Salacia.] XLI. CELASTRINE^;. (M. A. Lawson.) 62? 



warts. Leaves black when dry. Fruit ? S. Finlaysonii, Wall. Cat" 4220, which ap- 

 pears to be nearly allied to this species, is not Indian. 



8. S. Roxburg-hii, Wall. Cat. 4217 ; leaves 3-6 by f-2 in. oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptic-oblong caudate-acuminate entire or very faintly 

 serrate, flowers 3-6 in each axil, pedicels under | in. petals T V in. roundly 

 obovate, fruit lf-2 in. diain. smooth. W. & A. Prodr. 105 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Pi. 33. 1 S. chinensis, L. ; DC. Prodr. 571.? S. cochinchinensis, 

 Lour. DC. Prodr. i. 571. ? Indeterminata, Wall. Cat. 4291. Johnia sala 

 cioides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 168 ; DC. Prodr. i. 571. 



A scandent shrub. Branches pale-brown with wrinkled bark. Sepals glabrous, 

 entire. Fruit globose, 2-3-seeded. This is the true S. Roocburghii of Wall. Cat., 

 and seems to be confined to the N.E. of India, so that the specimen in Hyne's Herba- 

 rium alluded to by Wight & Arnott was probably not of his own gathering. 



9. S. ovalis, Laws. ; leaves 3-4 by l|-2 in. elliptic-obtuse or rounded 

 at both ends entire, flowers 3-6 in each axil, pedicels under ^ in. slender, 

 petals T V in. ovate. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A scaudent shrub with smooth black pruinose branches. Leaves subcoriaceous, pale- 

 coloured. Fruit ? 



10. S. rubra, Laws. ; leaves 2-3 by l-l in. elliptic-lanceolate pointed 

 at both ends entire, fruit 1| in. diam. rugose bright red. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A scandent? shrub with coarse pale-coloured branches. Flowers ? Fruit 2-seeded. 



11. S. reticulata, Wight III. i. 134; leaves 2^-4 by l-2i in. elliptic or 

 subovate rounded at the apex or with a short obtuse point very faintly 

 serrate or entire shining above finely reticulated beneath, flowers 6 in 

 each axil, pedicels under ^ in., petals ovate acute | in., fruit 2 in. diam. 

 tuberculate. Thwaites Enum. 53. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Quilon, Wight; CEYLON, ascending to 3000 ft. 



A scandent shrub with blackish branches. /Sepals glabrous, entire. 



VAR. diandra, Thwaites Enum, 53 (sp.) ; leaves smaller, less coriaceous ; stamens 2. 



c. Leaves membranous. 



12. S. membranacea, Laws. ; leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in. elliptic entire. 



Sikkim, Her]). Griffith; Khasia, 2-3000 ft., H.f. & T. 



A scandent shrub with slender stems and branches. Branches completely covered 

 with minute pale-coloured warts. Leaves flat, shining, and very finely reticulated on 

 both sides. Flowers ? Fruit l in. diam., green. Seeds yellow in a subfleshy pulp. 

 Apparently intermediate between /S'. Roxburghii and S. viminea, but approaching the 

 latter most closely. 



13. S. 1 viminea, Wall. Cat. .7267; leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate obtusely subacuminate crenate. 



MERGUI, Griffith; Moulmein, Griffith; Tenasserim and Andaman, Heifer. 



A scandent shrub ? with exceedingly slender branches. Leaves shining above, 

 finely reticulated beneath. Flowers 1-3 together, axillary or extra-axillary, flat, mem- 

 branous or submembranous. Pedicels T V~3 in., very slender. Fruit If 



** Flowers very numerous from an axillary or extra-axillary tubercle. 



14. S. multiflora, Wight III. i. 134; whole plant pale-coloured, peclioel$ 

 1 in. very blender. 



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