23G XL. CELASTEACE,!. 



hiscing extrorsely (on accouut of the reciirved tilainents), adnate, 2-ce]Ie(l, 

 lobes divai-icating at ihe base. Disk thick, sinuate. Ovary Miuk iu the 

 disk, conical, 3-celled ; ovules 2, 4 or more iu each cell, afllxed to the 

 axis, 1- or 2-seriate ; style usually very short ; stigma simple or 3-lobed. 

 Fruit baccate, edible, 1-3-celled ; cells 1-4-seeded ; rind coriaceous or 

 subwoody ; pulp mucilaginous. Seeds large, angular ; testa rather 

 thick, coriaceous or fibrous ; cotyledons thick, usually conferruminate. — 

 DiSTRiB. Tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, aud America ; 

 species about 130. 



Flowers from axillary or estra-asillary tubercles. 

 Flowers few. 



Flowers 3-6 1. S. priiioidrs. 



Flowers 1-2 2. <S. Brnnoniana. 



Flowers minierous 3. S. macrosperma. 



Flowers in sliort-peduncled cjuics, not from axillary tubercles. 4. <S. ohlonga. 



1. Salacia prinoides, BC. Prodr. v. 1 (1824) p. 571. A large 

 straggling or climbing shrub ; branches divaricate ; young twigs angular, 

 glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 1|-3| by l-lg in., elli])tic-oblong, 

 shortlv acuminate, subobtuse, crenate-serrate or entire, glabrous, base 

 acute ; petioles ^-\ in. long. Flowers yellow, | in. in diam., 3-6 

 (rarely more), from small tubercles in the axils of the leaves or from 

 the smaller branches below the leaves ; pedicels slender, l-g in. long. 

 C;ilvx cupular, pei-sistent ; lobes 5, rounded, concave, ])ubescent outside, 

 ciliate. Petals much larger than the calyx-lobes, oblong or obo\ate, 

 clawed, rounded at the apex and with membranous margins. Disk 

 convex, fleshy. Stamens 3 from the face of the disk, inserted at a little 

 distance from the ovary ; filaments narrow, flat, erect ; anthers small, 

 transversely oblong, 2-c6lled. 0\ary conical, trigonous. Fruit \ in. 

 in diam., subglobose, minutely apiculate, fleshv, red v\hen ripe, 1-celled, 

 J-seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 62G ; Grab. Cat. p. 27; Dak. & Gibs. 

 p. 33; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 276 ; Talk Trees, Bomb. p. 50 ; A\'oodr. 

 in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (lb97) p. 270. — Flowers : Dec.-Feb. Veen. 

 I\isul-hondi. 



KoNKAN : Stocks], Lawl; Atgaon, Woodrowl; Malliar and Ainboli (Salsette), 

 J^immo ex Graham; Wari Country, not Qonnnon, Dahcll ij- Gih»on. Dkccan : Klian- 

 dala, Graham ; Phunda Gliat, Jiltchie, IGOy ! S. M. Covntuy : Parva Gliiit (Belgaum 

 districts), iritchie, 1()52 ! Kanaka: near Sirsi, Hohenhacker, 7491; Dehalli (N. 

 Kaniira), ToUiol ex WoodrouK 



The scandeut form is often found on river-banks in N. Kanara (Kala naddi, ic), 

 fl)e erect slirubby form is abundant in the evergreen forests of tbe S. Giiiits of N. 

 Kanara, 7a/W.— DiS'iKin. India (Silliet, Kliasia mountains, and the F. «& W. 

 Peninsulas) ; Ceylon, Java, Philippines. 



2. Salacia Brunoniana, Whjltt ij- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 105. A 

 scandent shrub (?) ; brajiches terete. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 

 ('lli])tic, acuminate, subobtuse, minutely serrate, glabrous, base acute; 

 jx-iioles I in. long. Flowers few (1-2), from an axillary tubercle; 

 ])edi(el8 about equalling the petioles. Calyx with 5 short blinit teeth. 

 I'elals ovate from a broad base, sessile, coriaceous, with incurved margins 

 (when dried), entire, somewhat persistent. Torus cup-shaped, thick 

 and fleshy, at first nearly enclosing tlie ovary. Stamens sliort, from 

 the iuuer side of the torus. Ovules 2, superposed. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 



