JiJlAMSACL\-E. CELASTRIKE.?:. 571 



Leaves fjlaln-ous or nearly so, cronatc. Eaccmcs pubcrulous, glabresccnt. Disk 

 glabrous, o-horned. Capsules glabrous. 



G. Brandish, Hassk. 



G. integriJhUa, Eurz (non Lamk.). 

 Leaves velvety above, densely tawny or rusty pubescent beneatli, entire. Eacemcs 

 rusty-tomentose. Capsules puberulous. 



Order CELASTRINE,!:. 



Flowers usually hermaplirodite. Calijx small, 4-5-lobed or parted, persistent, 

 imbricate. Fetah 4-5, imbricate. Stamens 'i-b (very rarely 2-10), inserted at tbe 

 base of the disk, or its lobes. Filaments subulate, often short. Anthers 2-celled. 

 Link conspicuous, cushion-like or explanato or lobcd. Fruit various, a capsule, drupe, 

 berry, or samara. Seeds olten arillate, sometimes winged. Albumen fleshy, or almost 

 homy, or none. Flowers small, or minute, in axillary cymes, or racemes, or in terminal 

 panicles. Most Celestrinem are readily recognized by the peculiar large disk. From 

 Jihamnaeea; they iliffer in having the stamens alternating with the petals. 



Sub-order CELASTRACEM. 

 Stamens inserted outside the disk. Seeds albuminous. 



■* Capsule or follicle dehiscent. 

 X Utiiles from the ajis of the cells. Leaves opposite. 

 EvoNY.Mrs, Zinnreus. 

 Petals frt-e. Disk fleshy, bi'oad. Capsules S-o-lobed aud celled. 



I Ovules 2 in each cell. 

 * Flvwers solitari/ or clustered in the axils of the leaves. 



E. Javaxicvs, B1. E.T. Tropical forests of Tenasserim, Katchall, 



Kondal, and Great Xicobai'. 



Flowers nearly 5-6 Unes across. Petals fringed. Capsules sharply angular, on 

 J-1 inch long peduncles. Leaves glossy, entire. 



E. CAi.ocABrcs, Kz. S. Tenasserim. 



Capsules globular, obtusely lobed, very shortly pedunckd or almost sessile. 

 Leaves green, opaque. 



■'"'> Flowers in dichotomous cymes. 

 X X Branchlets terete or nearly so, or somewhat compressed. 

 E. GLABKE, Roxb. Chittagoug and Tenasserim. 



E. Timorensis, Laws. 

 Flowers small, usually 5-merous. Petals entire. Capsules angular. Leaves 

 sermlate upwards. 



X X Branchlets sharply A-cornered or almost winged. 

 E. GittFiiTHir, Kz. ^.6'. var. a Ava. var. ji not unfrequent in the damp hill- 

 Ilippocrates anyulata, Griff. forests of the JsTit-toung' ranges in Martaban, 



cast of Toung-ngoo, at 6000-7000 feet elevation. 



Flowers small, in very slender cymes. Capsules small, smooth. 



var. a genuina. Petioles thick, \ lino long; leaves sub-sessile, sub-serrate, 

 var. [i duhia. Petioles slender, 2-3 lines long. Leaves entire or nearly so. 

 var. ft will prove a distinct species, but as my specimens arc in very young 

 bud only, 1 am unwilling to establish the species until better material comes to hand. 



1 Cnre must be taken not to confdund tho ' Xat-tounj; ' in Martaban East of the Salween, witli 

 the ' Nat-toung ' of the Arakan llaugc, W.S.W. of Thayet'-myo. 



