Glyptopetalum.} XLI. CELASTRINE^. (M. A. Lawson.) 613 



2. G-. sclerocarpum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Seng. 1872, pt. ii. 299 

 leaves 8-12 by 2-3^ in., cymes not half as long as the leaves. 



PEGU, Kurz. 



A tree with thick coarse branches. Leaves very coriaceous, finely serrate or entire. 

 Cymes stoutish. Flowers ? Fruit globose, the size of a large cherry, rough with mi- 

 nute tubercles ; pedicels 1J in., straight. 



3. G. grandiflorum, Bedd. Ic. Pl.Ind. Or. 21, t. 102 ; Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixv. ; peduncles longer than the leaves. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; damp forests of the Wynaad, alt. 2-2800 ft., Beddome. 



Leaves subcoriaceous, 3|-5 by l-2 in., oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, acute or 

 acuminate. Peduncles filiform, 3-flowered ; pedicels 1 in., arcuate. Flowers 1 in. across. 

 Petals obovate. Fruit ? 



3. 1KZCROTROFXS, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrous. Leaves opposite, petioled, or subsessile exsti- 

 pulate, entire. Flowers in sessile clusters, or in peduncled cymes, axillary or 

 supra-axillary, sometimes unisexual. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, rarely 0, 

 connate at the base, erect. Stamens 5, inserted on the disk or on the tube 

 of the corolla. Disk 0, or annular. Ovary free, ovoid, perfectly or imperfectly 

 2-3-celled ; style very short ; stigma minutely 2-4-lobed ; ovules 2 in each 

 cell, collateral at the inner angle. Capsule oblong, coriaceous, 1-celled, 

 2-valved, 1-seeded, surrounded at the base with the persistent calyx. 

 Seed erect, stipitate ; aril 0. DISTRIB. Species 9 \ mountains of India, 

 Ceylon, the Malayan peninsula and Java. 



* Flowers sessile, clustered on the branches. (See 4, densiflora.) 



1. 1VI. Wallichiana, Wight mss.; leaves 2^-4 by 1-2 in. petioled oblong- 

 elliptic acute at both ends, flowers few small, fruit tapering at the base 

 rounded at the apex. Thwaites Enum. 71 j Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixv. 



CEYLON ; forests of the Central province and Saffragam, alt. 2-5000 ft. 

 A middle-sized tree with slender branches. Petals -% in., ovate-lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base, rounded at the apex. Fruit f in. 



2. M. latifolia, Wight mss. ; leaves 4-5 by 2|-3 in. petioled oblong- 

 lanceolate subacuminate, flowers large and more numerous than in the 

 last species, fruit pointed at both ends. ? M. longifolia, Wall. Cat. 4339 

 in part. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from the Concan to the Nilghiris. 



A small tree with almost black branches. Leaves pale green, very coriaceous and 

 with a thickened margin, rugulose and opaque above. Petals in., subovate. Fruit f in. 



3. M. ramiflora, Wight Ic. t. 977 ; leaves subsessile 1-3| by f-2 in. 

 broadly-elliptic or obovate rounded and slightly emarginate at the apex 

 margins revolute, flowers in dense clusters, fruit acute at the apex. 

 Thwaites Enum. 72; Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixv. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Nilghiri Mts., Wight. CEYLON ; common in the more elevated 

 parts of the Central Province. 



A small tree with thick coarse branches. Leaves very coriaceous, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, rugulose and opaque above. Petals | in., broadly obovate. Fruit 

 | in. Testa reddish brown. 



