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XXXIX. CELASTRINE.E. 



[Salacia. 



(6) S. grandiflora Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 300 ; Lawson, 

 I.e. i. 626. S. longifolia Lawson, I.e. 



A large more or less sarmentose shrub with pale bark. Leaves 

 coriaceous, deep shining green, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 

 base narrowed or rounded ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 5 to 6 in. long, 

 2*25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Flowers glabrous pearl}' 

 white '25 in. across, in groups of 3 to 6 or more on short axillary 



Fig. 45. — Salacia grandiflora. 



tubercles abundant; pedicels "2 in. long. Calyx cupular, lobes 

 sub-orbicular. Petals orbicular to obovate. Disc convex glabrous. 

 Stamens 3, filaments broad triangular from apex of disc. Ovary 

 immersed. Fruit globular or ovoid, i to i'25 in. wide, orange with 

 sweet white pulpy seeds. Hab. Very common in woods and open 

 country whole peninsula. Singapore to Penang. Disirih. Tenas- 

 serim! Native names : Nasi Sejuk; Ampedal Ayam. 



This plant is very variable in the form of its leaf, and it varies from a 

 distinctly scandent stout shrub to a small straggling tree. The large pearly 



