— 204 — 



I, 621. Celastrus WaUichiana W. A. Prodr. 159. 

 Hance in Joiirn. of bot. 1878, 226. C. rigida Wall. 

 in Roxb. FI. Ind. II. 396., nec Thunb. 



In C7mia australi : Amoy (Hance), ora australi prov. 

 Kuan-tung (Sampson et Hance!), ins. Hainan (iid. 

 etBullock, exHance); in/rfavariislocisBengaliae, 

 Pendshab et Decan occurrere di^itur. 



Specc. chinensia ad hanc speciem a Benthamio 

 relata esse refert Hauce, sed differunt ab incUcis, ex 

 eodem, ramis pube furfuracea ferruginea puberulis, 

 fructu pisum , nec nucem avellanam aequante. Arillus 

 dicitur albus, semen vix ad medium tegens. 



2. G. diversifolia. Kamis teretibus rectis furfuraceo- 

 puberulis, spinis axillaribus folio brevioribus anguste 

 subulatis nudis; foliis glabris brevissime petiolatis parvis 

 coriaceis subtus elevatoreticulatis, late obovatis apice 

 rotundatis v. emarginatis, aliis integris aliis paucicre- 

 natis; cymis dichotomis paucifloris axillaribus folio 

 brevioribus; sepalis petalisque illa duplo superantibus 

 ovatis; capsulis subglobosis minutis 2 — 3-vaIvibus in- 

 complete septatis; arillo semen lucidum dimidium te- 

 gente, Catha diversifolia A. Gray in sched. 



In archipelagi Lu-tschu insula U-sima, (Small! fl. 

 c. fr.). 



G. Royleana Laws., huic proxima, differt foliis late 

 ellipticis acutis serratis duplo majoribus, cymis pluri- 

 V. multifloris, capsulis triplo majoribus turbinato-obo- 

 vatis, septis corai^Ietis, semine opaco. Vdiispecc. Roy- 

 leana sub nom. Cel.spinosac et Royleanac hb. Royle, 

 Griffithiana ex Affyhanistano , Falcoueriana e 

 Pendshab, Ai' 359. 



