628 XLI. CELASTRINE^:. (M. A. Lawson.) [Salacia. 



TENASSERIM, at Mergui, Griffith. 



A scandent? shrub, with very light-coloured branches and leaves. LI arcs 6-9 by 

 2f 4 in., elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, margins slightly recurved, membranous or sub- 

 coriaceous. Petals in., orbicular. Ovules about 8 in each cell. Fruit ? Resembling 

 /S'. flavescem, but readily distinguished by its numerous flowers and long slender 

 pedicels. 



15. S. vernicosa, Wight HI. i. 134; whole plant drying nearly black, 

 branches covered with minute rough warts, pedicels slender -1 in. S. 

 memecyloides, Wall. Cat. 4218. 



TENASSERIM, at Moulmcin and Mergui, Griffith, rfv. PTSTIUB. Philippine Islands. 



A shrub. Leaves 3^5 by 1^-24 in., elliptic-oblong or broadly lanceolate, obtuse at 

 the apex or with a short obtuse acumen, entire or faintly serrate, very coriaceous. 

 Flowers from chiefly extra axillary tubercles. Culi/.r-luln-n t'rinuvd with rust-coloured 

 hairs. Petals fa in., oblong-ovate, obtuse. Ovules 2 in each. cell. Fruit 4 in. diam., 

 subglobose, smooth, black. 



16. S. macrosperma, Wight- Jc. t. 9C2 ; whole plant drying nearly 

 black, branches without warts, pedicels stoutish usually under \ in. 



WEBTKKX lY.MN-ri.A, from the Concan southwards. 



A diffuse rambling shrub. Leaves 3|-5 by 1J-2J in., oblong-elliptic, shortly and 



nbtiis.-ly acuminate, entire, very coriaceous. Flmrcrs chiefly t'-om extra-axillary 

 tubercles. ( 'ali/.r-lobrs frin-ed with rust coloured hairs. I'< (<ilx rather smaller than in 

 X. MmMMO, ovate, ol.tu>e from a broad base. f>r///c.< 2 in each cell. Fruit 1-1^ in. 

 diam., globose, rugulose, black. NYight says that the calyx-lobes are not fringed in 

 this species, but in some of' his own specimens they are distinctly ciliated. 

 closely indeed allied to >b'. vernicosa. 



*** Peduncles under -} in. 3-flowered. 



17. S. oblonga,' Wall. Cat. 4220; W. & A. ProJr. lofi; Wifjhf III t. 

 47 B; Tlimnt** i:,,m. 53 ; LWz. & Gibs. Jlmnl. /'/. :j;j ; H,,I<1. /'/. St/li\ 

 Aii'/f. C< u. Ixvii. t. x. iv. S. oppositif olia, Rottl. ; Wight Ic. t. 97. S. poini- 

 fera, Wall. Cat. 4227, not W. & A. 



AVi. STERN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, in the hotter parts of 

 the island. 



A small glabrous tree or shrub. Leares 3-G by 1 j-2 in., elliptic-oblong, rounded at 

 th.- apex or with a very short obtuse acumen, slightly serrate, sulx-oriact-ons, turning 

 yellow when dry. Flowers sometimes sessile in the axils of the leaves owing to the 

 extreme BnortneBSyOf the cnminoa peduncle. Cnlijj--l'tl-x rounded, -lal-rous, entire. 

 7V/, //x abnut i in., lir..adly elliptic, serrate. Ovules 4 in each cell. Fruit 2-2 in. diam., 

 tuberculate, light-brown. tic< d* about 8. 



*#** Flowers in branching cymes. 



18. S. fruticosa, Ileyne in Wall. Cat. 4223 (under Tonsella) ; flowers 



in dichotomously branched cymes v in. 



^'i-.sn.KX PI-.MNSULA ; Canara, Herb. Holienackcr, Kurz. Rottler. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 3^ by 1^ in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, or shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, serrate, chartaceous. Petals ^ in. diam., orbicular, with a white- 

 border. Fruit ? Closely allied to /S. floribunda, of which it may be a variety. 



19. S. G-riffithii, Laws. ; flowers in divaricating cymes 4 in. long. 

 Habitat unknown. Herb. Griffith. 



Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., oblon -elliptic, shortly acuminate, crenate-serrate, sub- 

 eoriaceous. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse. Ovules 2, superposed. Fruit t 



