16S HIPPOCRATEEJJ. 



Indies ; 3 to Guinea ; 1 to Senegal ; 2 to Madagascar ; 2 to Timor ; and 

 1 to China. The E. Indian forms arftount to 27; 8 of Hippocratea ; and 

 19 of Salacia. Eight of these inhabit Nepal, Assam, the Khassya, Morung, 

 and Monghir Hills ; the rest are found in Java, Cochin-China, Penang, 

 Singapore, Tavoy, Ceylon and Malabar. 



" The fruit of Salacia (Tonsella) pyriformis, a native of Sierra Leona, 

 is eatable. It is about the size of a Bergamot Pear ; its flavour is rich and 

 sweet. (Hort. tratis.) The nuts of Hippocratea comosa are oily and sweet. 

 Stoartz. (Lindl.) 

 Hippocratea, L. (DC. pr. I, p. 567 ; — W. and A. pr. \, p. 103.) 



1. indica, L. {DC. o. c. p. 568; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 104 ; — Roxb. 

 Corom. 2, t. 130 ;-r-/. ind. \, p. 165 ; ed. Carey, \, p. 169 ^—J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 27.) L. B v^ Pathucottah. Gingie-Hills. Banks of the 

 Quoina river, above Parr bridge. Along the Ghauts. Monghir. Fl. 

 minute, greenish, April ; fr. March. 



2. obtusifolia, Roxb. {fl. ind. I, p. 166; ed. Carey. \,p. 170; — DC. pr. 

 1, p. 569 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 104. — Salacia laevigata, Wight ; in 

 Hook. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 295, suppl. t. 36. not DC.) L. ^ v^ Madura, 

 Tanjore. Fl. small, green, Feb., March and April ; fr. March. 



3. arborea, Roxb. {Corom. 3, t. 205 ; /. ind. I, p. 167 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 

 171 ; — DC. pr. 1, p. 569.) b Chittagong, Tippera, Morung, Assam. 

 Fl. small, greenish-yellow, May, June and July ; fr. March and 

 April. 



4. viminea. Wall. (Salacia ? viminea, fVall. Cat.) Penang. Introduced 

 in 1840. 



Salacia, L. {DC. pr. I, p. 570 ;— TF. and A. pr. \,p. 104.) 



1. prino'ides, DC. (o. c. p. 571 ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 105 ; — /. Grah. Cat. 

 B.pl.p. 27 ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 321. — Johnia coromandeliana, Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 1, p. 169; ed. Carey. 1, p. 173; — DC I. c.) 5 Amherst, 

 Moulmein, Attran and Irawaddi river-banks. Coromandel. The Co- 

 rinda side of the Hill above Kandalla tank. Common about Malabar 

 and Amboolee, Salsette. Assam. Fl. greenish, small, C. S. ; fr, H. S. 



2. Roxburgii, Wall. {Cat. — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 105. — Johnia salacioides, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1, />. 168; ed. Carey. \, p. 172 ,—DC. pr. I, p. 571.) 

 L. B Chittagong, Tippera. Assam. Fl. small, greenish-orange, H. S ; 

 fr. R. S. 



3. longifolia, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 3, t. 278.) L. B Khassya Mountains. 

 Nepal. Fl. small, greenish, H. S ; fr. 0. 



4. celastri/olia, Wall. {Rept.) In H. C. G. Fl. ? 



* Hippocratea Arnotliana, Wight, ill. 1, t. 46, f. I, t. 47. A. B Malabar. 

 — //. Grahamii, Wight. B Bombay. — //. lanceolata, Buch. Goalpara. 

 — H. obcordata, Lam. B <y W. Indies. — //, ovata, Lam. B v.> S. 

 America. — Salacia Brunoniana, W. and A. Peninsula of India. — S. 

 reticulata, Wight. B Ceylon. — S. verrucosa, Wight. B Mcrgui. — 



