Eaonpnus.] 28. celastrace/E. 47 



EUONYMUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Loaves with caducous stipules. Flowers in 

 axillary cymes. Calyx 4-5-fid. Petals 4-5. Stamens 4-5, inserted 

 on the disc. Disc fleshy, 4-5-lobcd. Ovary immersed in the disc 

 and confluent with it, 3-5-celled, stigma 3-5-lobed, ovules 2 in each 

 cell. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent, 3-5 celled. Seeds covered 

 with an arillus, albuminous. 



E. indicus, Heyne. in Roxb, Fl. Ind. II. 400; Fl. Br. I. 1. 608; 

 E. Goucjhii, Wight. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. F]. 47 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 63,' 

 Throughout the evergreen forests of ihc "Konkan and North Kanara 

 ghats ; common on the southern ghats of North Kanara. Flowers and 

 is in fruit from Decomber till May. Petals orbicular, reddish, fringed, 



LOPHOPETALUM, Wight. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, cxstipulato. 

 Clayx 5-lobed. Petals 5, continuous with the disc ; crested or 

 lamellate. Stamens 5, inserted on the disc. Disc thick, lobed. 

 Ovary immersed in disc, trigonal, 3-4-celled ; ovules 4 or more in 

 each cell in 2 series. Capsule 3-celled, opening loculicidally ia 

 3 valves. Seeds few, winged. Albumen 0. 



L. Wightianum, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. III. 151 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. G15 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 145 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48. B<dpale, K. In 

 the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara ghats. Fl. March, 

 April. Fruit ripe at end of rainy season, A large evergreen tree with 

 close-grained wood. 



MICROTROPIS, Wall. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, extipulate. Flowers somo- 

 tinies unisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 5, connate at the base into a 

 short ring. Stamens 5, inserted on the disc or on the tube of the co- 

 rolla. Disc or annular. Ovary free, 2-3-cclled ; stigma minutely 

 2-4-lobedj ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule 2-valvedj 1-secded, 

 Seed erect, with a red testa, albumen fleshy. 



Flowers sessile, clustered on the branches ... ... M. latifolia. 



Flowers in axillary cymes M. microcarpa. 



TVr. lati folia, Wight MSS., Fl. Br. I. 1. 613. Konkan. 



M. microcarpa, Wight Ic, t. 975 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. G14. From the 

 Konkan southwards. I have no knowledge of either of the above shrubs, 

 which arc noted as being found in the Konkan ; Fl. Br. I. 



PLEUROSTYLIA, Wight. 



A shrub. Leaves opposite, exstipulare. Flowers in axillary 

 cymes. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals 5, larger than the calyx. Stamens 

 5, inserted below the di.sc; connective dilated at the back, Disc 



