614 XLI. CELASTRINEJE. (M. A. Lawson.) [Microtropis. 



** Flowers in axillary or extra-axillary pedunded di- or tricJiotomous 

 cymes. 



4. M. densiflora, Wight Ic. 1. 1052 ; leaves 2-2| by l|-2 in. elliptic 

 margins revolute very coriaceous, cymes \ in. short dense. Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixv. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Nilghiri Mts., Wight, &c. 



A large straggling shrub or small tree. Floicers sometimes almost sessile. Petals 

 % in., roundish-elliptic. Fruit f in., narrowly oblong, acute at both ends. 



5. M. microcarpa, Wight Ic. t. 975 ; leaves 1-3 by ^-1^ in. elliptic- 

 or broadly-lanceolate coriaceous margins revolute, cymes 1^-2 in. lax, fruit 

 oblong narrowing to the acute apex, testa light brown. 



WKSTKRN PENINSULA; from the Concan and Maisor southwards; dry jungles at 

 Kotagherry in the Nilghiris, Wight. 



An erect shrub. Leaves smooth above, glaucous beneath. Cymes di-trichotomous. 

 Petals obovate-cuneate. 



6. ZMC. ovalifoli? , Wi<///f Ic. t. 976 ; leaves 1-3 by -l| in. ovate or 

 broadly lanceolate coriaceous margins revolute, fruit ovoid subacute, testa 

 crimson, liwld. FL >S'///<'. A,iL (Jen. Ixv. Elseodeudron nilglrireuse, Wall. 

 Cat. 4409. 



>ULA ; Nilghiri hills, Courtallam and Ootacamurid, Wit/Jit, &c. 



A somewhat ditt'use shruli. Ci/n'x triohotomouf , 2-3 in. Petals orbicular. Very 

 closely allied to M. microcarpa, of which it may prove to be a variety. 



7. 1. discolor, Wall. Cat. 4337 ; leaves 3-5 by 1^-2| in. elliptic sub- 

 acuminate membranous flat, cymes \-\ in. compact. Arn. in Ann. i\'t/t. 

 J/ixl. iii. IT)^. ( .liscnlor, Wail, in l!<>.ch. FL lu<L ed. Carey, ii. 



37rt. Celastrinea 1 Walt Cat. 9014. Euonymus garcinifolius, Roab. FL 

 Ind. i. 628. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Kuiiuum, Wnllich; Sikkim, alt. 4-7000 ft., (f.D.H.; 

 KIIASIA Mrs., alt. 1-7000 ft., /. D. H. & T. T.; TKXASSKKIM, Wallich, &c. 



A small tree. Petals in., elliptic, concave. Fruit 4 in., ovoid. 



8. X. bivalvis, Wall. Cat. 4340 ; leaves 4-8 by 1^-2^ in. ovate to 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate membranous or subcoriaceous margins flat, 

 cymes 2-4 in. di-trichotomous branches widely divaricating. (Jelastrus 

 bivalvis, Jack, in I Look. Bot. Misc. ii. 71 ; Mn.d>. FL Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 

 399 ; DC. Prodr. ii. (j. Euonymus ? laeta, Wall. Cat. 4294. E. capilla- 

 ceus, Wall. Cat. 7270. E. nliformis, Wall. Cat. 4295. Paracelastrus bi- 

 ( valvis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 591. 



EASTERN PENINSULA; from Tenasserim to Penang, Wallich; Malacca, Haingay. 

 DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 



Branches slender. Peduncles extra-axillary, usually springing from the branches at 

 right angles. Petals elliptic, & in. Fruit ellipsoid. 



4. LOPHOPETALUM, Wight. 



Trees and shrubs, usually glabrous. Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 petioled, exstipulate. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes round short. Petals 5, con- 

 tinuous with the disk, persistent, the upper surface cristate or lamellate or 

 covered with fleshy villi or naked. Stamens 5, inserted on the disk ; 

 anthers oblong. Disk large, entire or lobed. Ovary small, immersed in 



