XL. CELASmACE-E. 235 



Losener iu Engl. & Praiitl, Pflanzenf. v. 3. part 5, p. 227, fig. 130, e-g ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 49; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 270. — Flowers : Jan. Vern. Daushir. 



Not common. Konkan : Stocks \, Dalzelll, Talbot. Deccan : Lanoli Grore and 

 Khandala, GraJiam; about Par, Graham. Kanaka: Aiiishi (N. Kanara), Talhot. — 

 DisTRiB. India (E. & W. Peninsulas); Cejlon, Malaya, China, Australia, Tro})ical 

 Africa. 



2. Hippocratea Grahami, TT%A<, ///. y. 1 (1840) p. 134. A 

 climbing glabrous sbrub. Leaves coriaceous, entire, 2^-5 by 1|-2|, 

 ovate-elliptic, aciite or subacuminate ; petioles \ in. long. Flowers 

 white, in dense branched panicles longer than the leaves ; buds globose ; 

 peduncles several, crov< ded towards the ends of the branches; bracts 

 minute, lanceolate. Calyx divided to the base or nearly so ; lobes orbi- 

 cular, with laciniate or ciliate margins. Petals j^-j^;- in. long, oblong, 

 membranous. Antiiers subsessile. (Style shorter than the stamens. 

 Carpels linear-oblong, reachiug nearly 4 in. long, striate, rounded 

 and emarginate at the apex. 8eeds about 1 in. long, ovoid-oblong ; 

 basal wing 1^ by ^, the funicle conspicuous in its centre. Fl. B. 1. 

 V. 1, p. 024; Wight, Icon. t. 380; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 32; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. 49; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 270.— 

 Flowers: Jan.-Apr. Vebn. Lokandi \ Yesti. 



KoNKAN : Law]; common a.tMather-du, H. M. Bi7-duiood. Deccan: Pliucda Gb^t, 

 Ritchie, 1651 ! S. M. Country : near Dliarwar, Hohen hacker, 754 ! Kanara : Katgal 

 (N. Kanara), Talbot ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



3. Hippocratea indica, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 1 (1797) p. 193. A 

 climbing shrub; young parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, lg-3 by |^- 

 1| in., elliptic, usually bluntly acuminate, pale, glabrous, finely serrate, 

 tapering at the base ; petioles g-g in. long. Flowers yellow, miniue ; 

 cymes corymbosely branched, paniculate, shorter than the leaves, in 

 opposite leaf-axils ; buds oblong or obovoid ; bracts small, ovate, acute. 

 Calyx glabrous ; lobes triangular-ovate. Petit Is it^jj in. long, subfleshy, 

 elliptic- oblong, acute; filaments longer than the anthers. Style shorter 

 than the stamens. Carpels ellipsoid, 1-1 g by ^-g, rounded at the apex, 

 not emarginate, striate. Seeds y^ in. long : basal wing | by | in., with 

 conspicuous funicle in its middle. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 624 ; Koxb. Cor. 

 PL V. 2, p. 16, t. 130; Grab. Cat. p. 27; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 32; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 1 , p. 276 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, p. 49 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 270. — Flowers: Apr. Vebn. Kazurdti ; 

 Turridi. 



KoNKAN : moist forests, Talhot ; along the Gliats, pretty common, Dalzell cf- Gibson. 

 Deccan: banks of the Koina river abo\e Par bridge, Graham. Kanara: Divimana, 

 WoodrowX; moist forests of N. Kanara, TaUmt.-~T>\s,'\K\v,. India (hotter parts); 

 Ceylon, Malaya, Africa, 



9. SALACIA, Linn. 



Scandent or sarmentose shrubs or small trees. Leaves usually oppo- 

 site, petioled, coriaceous, shining above, exstipulute. Flowers small, 

 axillary or extra-axillary, fascicled or cymose, rarely solitary or 2-nate. 

 Calyx small, 5-partite. Petals 5, spreading, imbricate. Stamens 3 

 (very rarely 2 or 4\ inserted on the disk, free or connate with the 

 ovary; filaments conniving at the apex, recurved; anthers small, de- 



