398 XXXIV. CELASTRINEiE. 



Leaves alternate. Ovules numerous in separate cells. Drupe indc- 



hiscent, with numerous pyrenes S- Siphonodon. 



TiuBE II. HippocratCBe.— 5^ame/i5 usually 3, with a ^-merous calyx and corolla, 

 inserted on the disk ; filaments usually recurved at the top. Albumen none. 



Leaves opposite. Ovules 2 or several in each cell. Carpels distinct, 



flat, 2-valved. Seeds winged 6. Hippocratea. 



Tkibe I. Celastre.e. — stamens the same miml3er as petals, inserted 

 iinfl iffi flisk or on its mnvHn. tliG filaments usuallv incurved. Seeds albu- 



mmoiis. 



1. CELASTRUS, Linn. 



Flowers polygamons. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, spreading. Disk broad, 

 concave. Stamens 5, inserted on the margin of the disk; filaments subulate, 

 flattened at the base ; anthers ovoid or oblong. Ovaiy not immersed in the 

 disk, 2- to 4-celled ; style usually short, the stigma lobed, spreading ; ovules 

 2, collateral, erect, the I'unicle cup-shaped. Capsule globular oblong or ob- 

 OToid, coriaceous, 2- to 4-celled, openincr loculicldally. Seeds 1 or 2 in each 

 cell, usually enveloped partially or wholly in a fleshy aiillus, sometimes con- 

 necting the seeds in a mass, sometimes nearly or quite wanting; testa mem- 

 branous or almost emstaceous ; albumen fleshy; cotyledons leafy. — Trees or 

 shrubs, often climbing, unarmed. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, or ser- 

 rate. Stipules minute and deciduous, or none. Tlowers small, in terminal 

 or axillary oblong panicles or racemes. Pedicels articulate. Bracts very 

 small. 



The genus extends chiefly over tropical and eastern cxtratropienl Asia, with 1 Mascarcne 

 and a few N. American species. The Australian species are all endemic, although one is 

 nearly allied to a couimou Indian one. 



Tall climber. Panicles terminal. Ovary S-celled 1. C ausiralis. 



Trees or tall shrubs. Racemes or pedicels lateral or axillary. Ovary 

 2-celled. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical. 



Leaves quite entire, much narrowed into a long petiole. 



riowers 5-merou3 " 2. C. Mnelleri. 



Flowers 4-nierous ...■...■ 3. C. dispennus. 



Leaves entire or toothed, petiole short. Flowers 5-merou3 . 4. C, hilocfilaris. 

 liCaves linear or narrow -lanceolate, entire 5, C. Cu7inuiyha^^^^^- 



1. C. australis, Ilarv. anrj Mmll in Trans, rjiil Soc. Vict. I 41. A 

 tall, woody, glabrous climber. Leaves from ovate-lanceolate to oblong-ellip- 

 tical or lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, entire or minuti'ly and usually 

 remotely serrate, narrowed into a petiole of 1 to 3 lines. Panicles terminal, 

 or rarely in the upper axils, narrow, loose, rarely above 2 in. long. Flowers 

 white. Calyx-lobes broad, rounded, cilia(e. Petals twice as long, attaining 

 a little more than 1 line, broadly ovate or orbicular. Disk almost free from 



the calyx. 

 Capside near 



Ovary 3-ceIled ; style short, with 3 spreading sti 

 ,'arly globular, rarely exceeding 3 lines diameter. Se( 



n-uiatic lobes. 



Seeds enveloped 

 in a fleshy arillus.— Reissek, in Linnffiafxxix. 265 ; P. MuclL Fragm. iii. 94. 



Queensland. Eurnett and Dawson rivers and Moreton Eay, F. Mueller. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown; northward to Clarence river, BeclJer, 



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