Salacia.] xxxix. celastrine^. 459 



flowers and brilliant fruit are well-marked points of difference from any- 

 other species. 



(7) S. latifolia Wall. Cat. 4222. 



Climber. Leaves coriaceous elliptic or rounded blunt, edge 

 undulate base, rounded or shortly cuneate; nerves 4 to 8 pairs 

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

 petioles "5 in. long. Flowers '4 in. across in fascicles of 6 or 8 from 

 axillary tubercles ; pedicels slender '5 in. long. Calyx lobes rounded 

 reniform. Petals much larger, obovate blunt. Stamens, fila- 

 ments flat long. Fruit globose i in. through. Seeds 75 in. long. 

 Hab. Singapore (Wallich), Johor, Sedenah. Bindings, Tanjong 

 Hantu; Pangkor (Scortechini). Disirib. Andamans, Nicobars, 

 Tenasserim. 



Perhaps only a form of 5. prinoides. 



(8) S. prinoides Z)C. Prodr. i. 571; Lawson, I.e. i. 626; King, 

 I.e. 366. 



Climbing shrub or bush. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, pale 

 beneath or not, elliptic-oblong cuspidate, edges crenulate waved or 

 entire, base cuneate; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 175 to 3*5 in. long, i to 

 i"5 in. wide; petioles '15 to "25 in. long. Flowers •2$ in. across 

 brown, 3 to 6 or more on small tubercles in the axils; pedicels 

 slender "25 to 35 in. long. Calyx lobes rounded. Petals cordate 

 obtuse, base clawed. Disc convex. Stamens 3. Fruit ovoid- 

 globular -5 in. long, i-celled, i-seeded. Hab. Borders of woods. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah Road. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Scorte- 

 chini). Disirib. Indo-Malaya. 



var. macrophylla King. S. macrophylla Bl. Bijdr. 221. 



Leaves broad elliptic acuminate narrowed at base, 4 to 5 in. 

 long, 175 to 275 in. wide. Hab. Perak, Larut, open jungle 

 (Kunstler, Wray). 



(9) S. verrucosa Wight, III. i. 134; Lawson, I.e. i. 628. 

 S. polyantha Korth. Flora xxxi. 379 ; King, I.e. 367. 



Scandent shrub. Branches minutely warted. Leaves thin 

 coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base cuneate, edge 

 obscurely serrulate; nerves 7 pairs, 3'5 to 4-5 in. long, i"25 to 2 in. 

 wide; petioles "35 in. long. Flowers '15 in. wide greenish yellow, 

 numerous on axillary tubercles. Calyx lobes short blunt. Petals 

 broad elliptic blunt. Disc very convex. Stamens 3 ; filaments 

 flat. Hab. Open jungle. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Disirib. 

 Mergui, Borneo. 



(10) S. flavescens Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 300; 

 Lawson, I.e. i. 627; King, I.e. 368. S. ovalis Laivson, I.e. 627. 

 S. Lawsoni ICing, I.e. 369. 



A scandent or sarmentose shrub or bush. Leaves opposite 

 coriaceous bright green when dry oblong sub-acute, base rounded 

 entire ; nerves 6 to 9 pairs inarching far from edge, finely reticulate. 



