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TABULA 3026. 
SLADENIA CELASTRIFOLIA, Kurz. 
TERNSTROEMIACEAE. 
~  §. celastrifolia, Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 194, t. 133, f. 1; 
Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. i. p. 281 ; species unica. 
Arbor 6-9 m. alta, ramulis hornotinis angulatis pilis simplicibus 
puberulis, senioribus subteretibus glabrescentibus. Folia alterna, 
exstipulata, ovata vel elliptico-oblonga, basi obtusa vel cuneata, 
apice acute acuminata, 12 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, crenato-serrata, 
tenuiter coriacea, praeter petiolum et partem ikedovedt costae subtus 
puberulam glabra; nervi laterales utrinsecus 6-7, satis obliqui ; 
petioli anguste alati, 0-5-1 cm. longi, juventute puberuli, demum 
glabrescentes. Cymae a xillares, “dichasia les, bis ad quater furcatae, 
floribus articulatis; pedunculi florum ultimorum 4-5 mm. longi; 
pedicelli florum centralium furcarum 1 mm. longi, medio articulati. 
Sepala 5, persistentia, imbricata, elliptico-oblonga, 4:5 mm. longa, 
2-5 mm. lata, apice rotundata vel inconspicue retusa, scariosa. Petala 
5, imbricata, basi leviter connata, path oblonga, 5 mm. longa, 
2:7 mm. lata, inferne 5-nervia, superne 7-nervia. Stamina saepius 10, 
rarius 11-13, gion basi ns leviter affixa ; amenta 
1-5 mm. longa, 0-8 mm. lata, crassissima, infra antheras constricta, 
arto flexa; antherae introrsae, anguste lanceolatae, circiter 
2 ngae, patule pilosulae, basi leviter sagittatae, setulosae, 
apice 5 bevieek bifidae, thecis apice setulis singulis vel binis terminatis, 
apice rima ventrali poriformi dehiscentes. Pistillum 4 mm. longum ; 
ovarium ovoideum, in stylum crassum apice trifidum angustatum, 
inferne 10-costatum, costis basi valde incrassatis prominentibus 
glandularibus discum simulantibus, superne 20-costatum, triloculare ; 
styli rami 0-3-0-4 mm. longi, acuti; ovula pro ri bina, pendula, 
anatropa, longe rostrata, 2 mm. longa, rhaphi adaxiali. Fructus 
nondum maturus 3- locularis, siccus, exocarpio papyracen endocarpio 
erustaceo ; parietes tenues ; dissepimenta crassissima 
Inp1a: Burma; Shan Hills, Wetwun, near the rage Plateau, 
Lace, 6252 ; 8. Shan States, Taunggyi, 1400 m., Watson, 2 
