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broad, concave. Stamens 5, inserted on the margin of the disc. Ovary 

 not immersed in the disc, 2-4-celled ; style short ; stigma 3-lobed, rarely 

 3-fid with the segments recurved ; ovules 2 in each cell, erect. Capsule 

 globose or obovoid, 1-3-celIed, 1-6-seeded. Seeds enveloped in a fleshy 

 aril, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons foliaceous. — Distrib. Species about 

 20 ; natives of tropical Asia, China, Japan, Austialia and North Araeiica. 



Celastecs Championi, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. for 1851, p. 384. 

 A climber 40 to 50 feet long : branches slender, smooth, black when dry. 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate, acute or shortly 

 acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate, the edges minutely serjate 

 or sub-entire, both surfaces glabrous ; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, slightly 

 prominent on the lower surface ; length 3"5 to 45 in., breadth 18 to 2*5 

 in., petiole '5 in. Racemes several from one axil, usually shorter than the 

 leaves. Fruits on pedicels as long as themselves, dehiscing, 3-valved : 

 the dehisced valves broadly ovoid, black externally, pale within, about 

 •5 in. long, one-seeded. Benth. Flora Hongkongensis, 64. Gatha Ben- 

 thami, Gardn. and Champ, in Hook. Journ. Bot. for 1851, 310. 



Perak: Wray Nos. 175, 1031, 1096 : King's Collector No. 6928 and 

 6982 ; Scortechini No. 1428 ; Kidley No. 5237. 



7. Gymnospoeia, W. & A. 



Shrubs or small trees, branches often spinescent. Leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate. Flowers in small dichotomous cymes. Calyx 4-5-cleft. 

 Petals 4-5, spreading. Stamens 4-5, inserted underneath the disc. 

 Disc broad, sinuate or lobed. Ovary attached by a broad base, or im^ 

 mersed in the disc, 2-3-celled; style short, 2-3-Iobed ; ovules 2 in each 

 cell. Capsule obovoid or nearly globose. Seeds 1-2 in each cell ; aril 

 completely or partially covering the seed, or 0, albumen fleshy ; cotyle- 

 dons foliaceous. — Disteib. Species 60 ; natives of the hotter parts of the 

 whole world. 



Gymnosporia Curtisii, King n. sp. A scandent shrub ; young 

 branches rather stout, cinereous, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, ovate- 

 elliptic, sub-acute, the edges with distant shallow crenations, the base 

 rather suddenly narrowed to the petiole ; both surfaces glabrous, the 

 lower slightly paler when dry ; main nerves about 10 to 15 pairs, often 

 forking below the middle, faint ; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 225 to 3 

 in., petiole "4 to '5 in. Cymes about "6 to '7 in. long, few-flowered, 

 fasciculate, often collected at the apex of extra-axillary naked branches 

 1"5 to 2 in. long. Flowers '15 in. in diam. ; their pedicels two or three 

 times as long, glabrous. Sepals 5, semi-orbicular, the edges with a few 

 short thick cilia. Petals 5, oblong, obtuse, much longer than the sepals. 

 Stamens 6, shorter than the petals, the filaments inserted below the 



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