



\ large, climbing shrub ; a native of the Circar mountains. 



Flowering lime March and April. 



Branches twi^oy. Bark covered with gray, scabrous 

 specks. Learns alternate, petioled, broad-oval, serrate, pret- 

 ty smooth, about two inches long, and one and a half broad. 

 Petioles round, and one-third the length of the leaves. Pa- 

 mela terminal, erect, thin, oblong. Bractes small, falling. 

 Flowers small, yellow, numerous. Calyx inferior, five- 

 tootbed; segments concave, emarginate. Petals five, insert- 

 e d betweei I the nectary and calyx, spreading. Nectary cup- 

 ehaped : 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, 



