276 CelastracecB. \Salacia, 



3. H. indlca, Willd. Sp. PI. i. 193 (1797). 



Herm. Mus. 13. Fl. Zeyl. n. 439 (Waelmedija). Moon Cat. 5. Thw. 

 Enum. 52. C. P. 1 164. 



FI. B. Ind. i. 625. Roxb. Cor. ii. t. 130 (bad). 



A shrub, widely climbing by its divaricate branches, young 

 parts glabrous; 1, i|-3 in., oval, tapering to base, shortly 

 acuminate, obtuse, finely serrate in upper part, glabrous, thin^ 

 petiole about Hn.; fl. minute, nearly sessile, in large terminal, 

 branched, elongated panicles (made up of axillary cymes, the 

 subtending 1. being usually undeveloped); cal.-lobes oval, 

 obtuse; pet. oblong, obtuse, spreading; ripe carp. 1-3, i^-if in., 

 linear-oblong, much compressed, striate; seeds 2, wing emar- 

 ginate, with a central vein. 



Dry region ; common. Fl. July, Dec; pale yellow. 

 Also in India, Malaya, and Trop. Asia. 



Hermann's native name is equivalent to 'Wel-mendiya;' I doubt if 

 this is applied to the present species now. 



II. SAIiACIA, L. 



Climbing shrubs ; 1. opposite ; fl. in clusters (rarely soli- 

 tary), on axillary tubercles ; cal. 5-lobed, imbricate ; pet. 5 

 (or 4), imbricate; disk large, fleshy, closely investing ov. ; 

 stam. 3 (or 2), inserted on outer face of or combined with 

 disk ; ov. 3- (or 2-) celled, with 2 or more ovules in each cell, 

 style short, simple ; fruit an indehiscent berry, scarlet, with 

 1-8 seeds immersed in pulp ; seeds large, without a wing, no 

 endosperm. — Sp. 70; 20 in FL B. Ind. 



Fruit under \ in. long i. S. PRINOIDES. 



Fruit over | in. long. 



Fl. shortly pedicellate ; pet. oblong, spreading , 2. S. RETICUL.\TA. 



Fl. sessile ; pet. oval, erect 3-3. oblonga. 



I, S. prinoides, Z?C /"r^^iy. i. 571 (1824). Kin-himbutu-wel, S. 



Thw. Enum. 53. C. P. 1165. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 626. Wight, Ic. t. 321. 



A large climbing shrub, with divaricate branches, young 

 twigs angular, glabrous ; 1. 2-3^ in., oval or lanceolate, acute 

 at base, shortly acuminate, sub-obtuse, shallowly crenate- 

 serrate, glabrous, rather coriaceous, petiole \ in.; fl. \-% in., 

 solitary or 2, from the axils of past or present 1., ped. \-i in., 

 divaricate, smooth; cal. shallowly lobed, pubescent, persistent; 

 pet. ovate-spathulate, clawed, rounded at apex, spreading ; 

 disk cup-shaj)cd, enclosing ov. ; fr. under \ in., ovoid or slightly 

 pyriform, blunt, minutely apiculate, supported on the disk 



