Elaodendron] XXXIV. CELASTRACE.E 165 



axillary, dichotomous, lax, as lonir as or shorter than leaf, peduncle longer than 

 petiole, branches divaricating. Fl. 4—5-merous, disk fleshy, angled. Stamens 

 inserted under the edge of -the disk, filaments recurved, anther cells attached 

 to a broad connective, diverging at base. Drupe ovoid .'. in. long, yellowish- 

 green when ripe, endocarp crustaceous, 1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to G,000 ft., Ravi to Sikkim. 

 Bandelkhand, Behar, Central provinces. Peninsula. Fl. Febr.-June. 2. E. subrotundum, 

 King. Andamans, Malay Peninsula. A small tree. L. entire, almost orbicular. Fl. 

 always tetramerous, disk not lobed. 



Pleurostylia Wightii, W. et A. : Wight lc. t. 155 (Pairi, Tel.). Western Ghats from 

 tie- Knnkan southwards. A slirub or small tree, med. rays extremely tine, combs made 

 of the wood. L. opposite, oblanceolate, entire, 1—2 in. long, narrowed into short 

 petiole. Fl. small, in small subsessile cymes, axillary and below the leaves, calyx 

 4-lobed, petals 5. Fr. coriaceous, indehiscent, J-4; in., seeds 1, rarely 2. 



Siphonodon celastrineus, Griff.; Kurz, F. Fl. i. '25-1 (Myau~k-o~ksh.it, Burm.). Martaban, 

 eastern slopes of Pegu Soma. An evergreen glabrous tree, med. rays of two classes. 

 fine and very broad. L. alternate, elliptic-oolong, erenate-serrate, blade 4-7, petiole 

 J in. long. Fl. pentamerous, yellowish, J-$ in. across, axillary, solitary, or 2—1 on a 

 short thick peduncle, pedicels thick. }.-\ in. Ovary half adnate to the calyx tube, 

 cells numerous, irregularly placed in different planes, 1 ovule in each. Fr. a hard 

 fleshy berry, 1— 1A in. diam.. with numerous woody 1-seeded pyrenes. 



in. SALACIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 625. 



Scrambling or climbing shrubs, glabrous, branches sometimes circinately 

 twisted at the base. L. opposite, stipules 0. Fl. fascicled or eyrnose. Calyx 

 5-parted, petals 5. Stamens 3, sometimes 4, inserted on the disk, often be- 

 tween its upper margin and the ovary, disk sometimes with a free lower 

 margin, up] or maigin free or appressed to the ovary, filaments flat, ultimately 

 recurved, anther cells oblique or transverse, rarely parallel. Ovary conical, 

 more or loss immersed in and confluent with the disk, mostly 3-gonotts, 

 3-celled, ovules 3-8 on the inner angle of each cell, style undivided or 

 none. 



A. Fl. fasciculate on tubercles, ovary free, or not enveloped by the disk 

 more than half-way up. 



1. S. flavescens, Kurz, P. Fl. i. 'Jim. 



A large climber. L. entire or serrate, acuminate, blade 3-8, petiole ,*-.V in. 

 Fl. £ in., pedicels slender, ]-! in., disk with a prominent free upper margin, 

 stamens inserted within it. Fr. U-'J in. 



Tenasserim. Fl. Et. S. 



2. S. Smaliana, spec. n. Vera. Nwi-ngan, Burm. 



An evergreen climber. I,, entire, elliptic or obovate, obtuse, blade 5-9, 

 petiole I in. Fl. few, yellow, .'.-.', in., in. dorous, pedicels thick, '.-!. in., upper 

 margin of disk conspicuous, lower margin undulating, stamens inserted be- 

 tween the trigonous ovary and the upper margin, anther cells distinct, style 

 long. 



On low ground and edges of swamps with Eugt nia : i laungbyu forest, Upper Burma. 

 Fl. April. '•'. S. multiflora, Wight, Tenasserim, differs from 2 by acute leaves. Fl. 



numerous, J in. across, on filiform pedicels I | in., disk annular, surrounding tl varj , 



anther cells terminal, transverse. 



B. Fl. fasciculate on tubercles, ovary enveloped by the disk more than half- 

 way up, stamens appearing as if inserted on the ovary. 



o Fl. large. 



4. S. latifolia. Wall. ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 65 (1897), p.366. 

 A scandenl shrub. L. entire or nearly so, blade 9 6, petiole i-j in. Fl. 



