Celastrus] XXXIV. CELASTRACE.E 



B. Branches not lent ice! led. 



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3. C. monosperma, Roxb. Sikkim 3-G,000, Assam, Khasi hills, Cacliar. A climbing 

 shrub. L. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-6, petiole J-.l in. Cymes arranged in elongated 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Capsule J- 1 in. long, 3-valved, seed 1. 4. C. venulosa, 

 Wall. Sikkim Terai, Silhet. Duphla hills. A climber. Cymes in racemiform 

 panicles 3-5 in. long. 



7. GYMNOSPORIA, W. et A.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. G18. 



Shrubs or small trees, differing from Celastrus by fl. in dichotomous cymes 

 and stamens inserted under the disk. 



A. Armed, spines often bearing leaves and flowers. 



1. G. montana, Lawson ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 621. — Syn. Celastrus Montana, 

 Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 382; C. senegalensis, Lamarck ; Brandis F. Fl. p. 81. 

 Vern. Tingar, Baluch. ; Baikal, 

 Hind. ; Kakra, Ajm. ; Bharati, 

 Mar. : I >auti. Tel. ; Tandrasi, 

 Kan. 



A tall slirul], mult']- favourable 

 circumstances a small tree, trunk 

 short, crooked. L. grey, coriace- 

 ous, exceedingly variable in shape 

 ami size, obovate, oblanceolate to 

 linear-spathulate, narrowed into 

 i he petiole. The specimens from 

 Sind ami Rajputana, including 

 ilio drier parts of the Punjab, 

 have narrow, those from the 

 Peninsula have broad loaves. Fl. 

 small, pale greenish white, cymes 

 axillary or fasciculate on short 

 branchlets, often forming ter- 

 minal elongate panicles. Capsule ! in., usually '2-valved, seeds 1, 2, rarely •"•, 

 with or without an arillus. 



Coi 1 1 mon in the Punjab, Sind, Rajputana, the Central Provinces, Behar ami the drier 

 districts of the Peninsula. Fl. at various times throughout the year. Afghanistan, 

 Western Asia, tropical Africa. 'J. G. Wallichiana, Sprengol. Western Peninsula. See. u. 

 not much mure prominent than the reticulate tertiary nerves. Pr. A in. diam. 

 3. G. emarginata, l!"l h C'A/w'r'. Tel.i. Western Peninsula, Ceylon. Fl. on long slender 

 pedicels, 4 in. Vv. \ in. diam. 



It. Armed, spines usually naked. 



4. G. Royleana, Wall. Syn. Celastrus spinosa, Royle ; Brandis F. Fl. 

 p. 80; Dzaral, Trans. Ind.: Pataki, h'anilrr, Ph. 



A still' dense shrub 8-12 ft. high. I., obovate, acute, greyish, spines 

 axillary, slender. Cymes mostly axillary, petals reddish with white edges. 

 Fr. .' in. diam. 



Punjab. Subhimolayan tract, east to Et. Kumaon, Fl. and Fr. almost throughout the 

 year.. 5. 0. rufa, Wall. Subhimalayan tract, Cumaon to Bhutan ascending to 6,000 ft., 



Khasi hills. A tree, I, Ian date, blade 2 6, petiole 1 ', in. Cymes axillary or below 



the leaves, fascicled, peduncles and pedicels filiform. PI. white. Capsule ] in. diam. 

 6. G. Falconeri, Lawson. North-West India. I., pubescent beneath. Capsules ] in. 



ilia in. 7. G. rugiiloaa, l.a « Mishmi. I., slightly serrate, nearly .mii ire, blade I '■. 



petiole j in. Capsules slightly rugose, L . in. diam. 8. G. pallida, Colletl et Hemsley. 

 Southern Shan hills 3 1,000 ft, L shrub, spines few, 1. 8-6 in. Cymes 1-1} in. long. 

 Fr. t. in. diam. 9. Q. Heyneana, W. et A. Palui hills. L. broadly elliptic, blade :'■ a, 

 petiole i\ in. Cymes axillary near the endsof branches, when in fruit '1 8 in. long. 

 II ! | in. Fr. j in. diam. 



Fig. 7ij. — Grymnosporia montana. Lawson. 

 Fl. fr. * 



