o*18 XLI. CELASTRINE-E. (M. A. Lawson.) [Cclastrus. 



A scandent shrub with terete branches, the young shoots and branches pendulous. 

 Leaves 2^-5 by 1^-2^ in., oval oblong or ovate or obovate, acuminate, serrate, mem- 

 branous. Flowers yellowish-green, in terminal pendulous panicles. Petals ^ in., 

 oblong. Foliage very variable. An oil for burning in lamps is expressed from th> 



2. C. stylosa, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 401 ; Cat. 4313 ; 

 calyx-segments ovate rounded, petals -*- in. oblong with wavy margins, style 

 3-lobed, fruit 3-celled 3-6-seeded, seed i by i in. curved black. V<>i<jt llort. 

 Sub. Cole. 166. 



NIPAL, Wallich ; SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft., /. D. H. ; KHASIA Mxs., alt. 

 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. ; ?PEU;, M'l'hll-nul. 



A scandent shrub with terete branches. Leaves 2^-4 by 1^-2 in., elliptic or ovate- 

 oblong, acute or subacuminate, serrate. Flowers in short axillary or terminal irregular 

 racemose cymes. Fruit yellow, crowned by the persistent style. 



II. Brandies destitute of lenticels. 



3. C. venulosa, WU. Cat. 4321 ; calyx-segments half orbicular, 

 petals | in. linear-oblong with wavy margins, style acute not lobed. 



SlLIIET, WdllMl. 



A scandent shrub, with smooth pale-brown round branches, or dark brown and rather 

 rough. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2i in., elliptic-oMong, narrowed at the base, suddenly and 

 shortly acuminate, faintly serrate membranous, venation conspicuous but very delicate, 

 shining. Flowers in short axillary or terminal spicate cymes. Fruit .' -A single spe- 

 cimen from Silhet in the Walliehiau Herbarium. Closely allied to C. paniculatu . 



4. C. monosperma, 7/or/>. Hurt. PJ<H<J. 18; Fl. Iml. i. 625; calyx- 

 segments broadly and roundly ovate, petals ,'._, in. suborbicular, style 3-lobed, 

 fruit 1-celled 1-seeded, seed i in. elliptical l.n.wn. IT////, ('af. 43ll <//"/ 7<)0!); 

 Benth. Fl. Hmjk. (.3 ; V<>i<jt II <>,(. Suit. <J<ih\ \(\(\. C. Hindsii, H. nil. in I look. 

 K<-iv .lo/n-n. nt.\\\. 334. ( at ha monosperma, Benili. i// //<><>/>: Loud. Journ. 

 Bot. i. 483. C. Beutliamii, (,'"/>///. ( C'A"////*. ///. //'">/. A'rw Journ. i. 310. 



EASTERN P>I-:M;AK anvl ASSAM, WtiUich, firijjith, &e. DISTKIH. China. 



A scandent shrub with quadrangular branches. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 1 in., oblong- 

 elliptie, acuminate, sharply serrulate, coriaceous. Flowers white or greenish-yellow, 

 in short pedunculate cymes, frequently disposed in long slender axillary or terminal 

 naked or leafy racemes. Petals very finely creuate. The whole plant drying black. 



DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED BPECIES. 



C. CKENULATA, Watt. Cat. 4323, is a Siam plant. 



C. FINLAV.-OMAXA, Wall. Cat. 4324, is a native of Siara. 



C. LUCIDA, Wall, in fioxb. Fl. Ltd. ed. Carey, ii. 400; Wall. Cat. 4318. C. 

 Jackianus, Steud. Nomenc. 314 (capsules many-seeded). 



C. MICHANTHA, lioxb. Fl. Ltd. \. 625 (leaves pinnate). A native of the Moluccas. 



C. PAUC1FLORA, Watt, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 400 (ovary 1-celled, pla- 

 centa parietal). 



C. RACEMOSA, Wall. Cat. 4320, without flowers or fruit is indeterminable. 



C. TRIGYNA, Lam.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 624; Wall Cat. 4315. C. obtusifolia, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 625, is a native of the Mauritius, not of the Moluccas as stated by Roxburgh 

 under trigyna. 



C. VERTICILLATA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 624, is Pittosporum floribundum, W. & A. 



8. GY1YINOSPORI A, W. & A. 



Shrubs or small trees, branches often spinescent. Leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate. Flowers in small dichotomous cymes. Calyx 4-5-cleft. 7',Wx 

 4-5, spreading. Stamens 4-5, inserted underneath the disk. Disk broad, 



