Hippocratea.'l CelastracecB. 275 



10. KXPPOCRATEA, Z. 



Trees or climbing shrubs ; 1. opposite ; fl. in paniculate 

 cymes; cal. 5-lobed ; pet. 5 (rarely 6); disk cup-shaped, 

 closely surrounding ov. ; stam. 3, inserted on or combined 

 with disk, fil. flat, recurved ; ov. 3-celled, with 2-6 ovules in 

 each cell, style simple, short ; fruit of 1-3 distinct carp., each 

 2-valved, with 2 or more seeds ; seed with a long terminal 

 wing, no endosperm. — Sp. 60; 8 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Fl. \ in. diam. 



Pet. acute with a broad base . . . . i. H. obtusifolia. 



Pet. rounded with a narrow claw . . . 2. H. Arnottiana. 



Fl. minute 3. H. INDICA. 



1. K. obtusifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 166 (1832). Diya-kirindi- 

 ■wel, S. 



H. vindiflora, Moon Cat. 5. Thw. Enum. 52. C. P. 3158. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 623 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 963. 



A climbing shrub, young branches divaricate, somewhat 

 quadrangular, young parts glabrous ; 1. 3-6 in., lanceolate, 

 acute at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, entire or very faintly 

 crenate, glabrous, coriaceous, reticulate beneath, petiole very 

 short ; fl. \ in., in axillary, dichotomous, paniculate cymes 

 usually shorter than 1., ped. stout, puberulous ; cal.-segm. 

 triangular, reflexed ; pet. narrowly triangular, very acute, 

 hairy within, spreading ; disk pubescent ; ripe carp, not seen. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Kalutara ; Peradeniya. Fl. Nov. ; 

 green. 



Also in most parts of Tropical Asia, Australia, and Africa. 



2. H. Arnottiana, Wight, HI. i. 133 (1838). 

 Salacia terminalis, Thw. Enum. 407. C. P. yjZl- 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 624. Wight, 111. tt. 46, 47A. 



A tree, about 30 ft., very much branched, young parts 

 glabrous; 1. 3-4 in., oval, very shortly acuminate, obtuse, very 

 shallowly serrate in upper part, glabrous, coriaceous, petiole 

 under \ in.; fl. \ in., numerous, in large, spreading, lax, 

 divaricate, paniculate cymes, terminal and from upper axils 

 and much exceeding the 1., ped. glabrous ; cal. glabrous, lobes 

 rounded; pet. rotundate, clawed, spreading or reflexed; disk 

 very tumid ; ripe carp, not seen (in Wight, 111., 2\ in., oblong, 

 emarginate at top, with several seeds). 



Moist low country ; very rare. Galle district (Thwaites). Fl. October ; 

 yellow. 



Also in Southern India. 



I have not met with this. Wight (in Malabar) describes it as a 

 climbing shrub, Thwaites as a tree. 



