Lophopetalum.] XLI. CELASTRINE^:. (M. A. Lawson.) 615 



the disk and continuous with it, trigonal or pyramidal, 3-4-celled, con- 

 tracted into a short style, stigma capitate ; ovules 4 or more in each cell, 

 in 2 series. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-angled, 3-4-celled, loculicidal. feeds 

 few, rarely winged, arillate, albumen fleshy. DISTRIB. Species 8 ; Indian 

 Malayan and Javan. 



The species without fruit have been referred to this genus by habit alone. 



SECT. I. Petals crested. Disk flat, adhering to the calyx, 5-lobed ; lobes 

 continuous with the petals. 



1. Ii. Wig-htianum, Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. iii. 151 ; leaves 5-9 by 

 2-4 in., flowers f in. diam. Wight III. 178 ; Ic. t. 162 ; Walp. Rep. i. 530 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 145 ; FL Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixv. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards. 



A large tree. Leaves coriaceous. Cymes axillary or terminal, branching panicu- 

 lately several times. Petals with a membranous corrugated crest. Fruit 4 in. long, 

 3-celled, sharply triangular. Seeds oblong, compressed. 



2. Xi. fimbriatum, Wight III. i. 178 ; leaves 4-7 by 2-3| in. ovate or 

 ovate-oblong shortly acuminate, flowers nearly \ in. diam. L. ovaturn 

 Presl Botan. Bemerk. 32. L. javanum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 

 pt. i. 545. Euonymus ovata, Wall. Cat. 4300. 



SILHET, WaU't.ch ; TENASSERIM, at Mergui, Griffith. 



Leaves more thin and membranous than in L. Wightianum. Flowers in axillary or 

 terminal rigid divaricating paniculate cymes. Petals with a fimbriate crest. Fruit ? 



SECT. II. Petals corrugated or crisped (except 6. floribundum) on the 

 upper surface. Disk flat, 10-lobed, lining the calyx. 



3. Xi. pallidum, Laws. ; leaves 2|-3 by l-l in. elliptic-oblong, cymes 

 l in. glabrous, disk faintly lobed with long fleshy hairs surrounding the 

 base of the stamens otherwise naked. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree ; whole plant quite glabrous. Leaves pale ash-coloured, almost shining, 

 petiole i~g in. Cymes axillary. Petals T ^ in., broadly ovate, corrugated on the upper 

 surface. A very distinct species, readily known by the colour of its leaves, and the 

 ring of fleshy hairs surrounding the stamens. 



4. Ii. Wallichii, ^Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, pt. ii. 299; 

 leaves 6-8 by 3-3^ in. ovate-oblong rounded at the apex, cymes 6 or more 

 in. glabrous, disk faintly 10-lobed covered with fleshy warts. 



TENASSERIM, at Tavoy, Parish; BIRMA, Kurz. 



A large glabrous tree. Leaves glaucescent, green and shining above, opaque beneath, 

 coriaceous ; petiole 1-1^ in. Cymes axillary and terminal, paniculate. Petals ^ in., 

 crisped on the upper surface, whitish. Disk yellow. Capsule 4 or more by 2 in., 

 smooth, 3-lobed, 3-valved. Seeds compressed, imbricate ; wings 2-2J in., elliptic- 

 oblong, membranous. The description of the fruit and seed is taken from Kurz. In a 

 letter to Dr. Hooker he would make Prismatocarpus littoralis, Wall. Cat. 6520, a 

 synonym of the above, but in this he is in error. 



5. Xi. celastroides, Laws. ; leaves 2^-4 by l|-2^ in. ovate acute or 

 rounded at the apex, cymes 6 in.-l ft. glabrous, disk very faintly lobed 

 entirely covered with minute fleshy lobulate warts. 



TENASSERIM at MOULMEIN, Griffith; PEGU, M'Clelland. 



A tree?; whole plant quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous; petiole 1-1$ in. Flowers 

 in largo axillary and terminal widely-divaricating paniculate cymes. Petals T \ in., 

 .ovate from a broad base, slightly corrugated. Fruit 1 Closely allied to L. Wallichii. 



