454 XXXIX. CELASTRiNE^, [Elceodendvon. 



sub-rotund blunt, base shortly narrowed; nerves 6 or 7 pairs, 

 2 to 2*5 in. long, i'2 to i'8 in. wide; petioles '3 to '5 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary and terminal 1*5 to 2'5 in. long, much-branched. 

 Flowers numerous "2 in. across yellowish white ; pedicels longer. 

 Calyx cupular 4- or 5-lobed. Petals 4 or 5 oblong blunt. Disc 

 cupular thin. Stamens 4 or 5 on outer edge of disc. Ovary 

 2-celled. Drupe pear-shaped -4 in. long, '25 in. wide in widest 

 part, brown woody i-celled. Hab. Common on sea-shores and 

 in sandy woods behind the mangroves. Singapore, Serangoon ; 

 Kranji; Tanjong Katong. Johor coasts. Pahang near Pekan. 

 Selangor, Port Swettenham (Burkill). Perak, Krian (Burgers). 

 Distrih. Borneo. 



10. PERROTTETIA, H.B.K. 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate ovate-oblong acuminate serrulate. 

 Cymes short axillary. Flowers very small. Calyx cupular 3-lobed. 

 Petals 5 valvate. vStamens 5 inserted on disc edge ; filaments 

 subulate ; anthers sub-globose. Disc sub-lobed. Ovary half- 

 immersed 3- to 4-locular. Stigma sub-sessile or style short. Berry 

 small globose 2- to 4-celled, 2-seeded. Species 10, Malayan 4, the 

 others Polynesian and American. 



(i) P. alpestris Loesener, Engler and Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien 

 iii- (5). 340- Caryospermum serrulatum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 2. 

 Maesa perakensis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. iv. 45 {partly). 



Shrub about 13 ft. tall. Leaves membranous elliptic, base 

 round, obscurely crenulate ; nerves 8 pairs puberulous when young, 

 3*25 to 4*5 in. long, 1-2 to 2"i in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. Cymes 

 1*25 in. long, puberulous. Flowers "05 in. wide, brown. Calyx 

 lobes acuminate puberulous. Petals puberulous acute little longer. 

 Berry -i in. long, dull red. Hab. Common in hill woods at 3000 ft. 

 altitude and upwards. Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Sempang Mines, 

 Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Ridley). Distrib. Java, 

 Borneo. 



11. HIPPOCRATEA, Linn. 



Scandent shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers white or yellow, 

 small in axillary cymes. Calyx of 5 lobes or free. Petals 5 larger. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments recurved lying in grooves of the ovary. 

 Disc flat. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 2 to 10 in 2 series in each cell ; 

 style very short. Fruit of 2 or 3 flattened carpels dehiscent. 

 Seeds compressed winged below. Species 90, tropics generally. 



Panicles and flowers red tomentose . . . • (i) H. ferruginea 



Panicles and flowers glabrous; flowers yellow "3 in. 



across; leaves entire . . . . • (-2) H. macrantha 



Panicles puberulous; leaves crenate; flowers yellow 



•3 in. wide (3) H. nigricaulis 



Panicles glabrous; leaves crenulate; flowers "05 in. 



across white . . . . . . . (4) H. indica 



