624 XLI. CELASTRINE.E. (M. A. Lawson.) \Hippoeratoa. 



in Tram. Phil Inst. Viet. iii. 23. H. ? grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 4213. H. 

 rigida, Hamp. H. tortuosa, Wall. Ct. 4216. H. volubilis, Heyw.- in Wall 

 Cat. 4215 (not of Linnceus}. Salacia lajvigata, Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii 

 295 ; Suppl. t. xxxvi. (non DC.). 



EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS, from Tenasserim and the Concan southwards. 

 SILHET, Wallich. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago, China, Australia, tropical Africa. 



A climbing shrub; young branches often quadrangular. Leaves 2-5 by 1-2.J, in., 

 elliptic or oblong, obtuse, acute or shortly acuminate, crenate-serrate or entire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous. Flowers in dichotomous cymes shorter than the leaves. Calt/.r-luhcs entire. 

 Disk puberulous. Ovules 6 in each cell. Carpel* U-2 in., obovoid, emarginate, 

 striate, 4-6-seeded. 



2. K. Cumingil, Laws. ; calyx-lobes round, petals \ in. subulate 

 puberulous outside inside covered with rust-coloured hairs for the upper 

 three-fourths glabrous below. 



MALACCA, Griffith. DISTKIB. Philippines. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 3-4 by l-2 in., elliptic, acute or subacuminate, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, entire. Flowers in dichotomous cymes shorter than the leaves, f'ul,/.,-- 

 lobes very short, glabrous, entire. Disk with a ring of hairs at the base of the stamens, 

 otherwise glabrous. Fruit ? 



3. K. Xiobbii, Law*. ; calyx-lobes elliptic-oblong, petals elliptic-ovate 

 slightly cohering at the base entirely covered on the inside with dense 

 cinereous hairs. 



TENASSF.IMM; at Moulmein, Loll. 



A.climbing shrub? Leaves 3-4 by f-2 in., broadly elliptic, subacuminate, entirely 

 glabrous. Cymes 2-3 times divided, shorter than the leaves. C(ili/.r-li>bes entire, 

 pubescent. Petals fa in. A utln /> almo>t sessile. Fruit* 



4. K. Arnottiana, Whjht ///. i. 133, t, 46-47; calyx-lobes orbicular- 

 ovate, petals i in. shortly clawed con late very concave with involute 

 margins. Salacia terminalis, TliH'nite* Kit inn. 407. 



WESTI.KN PH.MNSULA ; Quilun, WiyJit ; Canara, Plant. Hohenaclter. CEYLON, near 

 Galle, Thwaites. 



A climbing shrub, glabrous in every part. Leaves 3-3 by l-2f in., elliptic, acute 

 or subacuminate, very coriae.-uii-;, entire or faintly crenate, glabrous. Oyme8 axillary 

 or panicled. Calyx-lobe* entire. Fruit 24 in., oblong, eraarginato. 



** Flowers very numerous. Petals -^ in. or less. Shrubs with climbing 

 brandies. 



5. K. Grahami, W'ujlit III i. 134; Ic. t. 380; cymes diffuse panicled 

 longer than the leaves, calyx-lobes orbicular .sharply crenate. Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. FL 32. H. lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 4214. Salacia paniculata, 

 Wall. Cat. 4214, B in part. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards, Wight, &c. ? ASSAM and 

 ? SILHET, Wallich. 



A clmbing shrub. Leaves 3-5 by l-2 in., ovate-elliptic, acute or subacuminate, 

 entire, coriaceous, glabrous. Petals ^ in., very shortly clawed, linear-oblong, gla- 

 brous. Anthers subsessile. Disk glabrous. Fruit 3 by f in., linear-oblong, emarginate. 



VAR. Leaves 4 in. lanceolate-acuminate, flowers in slender divaricating panicles 

 twice the length of the leaves, fruit 2| in. narrowly elliptic. Assam, Griffith. 



6. K. indica, Willd. Sp. PI i. 193 ; leaves H-2| by ^-l\ in., cymes very 

 slender dichotomous shorter than the leaves, calyx-lobes triangular entire, 

 fruit l-l in. DC. Prodr. i. 568 ; JKoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 165 ; Cor. PI. ii. t. 130; 



