Hippocratea.] xxxix. celastrine^. 455 



(i) H. ferrug-inea King, I.e. 357. Salacia Griffithii Lawson, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 628 ; King, I.e. 364. 



Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong sub-acute, base rounded or 

 sub-acute crenulate; nerves 5 pairs, 3-25 to 5-5 in. long, 2 to 2*25 

 in. wide; petioles 3 to -4 in. long. Panicles axillary 3 to 5 in. 

 long, spreading lax, ferruginous pubescent. Flowers '2 in. across, 

 greenish brown. Sepals round rusty-tomentose outside. Disc 

 large, edge wavy thick. Ovary sub-globose, 3-lobed. Rare in 

 forests. Penang, Western Hill (Curtis). Distrih. Koh Samui, 

 Peninsula, Siam. 



(2) H. macrantha Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. 187, t. 39, not of 

 King. H. Cumingii Lawson I.e. i. 624. 



Stem brown smooth. Leaves coriaceous elliptic acuminate or 

 blunt entire, light green, base rounded or shortly narrowed ; nerves 

 about 7 pairs, reticulations large conspicuous beneath, 5 in. long, 

 3 in. wide; petioles 'i in. long. Panicles 2 in. long; branches 

 many stout. Flowers '45 in. across yellow star-like; pedicels '2 in. 

 long glabrous. Calyx short blunt-lobed. Petals lanceolate coriaceous 

 pubescent outside, hairy on the upper part inside. Disc large hairy 

 outside, 5-lobed. Capsule elliptic of 2 flat boat-like carpels thin, 

 woody 2"8 in. long, and each "6 in. wide, lanceolate narrowed to 

 tip. Seed 175 in. long, flat sub-spathulate. Hab. River-banks, not 

 rare. Singapore, Sungei Pandan ; Selitar, Johor, Tebrau River ; 

 Kota Tinggi. Muar, Sungei Pauh (Fox). Pahang, Sungei Chenei 

 (Fox). Distrih. Borneo to Philippines. Native names : Akar 

 Bintang; Gambir Ayer. 



(3) H. nigricaulis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 20. 

 H. macrantha King, I.e. 357 {not of Korthals). 



Slender climber 10 to 30 ft. long. Bark black, wrinkled. Leaves 

 coriaceous elliptic shining bright green, blunt, base round, crenulate ; 

 nerves 6 pairs, elevate beneath, 2 to 5 in. long, 1-3 to 275 in. wide; 

 petioles "i in. long. Panicles i in. long red-puberulous. Flowers 

 •3 in. across pale yellow. Calyx cupular teeth broad, shallow. 

 Petals lanceolate glabrous minutely puberulous outside. Disc 

 deep, fleshy, glabrous except for some minute hairs on the upper 

 part. Fruit (carpels 2) elliptic oblong, 3*2 in. long, 75 in. wide, 

 thin woody striate. Seed 2*25 in. long. Hab. Low open jungle. 

 Malacca (Griflith). Selangor, Rawang, camphor forest. Perak, 

 Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill, below the 

 Crag Hotel (Burkill). Distrih. Chittagong, Burma. 



(4) H. indica Willd. Sp. PI. i. 193 ; King, I.e. 359. 



A large climber. Leaves membranous elliptic acuminate minutely 

 crenulate, blunt at both ends to lanceolate ; nerves slender 6 pairs, 

 2*25 to 3 in. long, i to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles 

 I to 3 in. wide. Flowers numerous very small white "05 in. across. 

 Calyx lobes triangular hairy. Petals oblong obtuse. Carpels 2 

 oblong blunt striate 2 in. long. Seeds 2 in each. Hab. Open 



