Microtropis.] xxxix. celastrineje. 445 



7 in. long, i"5 to 275 in. wide ; petioles 3 to '4 in. long. Cymes 

 axillary or extra- axillar}^ on filiform peduncles i'25 to 3 in. long, 

 divaricate many-flowered. Flowers -3 in. across greenish yellow. 

 Sepals reniform, puberulous. Petals much longer oblong blunt, 

 puberulous connate at base. Stamens shorter than petals, attached 

 at base to corolla-tube. Disc none. Fruit ovoid pointed '5 in. 

 long. Hab. Forests low coimtry up to 3000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 

 Sungei Buloh. Bindings (Curtis). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih at 

 3400 ft. altitude (Wray) ; Larut Hills, 2000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 

 Penang (Porter). Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). Distrib. Burma. 



(6) M. valida Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 19. 



IBranches stout. Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic acuminate 

 shining acute, base cuneate, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; 

 nerves 6 to 8 pairs fine ; nervules as large, reticulations conspicuous 

 on both sides; petioles thick grooved -5 in. long. Cymes stout 

 3 in. long; peduncles i"5 in. long. Bracts ovate acute "i in. long, 

 3 to each flower. Flowers 3 clustered on the top of each cyme- 

 branchlet, -4 in. across; branches -5 in. long; branchlets '2 in. 

 long sessile. Sepals 4 imbricate rounded in 2 unequal pairs glabrous, 

 edges thinner, inner ones the larger, coriaceous. Petals 4 connate 

 below, short broad rounded. Stamens 4 broad inserted on 

 the tube. Pistillode truncate. Hab. Perak, Hermitage Hill 

 (Curtis). 



2. EUONYMUS, L. 



Small trees or shrubs, glabrous. Leaves opposite. Calyx 4- or 

 5-fid. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 4 or 5 inserted on the disc ; anthers 

 broad, 2-celled. Disc large fleshy 4- or 5-lobed. Ovary sunk in 

 disc 3- to 5-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell; style short or o. Stigma 

 3- to 5-lobed. Capsule pyriform 3- to 5-celled, 3- to 5-lobed or 

 angled, coriaceous, cells i- or 2-seeded. Seeds covered by a coloured 

 aril. Species 80, tropical and sub-tropical Asia, Europe, and North 

 America. 



Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3 ; petals fimbriate . . (i) E. javanicus 



Flowers in lax 10- to 20-fiowered cymes; petals not 



fimbriate (^) E. Wrayi 



Flowers in lax cymes and "15 in. across; petals oblong 



toothed (3) E. rufulus 



(i) E javanicus Bl. Bijdr. 1146; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 607; Benn. 

 PI. Jav. Rar. 13, t. 28; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixv. (2), 339. 



Glabrous shrub, from 6 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous 

 oblong-lanceolate to ehiptic oblong, base connate; nerves 5 to 6 

 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-35 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 3 to "5 in. long. 

 Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3, or in 2- or 3-flowered cymes. Peduncles 

 •5 in. long, -5 in. across. Sepals 5 round. Petals oblong fimbriate 

 greenish white. Stamens 5; ovary conic. Fruit pyriform deep 



