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CELASTRINEiE. 



oblonga 13 cm. longa 6-7 cm. hxiii apice rotundata sed centrum breve caudata^. 



caudis triangnlaribus 8-10 mni. 

 longis basi 4-5 mm. latis, basi 

 acuta margine remote semilata 

 utraque pagine glabemma, 

 costis venis venulisque utraquo 

 pagine minute reticulat;s ele- 

 vatis, petiolis IJ cm. longis. 

 Kacemi paniculati axillares \el 

 laterales 3-4 cm. longi 2-3 

 cm. lati giabri, pedunculis 

 complanatis glabris, floribus 

 ad apicem ramorum umbella- 

 tim disj)ositis, pedicellis ulti- 

 mis 5 mm. longis teretibus 

 basi bracteis niinutis subulatis 

 fimbriatis 1 mm. longis in- 

 structis, pedicellis ad medium 

 articulatis. Caljx late cam- 

 panulatus 3| mm. in diauietro 

 2 mm. longus ad medium 5-lobatu&, lobis triangulari-oblongis 1|- mm. longis 

 totiusque latis apice obtusissimis minute denticulato-ciliolatis glabris erectis. 

 Petala 5 patentissima reflexo-recuiTa elongato-oblongo-linearia 4^-5 mm. 

 longa 2 mm. lata apice obtusissima basi angustata glabra margiue minute 

 denticulata. Stamina 5, filamentis incrassatis glaberrimis apice sul^ulatis 2|- 

 mm. longis, antheris cordato-reniformibus 1-^ mm. latis 1 mm. longis apice 

 obtusis basi profimde 2-lobatis dorso basi medio glandulis 1-2 fusceutil)us 

 punctatis. Discus late cupuliformis 2 mm. in diametro margiue erosus stami- 

 nifer. Ovarimn ( rudimentum ?) columniforme glabrum 2 mm. longum apice 

 3-lobatum. 



Hab. Kiubabon, l^. B. Hayata, Aprili. 1916. 



Near C. Kusanol Hay. ; but differs from it in liaving mucli patent flowers 

 with quite glabrous filaments and in the leaves which are cuneate or acute 



Fig. lO ; Celastrus patenlijlorui Hatata ; 

 1, a flo^\-er; 2, the same, petals taken olf ; 3, a 

 jjetal ; i, a stamen on the disc ; 5, anotLer 

 stamen soen f rom a different side ; G, rudimenta- 

 ry ovary. 



