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CELASTRINE,. IV. CELASTRUS. 



35 C. POPULIFOLIUS (Lam. ill. no. 2098.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, serrated; umbels almost sessile, few-flowered. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Poplar-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub C feet. 



Asiatic. 



3G C. PANICULA'ITS (Willd. spec. 1. p. 1125.) climbing ; leaves 

 roundish-oval, serrated, smoothish ; panicle terminal ; stamens 

 inserted in a nectarial ring. Tj . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, on the Circar mountains. A large climbing shrub ; the 

 bark covered with grey scabrous specks. Flowers numerous, 

 small, yellow. Style 1. Stigmas 3. Capsule round, size of a 

 pea, 1 -celled, 3-valved, containing from 3 to 6 seeds, surrounded 

 by yellow aril. 



I'anicle-fiov.-ered Staff-tree. Fl. March, April. Shrub cl. 



37 C. DEPE'NDENS (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 389.) climbing, 

 smooth ; leaves oblong, acuminated, serrated ; panicle terminal, 

 composed of many simple, diverging, short racemes ; stamens 

 alternating, with an equal number of reniform nectarial glands. 

 Ij . v-) . G. Native of Nipaul. C. multiflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 389. Flowers numerous, small, pale greenish-white. Cap- 

 sule straw-coloured, roundish, somewhat 3-lobed, 3-valved, 3- 

 celled, and usually with a single seed in each cell. Seeds covered 

 with a thin, pulpy, scarlet aril. Style terminated by a stigma of 

 3 emarginate lobes. 



Hanging-leaved Staff-trd^ Fl. July. Shrub cl. 



38 C. NU'TANS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 390.) climbing, smooth ; 

 leaves stalked, broad-ovate, bluntly serrated ; panicle racemose, 

 terminal, drooping ; seeds invested by a complete aril, fj . w . S. 

 Native of Mysore. A large climbing and twining tree, witli 

 light-brown scabrous bark. Nectary a concave, 5-sided recep- 

 tacle. Flowers small, greenish-white. Capsule round, size of 

 a pea, 1-celled, 3-valved, containing 3-6 seeds each, invested by 

 a thick, complete, fleshy, orange-coloured aril. Style scarcely 

 any. Stigma with 3 spreading notched lobes. 



Nodding-panicled Staff-tree. Clt. 1810. Shrub cl. 



39 C. OBTUSIFOLIUS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 393.) arboreous, 

 smooth ; leaves stalked, lanceolate, bluntly serrulated, very blunt 

 and hard ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered. Jj . S. Native 

 of the Mauritius. C. trigynus, Lam. ill. 2. no. 2699. Style 

 none. Stigma deeply 3-lobed. Capsules 3-valved, naked. 

 Sonneratia, Comm. C. pyrius, Willem. herb, maiir. p. 21. Young 

 shoots glaucous, nodding at the points. Peduncles once or twice 

 dichotomous. Flowers small, white. Calyx fringed. Stigma 

 obscurely 3-lobed. 



Blunt-leaved Staff-tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Tree 

 20 feet. 



40 C. MONOSPE'RMUS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 394.) climbing, 

 smooth ; leaves oblong, glossy, serrulated ; panicles thin, linear, 

 axillary, and terminal, longer than the leaves ; capsules 3-valved, 

 1 -seeded. Tj . w . G. Native of Silhet, in the East Indies, 

 where it is called Tiara. Climbing and twining over trees to a 

 considerable extent. Flowers numerous, small, pale greenish- 

 yellow. Disk flat, repand, embracing the base of the ovary. 

 Stigma trigonal. Capsule slightly triquetrous, oblong, smooth, 

 the size of a field bean. Seed solitary, covered with an orange- 

 coloured or scarlet aril. 



One-seeded Staff-tree. Fl. April, May. Shrub cl. 



41 C. WALLI'CHII; climbing, smooth; leaves ovate, coria- 

 ceous, acute, serrated, glossy, and shining ; racemes axillary ; 

 capsules triquetrous, 3-valved, many-seeded. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of Penang, in the East Indies. C. lucida, Wall, in fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 400. but not of Lin. 



Wallich's Staff-tree. Shrub cl. 



