N. O. Celastrinee. 
TAB. CDLXXXII. 
CELASTRUS SUBSPICATUS. 
Frutex glabra, ramis subverrucosis, foliis ovali-ellipticis acutis 
subcoriaceis serratis brevi-petiolatis, racemis compositis spi- 
catis terminalibus rarissime axillaribus. 
Has. —? 
This is another plant, which like the Antidesma alnifolium, 
has been long cultivated in the Royal Botanical Gardens of 
Kew, and which flowers every summer, but of the history of 
which nothing is known; and it appears to be an undescribed 
species of Celastrus, The plant is 4 or 5 feet high, the branches 
flexuose and straggling, the leaves subcoriaceous, alternate, 
oval-elliptical, rather obscurely serrated, acute, paler and 
more conspicuously reticulated beneath; every where gla- 
brous. The petioles are short, and in their axils are gemm2 
with sharp, almost subulate, scales. The flowers are on short 
pedicels, and arranged in a compound mostly terminal spike or 
rather raceme, rarely axillary.- Calyx cup-shaped, with 5 deep, 
rounded, obscurely denticulated lobes. Petals 5, obovate. 
Stamens 5, short, alternating with the petals, arising from 4 
perigynous disc which lines the lower half of the calyx. 
Germen ovate, 3-celled, each with 2 ovules. Style short, thick. 
Stigmas 3, large, glandular. 
Fig. 1. Flower from which the petals have been removed. 
f.2. Entire flower. f. 3. Flower of which the calyx is laid 
open, and the petals removed. /. 4. Petal. (f. 5. Vertical sec- 
tion of the pistil. 6. Transverse section of the germen:— 
magnified, 
