Salacia.] xxxix. celastrine^. 457 



pore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Durian Sabatang 

 (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich), Lankawi (Curtis). Z)w/!n6. Peninsula, 

 Siam. 



(2) S. campanuloidea King, I.e. 363. 



Woody climber 50 ft. long. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate to 

 elliptic-oblong, crenulate bluntly cuspidate, narrowed to base; 

 nerves 6 to 8 pairs faint, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 1-35 to 2 in. wide ; petioles 

 •3 to '4 in. long. Cymes few-flowered very short solitary. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, campanulate '15 to -2 in. long. Pedicels as long or 

 longer. Calyx lobes transversely oblong. Petals obovate-elliptic 

 glaucous campanulate. Disc conical. Ovary immersed. Fruit 

 sub-globose or pyriform 1*5 to 2 in. through, reddish yellow. Hab. 

 Climbing on tree-trunks in forests, 800 ft. altitude. Perak, Goping 

 and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 



(3) S. perakensis Kmg, I.e. 364. 



Climber. Leaves elHptic blunt acuminate ; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, 

 2 to 275 in. long, i to 1-35 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. Cymes 

 *3 to -45 in. across on peduncles -3 to 75 in. long, 5- to 8-flowered. 

 Flowers '15 in. long; pedicels longer. Calyx of 5 round lobes. 

 Petals erect oblong puberulous much longer. Disc cylindric. 

 Anthers 3 sessile on disc. Ovary immersed. Hab. Perak (Scorte- 

 chini). I have not seen this plant. 



(4) S. Korthalsiana Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iv. 152. 

 S. Radula Hassk. PL Jav. 231, not of Don. 



Climbing shrub. Leaves coriaceous alternate, elliptic bluntly 

 acuminate, base very shortly narrowed, edge undulate ; nerves 

 elevate beneath rather slender 7 pairs, 7 in. long, 275 in. wide; 

 petioles thick '2 in. long. Cymes axillary with few dichotomous 

 branches rather thick, 1-5 in. long, nearly i in. across. Flowers 

 small in cymules of 3 or 4; pedicels -2 in. long. Calyx lobes 5 

 round. Petals 5 oblong obtuse, fleshy, -i in. long, yellow. Disc 

 large cushion-shaped. Stamens 3 projecting from disc. Ovary 

 immersed. Fruit ovoid blunt 75 in. long (dry). Seed globose, 

 5 in. long. Hab. Very rare. Edges of woods. Singapore, Bukit 

 Timah, west side at j\ miles from town (Hullett). Distrib. Java. 



Young branches much lenticellate sometimes. Very distinct in its long 

 panicled cymes. It has long ago disappeared from this one locality. 



(5) S. Scortechinii King, I.e. 364. 



Stout climber. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic sub-acute, 

 base narrowed or rounded not reticulate below; nerves 6 to 8 

 slightly prominent beneath, 6 to 10 in. long, 2-25 to 3*5 in. wide; 

 petioles '6 to 75 in. long. Flowers 35 in. across, 10 to 12 on 

 axillary tubercles. Pedicels -35 to -4 in. long. Calyx lobes reni- 

 form. Petals orbicular. Disc convex. Stamen-filaments tri- 

 angular. Ovary flat immersed, fl'ai!?. Perak (Scortechini). Possibly 

 only a form of 5. grandiflora. *' 



