Ilex.] XXIII. ILICINEiE. 77 



March- August ; fruit ripens October. In Kamaon a large-sized shrub. In 

 N epal, Wallich states that it grows to be a stately tree, with numerous spreading 

 branches, forming a large crown. Bark of stem pale cinereous, dark grey, or 

 brownish, with callous dots. 



3. I. odorata, Hamilton j Don Prodr. Fl. Nepalensis, p. 189. 



Glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, on short sulcate petioles, oblong or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-8 in. long, crenulate ; stipules minute, 

 caducous. Flowers tetramerous, unisexual, crowded on short axillary 

 cymose panicles, often 2 or 3 together ; bracts small, at the base of pedi- 

 cels. Stamens as long as, or longer than, petals. Stigma sessile, 4-lobed. 

 Drupe ovoid, J in. long, black, with 4 stones. 



An evergreen tree in the outer ranges of the Himalaya, ascending to 6000 ft., 

 from the Sutlej to Sikkim. Fl. in April ; the fruit ripens in June. 



Order XXIV. CELASTRINEiE, 



Trees or shrubs, with simple, alternate or opposite, generally coriaceous 

 leaves ; stipules none minute or early deciduous. Flowers small, inflor- 

 escence generally cymose. Calyx small, 4-5-cleft, imbricate. Petals 4-5, 

 spreading, not clawed, inserted on the disc, imbricate. Stamens 3-5, in- 

 serted on the disc, alternate with the petals ; filaments short, subulate ; 

 anthers short, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Disc large, surrounding 

 the base of the 3-5 -celled ovary. Ovules generally 2 in each cell ; style 

 short. Fruit various; embryo straight; radicle nearly always inferior. 

 Gen. PL i. 357 ; Royle 111. 166 ; Wight 111. i. 174. 

 Capsule 2-5-celled, dehiscing loculicidally ; stamens 4-5 ; seeds 

 albuminous. 



Capsule 3-5-valved ; leaves opposite 1. Euonymus. 



Capsule 2-3-valved ; leaves alternate 2. Celastrus. 



Fruit indehiscent ; leaves opposite ; seeds albuminous . . 3. El^eodendron. 

 Capsulel -celled, 2-valved, laterally compressed ; leaves opposite; 



stamens 3 ; seeds without albumen . . . . .4. Hippocratea. 



1. EUONYMUS, Linn. 

 Trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves and deciduous stipules. Flowers 

 bisexual, in axillary cymes. Calyx flat, 4-6-cleft. Petals 4-6, stamens 

 as many, both inserted on a broad, fleshy, 4-6-lobed disc. Ovary im- 

 mersed in disc, 3-5-celled ;' style short. Capsule 3-5-lobed and- celled, 

 angled or winged, dehiscence loculicidal ; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds more or 

 less enclosed in a fleshy arillus,* with a straight embryo enclosed in oily 

 albumen. 



Capsules smooth or rough, without prickles. 

 Leaves membranous; cymes with small, numerous flowers. 



Capsules 4-lobed, not winged 1. E. Hamiltonianus. 



Capsules with 4 long tapering wings . . . 2. E. lucernes. 



Leaves coriaceous ; flowers more than ^ in. across. 



Capsules more or less winged ; seeds enclosed in arillus 3. E. penduhes. 

 Capsules not winged, arillus cup-shaped . . 4. E. tingens. 



Capsules covered with numerous subulate prickles . 5. E. echinatus. 



* The arillus of Euonymus is sometimes called arillode, not being an enlargement 

 of the funicle, but an excrescence of the outer coat of the ovule near the foramen. 



