Ilex] XXXIII. ILICIXE.E 157 



axillary or below the leaves, peduncles pubescent, stout, compressed, |-i in. 

 Drupe globose, J in. diam., stones 5. 



Tehri-Garhwal. Kumaon, Nepal, Khasi hills. PI. May. A variety with the leaves 

 pubescent beneath, is called /. hypotricha, Loesener. Two Malayan species reported 

 from Mergui : 24. L macrophylla, Wall. L. elliptic-oblong, blade 1-13, petiole A in. Fl. in 

 dense pedunculate umbels, peduncles often dichotomous. 25. I. cymosa, Blume. L. 3-5 

 petiole J-)| in. Fl. in lax umbels, arranged in ample dichotomous panicles. 



Ordeb XXXIV. CELASTRACEjE. Gen. PI. i. 357. 



(CelastHnece.) 



Loesener .Engler u. Prantl iii. 5. p. 189, 222< adopts two orders, 

 Celastracece, stamens 4—5, rarely 10, albumen as a rule fleshy, and Hippocra- 

 teacece (Hippocratea, Solatia), stamens as a rule 3, albumen wanting. 



Trees or shrubs. L. in the majority of species opposite, stipules minute, 

 early deciduous, or none. Inflorescence generally cymose. Calyx small, 4-5- 

 cleft, imbricate. Petals 4—5, spreading, not clawed, imbricate. Stamens 3, 4 

 or 5, rarely 10, inserted on the disk and, if isomerous, alternating with petals. 

 Disk large, surrounding the base of the 3-5-celled ovary or partially enclosing 

 it. Embryo Straight, radicle inferior, in a few cases lateral. 



In Celastracece, as far as known, tin- wood, even of climbing species, has a normal 

 structure, tin- medullary ray- are generally broad, and the vessels large. InHippo- 

 eratea and Solatia matters are different, and the wood of all Indian species of these two 

 genera, climbing as well as erect, merits careful study. The repeated concentric bands 

 of hast (phloBmJ are frequently interrupted and arc often joined by radial bands, so 

 that no a t ra nsverse section numerous masses of xylem a] 'pear separated by tangential 

 and radial band- of bast, similar to the structure mentioned under Securidaca. Several 

 American species ol these two genera have been well described and figured in Schenck, 

 Anatomic der Lianen, 1893, p. 131, tab. vii. 



A. Ft. follicular or a dehiscent capsule. 

 I., opposite, s Is not winged. 



Petals free, disk fleshy, capsule 3-5-celled. 

 Cymes axillary, ovules 2 in each cell . . .1. Euosrsius. 



( 'ymes mostly supra-axillary, ovules solitary . 2. Gltptopetalum. 



Petals connate at base, Capsule 1-celled. 1-seeded . :i. MlCROTKOPIS. 



L. generally opposite, seeds winged. 



Seeds winged at the lower end, carpels distinct in fruit I. Kippocratea. 



Seeds winged at the upper end, capsule 3-valved . Kokoona (p. L61). 



S Is winged nearly all round, capsule 3-valved . 5. Lophopetalum. 



L. alternate. 



I., seriate. PI. ill I ','11 lie I''' I Cj -. -t 11 1111-11- "II e. I gl ■ of 



disk 6. ( i.i.\si-itis. 



L. serrate. PL in dichotomous cymes, stamens under 



the disk ......... 7. Gymnosporia. 



L. entire 8. Kurrimia. 



B. Fr. indehiscent. 



Stamens 5, inserted under 1 1 Ige of disk. 



A tree FL in pendunculate dichotomous cymes . 9. Ei eodekdron. 



A shrub. PI. in small subsessile cymes . . . Plkurostylia (p. 165). 



A tree. Ovarj half adnate to calyx tube . . . Siphoxodon (p. L65) 

 Stamens 3, inserted on the disk or apparently on the 



ovary 10. S.u \< > \. 



1. EUONYMUS, I. inn. : PI. Brit. Ind. i. 607. 



Trees or shrubs, the Indian species mostly evergreen, w i white, even- 

 grained, vessels very small, medull. rays extremely fine. I .. generally coriaceous, 

 opposite, stipules deciduous. PI. bisexual, in axillarj cymes. Calya flat, 



I -6 -cleft. Stamens alternating with petals, both inserted on a broad fleshy 



