272 Celastracece. [Celastnts. 



than pet, anth, roundish ; disk obscurely lobed ; drupe ovoid, 

 ^-h in,, apiculate, glabrous, stone bony. 



Var. /^. montanuin, T/rw. Enui/i. -jT)- C. P. 2520. 

 L. less glaucous ; fl. much larger, ^ in. ; fr. larger, | in. 



Dry country ; common, especially near the coast. Var. /?. lower 

 montane zone, from 3000 to 4500 ft.; rather common. Dimbula ; Del- 

 tota ; Hunasg^iria. Fl. all the year ; pale yellowish-green. 



Also in India and Malay Archipelago. 



Wood hard, heavy, close-grained, smooth, reddish-brown. 



First noticed by Koenig, whose specimens are in Mus. Brit. Moon 

 gives the name ' Bat-hik ' for this. 



The leaves vary extremely ; in the dry region they are frequently 

 found strongly serrate, and this form is called ' Karukku-vaychchi ' by 

 the Tamils. It is this which Roxburgh records (Hort. Beng. 18) as 

 'Ceylon Tea,' under which name it was sent from Ceylon to the Bot. 

 Garden, Calcutta, by Gen. McDowall (see Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 639). 



7. CEIiASTRUS, L. 



Climbing shrubs ; 1. alternate without stip. ; fl. polygamous, 

 in terminal panicles; cal. 5-lobed ; pet. 5; disk annular; 

 stam, 5, inserted on edge of disk ; ov. 3-celled, with 2 erect 

 ovules in each cell, style short, stigma deeply 3-lobed ; fruit a 

 loculicidal, 3-valved capsule, with 1-6 seeds ; seed completely 

 enveloped in aril, embryo in axis of copious endosperm, coty- 

 ledons flat, oval. — Sp. 15; 4 in /7. B. Ind. 



C. paniculatus, Willd. Sp. Pl.\. 1125 (1797). Duhudu, S. 



Thw. Enum. 72. C. P. 1232. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 617. Wight, 111. i. t. 72. 



A large climbing shrub, bark rough, furrowed, young 

 parts glabrous ; 1. alternate, 2-3^ in., broadly oval, acute at 

 base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, shallowly crenate - serrate 

 except at base, glabrous, petiole \-% in. ; fl. \ in., in terminal, 

 pyramidal panicles 2-4 in. long, ped. slender, puberulous ; 

 cal. -lobes shallow, unequal ; pet. oblong, broad-based, acute ; 

 disk inconspicuous; capsule \ in., broadly ovoid or roundish, 

 blunt, transversely wrinkled, bright yellow, valves septifragal 

 above, remaining united at base and spreading or reflexcd, 

 leaving the seeds exposed; seed \ in., cinnamon-brown, striate, 

 completely enveloped in .scarlet fleshy aril. 



Moist low country to 2000ft.; common. Fl. May; pale yellow. 



Throughout India, Malaya, and the Philippines. 



The ripe fruit is a very pretty object : the seed is very often solitary, 

 and the fruit thus i -celled. The bark and an oil from the seeds are used 

 medicinally. 



