164 XXXIV. CELASTRACE^E [Gymnosporia 



C. Unarmed. Western species. 



10. G. ovata, Wall. Nilgiris, Malabar, Palni hills. L. 2-3 in., cymes much branched, 

 axillary and terminal, 1 in. long. Fl. J in. across. Capsules j in. diam. Specimens 

 collected by Sir Henry Collett on tlie southern Shan hills have been referred to this 

 species. 11. 0. Rothiana, W. et A., Konkan and North Kanara. A small tree. L. 

 obovate, narrowed into petiole 3 in. long. Cymes dense, nearly sessile, mostly below the 

 leaves. Fr. obovoid, J-| in. long. According to Dr. Bitchie this species is sometimes 

 armed. 12. G. puberula, Lawson, Konkan. Inflorescence and underside of leaves slightly 

 pubescent. L. membranous, obovate. acute, 2-3 in. long, narrowed into short petiole. 

 Cymes lax, few-fid., peduncles and pedicels filiform. 



D. Unarmed. Eastern species. 



13. G. acuminata, Hook. f. 



A large shrub or small tree. L. lanceolate, crenate-serrate, 3-7 in., narrowed 

 into the short petiole. Cymes solitary or fascicled, axillary- or on short lateral 

 tubercles, peduncles and pedicels filiform. Capsule J in. long, mostly 2-valved, 

 2-seeded, the lower half of seed enclosed in a laciniate arillus. 



Sikkim 4-7,000, Assam, Bhutan, Khasi hills, Upper Burma. Fl. April-June. 

 14. G. neglecta, Lawson. Khasi hills. A shrub. L. elliptic, serrate, blade 4^-6, petiole 

 J-i in. Fr. globose, J in. long, 3-valved, seeds 1-3. 15. G. oblanceolata, Lawson. 

 Irawadi above Bhamo. L. oblanceolate, serrate in the upper half, 3-4 x f in., tapering 

 into the short petiole. Sec. n. 5-6 pair very oblique. 16. G. salicifolia, Lawson. Assam. 

 L. narrowly lanceolate, serrate, 3-4 x i in. Sec. n. faint. 



8. KURRIMIA, Wall.; Fl. Brit, Ind. i. 621. 



Glabrous trees. L. alternate, coriaceous, entire, congregated towards the 

 ends of branches. Calyx 5-fid, petals 5, spreading or recurved, stamens in- 

 serted with petals under the margin of the disk. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 

 from the base of each cell. Capsule dehiscing by 2 valves, 1-2-seeded. 

 Seeds more or less covered by a fleshy arillus, embryo oblong, albumen 

 fleshy. Species 7-8, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. K. pulcherrima, Wall. — Syn. K. robusta, Kurz. Vern. Gwedauk, 

 Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, quite glabrous. L. oblong-lanceolate, blade 4—6, 

 petiole f-1 in. Sec. n. prominent beneath, about 12 pair. Fl. in slender 

 axillary, often fascicled racemes, shorter than leaves. Capsules ovoid-oblong, 

 1-1 h in. long, seeds generally 2, shining, arillus bright yellow, afterwards 

 orange. 



"Western Duars, Assam, Silhet, Chittagong. Burma, Siani, Cochinchina, Tonkin. Fl. 

 April-Aug. 2. K. tripartita, Lawson. Shevagherry hills. A handsome tree, 1. thickly 

 coriaceous, shining, elliptic, sec. n. very conspicuous beneath. Capsule deeply 

 2-lobed, lobes oblong, 1-1J in. long, 1-seeded, at length dehiscing. To this species 

 should be referred Trochisandra indica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 120. Anamalai hills, 3-6,000 

 ft., quoted by Lawson under K. paniculata, Wall., a Malayan species. 



9. EL^ODENDRON, Jacq. fil. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 623. 

 (Included in Cassine, Linn., by Loesener in Engler u. Prantl iii. 5. 214.) 

 Species about 30, tropical Asia, America and Australia, South Africa. 



1. E. glaucum, Pers.— Svn. E. Roxburghii, Wight 111. t. 71; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t, 148 ; Brandis F. Fl. 82. Vern. Morindu, Pb. ; Jamrassi, Hind. ; 

 Dhebri, paniald, Dun; Chauri, Metkar, Oudh; Miri, Kol; Neowri, Sonth. ; 

 Tamriij, Aran, Mar.; Neradi, Tel. ; Mukarti, Kan. ; Karuvali, Tarn. 



A deciduous tree, middle-sized in dry localities, very large in moist 

 evergreen forests, wood whitish, close-grained. L. glabrous, generally 

 opposite, coriaceous, elliptic, crenate, stipules small, deciduous. Cymes 



