230 XL. CELASTRACE.«. 



and iinniersefl in it, trigonal or pyramidal, 3-4-celled, contracted into 

 the style ; ovules 4 or more in each cell, 2-seriate ; style short ; stigma 

 capitate. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-angled, 3-4-celled, loculicidally 

 dehiscent. Seeds few or manv, rarely winged, arillate ; albumen 

 tieshy. — Distrib. India, Malaya, Java ; species about 9. 



1. Iiophopetalum Wightianum, Aryi. in Ann. Nat Hist. ser. 1, 

 V. 3 (1S39) p. 151. A large tree. Leaves 3-6 by 1^2| in., coriaceous, 

 ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly and bluntly 

 acuminate, glabrous, entire, reticulately veined, base rounded or sub- 

 acute ; petioles ij-f in. long, striate. Flowers nearly | in. across, in 

 branched terminal and axillary panicled cymes. Calyx 5-lobed, adhering 

 to the disk ; lobes orbicular. Petals obovate, continuous with the lobes 

 of the disk, with a membranous laciniate crest on the inner fact^, 

 minutely denticulate at the apex. Disk fleshy, more than ^ in. in diam., 

 5-lobed, adherent to the calyx. Ovary glabrous, triangular in cross 

 section at the base, sunk in the disk ; style short, conical. Fruit sharply 

 triangular in cross section, 4 in. long, 3-celled. Heeds oblong, conipressed, 

 surrounded by a long linear wing (Jide Dalzell & Gibson 1. c). F\. B. T. 

 V. 1, p. 615"; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 48; Wight, Icon. t. 1G2 ; Bedd. Flor. 

 Sylvat. 1. 145 ; Talb, Trees, Bomb. p. 47 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 11 (1897) p. 270; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 92.— Flowers : 

 Mar.-May. Veiin. Balpale. 



Konkan: Dal -ell, 1669.'; Wari, S/ocksl; S. Konkan, TVoodrow I ; evergreen forests 

 of the Konkan Ghats, Talbot. Kanaka : in evergreen forests of the Ghats, Talbot ; 

 Sampkhand, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



4. PLEUROSTYLIA, Wight & Arn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. Cymes axillary, 

 short, few-flowered. Calyx small, 4-lobed. Petals 5, exceeding the 

 calyx. Stamens 5, inserted below the disk ; filaments short, flat ; 

 connective of the anthers dilated at the back. Disk thick, crenula*e. 

 Ovary half-immersed in the disk and confluent with it, 1-2-celled ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell, erect ; style short, thick; stigma broad, peltate. 

 Fruit coriaceous, indehiscent, 1-2-celled. Seed 1 (rarely 2), erect, 

 covered by an arilliforni endocarp ; testa coriar^eous ; albumen copious, 

 fleshy; cotyledons large, orbicular. — Distbib. Mountains of the Indian 

 Peninsula, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Madagascar; ppecies 2. 



1. Pleurostylia Wightii, Wiyht Sf Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 157. 

 A shrub or small much-branched tree : young parts glabrous ; bark 

 rough, pale. Leaves 1^-2|^ by |-1,| in., elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate 

 or somewhat obovate, usually rounded at the apex, sometimes etnarginate, 

 pale, glabrous, reticulately veined, entire, acutely tapering at the base : 

 petioles very short, scarcely ^ in. long. Flowers ^-^ in. across, in small 

 axillary paniculate cymes ; peduncles short, more or less pubesrent ; 

 pedicels usually shorter than the peduncles. Calyx glabrous ; lobes short, 

 rounded. Petals elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, concave. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals. Drupes | in. long, ovoid, supported on the per- 

 sistent calyx, white, smooth. Fl. B. L v. 1 , p. 617; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 47 ; 

 Bedd. For. Man. iu Flor. Sylvat. p. Ixvi, t. 10, fig. 1 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 