42 C. PAUCIFLORUS (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 400.) erect, smooth ; 



leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrulated ; peduncles axillary, li- 

 8-flowered ; pistil villous ; nectary 5-lobed ; capsule triangularly 

 globose, 3-valved. T? . S. Native of Penang, in the East 

 Indies, where it is called Boonga Laming. Pittosporea serru- 

 lata, Jacq. mss. Flowers yellowish-green, fascicled. Ovary 

 downy. Stigma simple. Capsule 1 -celled. Seeds attached 

 along the middle of each valve to parietal prominent placentas, 

 6 in number, roundish, and angular. 

 Fen'-Jlomered Staff-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



43 C. siYLdsus (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 401.) climbing, smooth ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated ; peduncles 

 axillary, few-flowered, racemose ; petals oblong ; capsules glo- 

 bular, crowned by along style. Tj . w . G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Flowers greenish-white. Capsule yellow. Style crowned by a 

 3-lobed, 3-furrowecl stigma. 



Long-styled Staff-tree. Fl. May, July. Shrub cl. 



44 C. ALNIFOLIUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 190.) leaves ellip- 

 tical, acuminated, serrated, nerved, opaque on both surfaces, 

 blunt at the base ; peduncles axillary, usually solitary. T? . G. 

 Native of Nipaul, at Sirinagur. A smooth shrub. 



Alder-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub. 



45 C. MICROCA'RPUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 191.) leaves 

 ovate, crenated, pubescent on both surfaces, as well as the branch- 

 lets, acute at the base ; peduncles axillary, usually solitary, 1- 

 flowered. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul, at Sirinagur. 



Small-fruited Staff-tree. Shrub. 



46 C. HEYNEA'NUS (Roth, in Schult. syst. 5. p. 421.) erect, 

 smooth ; leaves elliptical, bluntly serrulated ; cymes axillary, 

 when in fruit divaricating. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 C. serrulatus, Roth. nov. spec. p. 155. Flowers whitish, 



Hcyne's Staff-tree. Shrub. 



47 C. AIPE'STRIS (Blum, bijdr. 1145.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, glandularly serrated, smooth ; corymbs axillary, 

 dichotomous. Tj . S. Native of Java, in the higher woods. 



Alp Staff-tree. Shrub 7 feet. 



48 C. REPA'NDUS (Blum, bijdr. p. 1 145.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 long-acuminated, ratherrepand, smooth ; panicle axillary, about 

 equal in length to the leaves. Jj . S. Native of Java. 



Repand Staff-tree. Shrub. 



49 C. ROTHIA'NUS (Schult. syst. 5. p. 423.) leaves roundish- 

 oval, acuminated, serrated, pubescent ; panicle terminal, with 

 corymbose branches. T; . S. Native of the East Indies. C. 

 paniculatus, Roth. mss. but not of Willd. Flowers white. 



Roth's Staff-tree. Shrub. 



50 C. PUNCTA'TUS (Thunb. fl. jap. 97.) climbing, smooth ; 

 branches dotted ; leaves oval, acuminated, serrated ; flowers 

 scattered on the branches. Vj . w . G. Native of Japan and 

 China. Branches angular, rough from white dots. Flowers 

 greenish. Seeds covered with a yellow wrinkled aril. 



,S>oed-branched Staff-tree. Clt. 1817. Shrub cl. 



51 C. STRIA TUS (Thunb. jap. 98.) erect, smooth; branches 

 striped, and are as well as the leaves, opposite, ovate, acuminated, 

 serrated ; peduncles scattered, 1 -flowered. Tj . G. Native of 

 Japan. Capsule 1-4-celled, or from 1-4 aggregate carpels. 



Striped-branched Staff-tree. Shrub. 



52 C. CRENA'TUS (Forst. prod. no. 113.) leaves ovate, crenu- 

 late ; cymes axillary. Tj . G. Native of Marquesas Islands 

 in the Pacific ocean, as well as in the East Indies, according to 

 Roth, which is probably the same. 



Notch-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub. 



53 C. DILATA'TUS (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 332.) erect, 

 smooth ; leaves obovate, pointed, serrated at the apex ; flowers 

 aggregate, terminal. +2 . G. Native of Japan. Berries blue, 

 aggregate. 



Dilated-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub. 



54 C. ARTICULA'TUS (Thunb. jap. 97.) erect, smooth ; leaves 



