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XXXIV. CELASTRACEiE 



[Salacia 



g-£ in., pedicels obovate, disk large, fleshy, stamens inserted on its upper edge, 

 filaments long. Fr. 1 in. diam. 



Andamans, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula. 5. S. gTandiflora, Kurz. Tenasserim. L. 

 entire, blade 8-12 in., petiole $-§ in. Fl. J-J in., pedicels J-J in., filaments very short. 

 To this King (1. c. 366) refers S. longifolia, Hook. fil. 



(b) Fl. small. 



6. S. Roxburghii, Wall. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 259. 



A lofty climber. L. entire, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 3-4, petiole 

 \ in. Fl. \ in., on short stiff pedicels, iV"i i n - Disk with a ring at base, 

 filaments very short, anther cells terminal, transverse. 



Assam, Khasi hills (Chittagong, Lower Burma, Kurz). Fl. March. 7. S. verrucosa, 

 Wight. Martaban and Tenasserim, Java. L. entire or slightly serrate, blade 4-7 in., 

 narrowed into petiole J-J in. Fl. numerous, $ in. across, jjedicels slender, J-J in. 

 8. S. macrosperma, Wight Ic. t. 962, West side of the Peninsula, from the Konkan 

 southwards. A scandent shrub. L. entire, elliptic-oblong, blade 2J-5, petiole J-J in. 

 Fl. J in., very numerous in dense fascicles, pedicels £-J in. Lower margin of disk 

 thick like a ring, anthers nearly sessile. Fr. orange, irregularly obovoid, 1-2 in. 

 long. 



9. S. prinoides, DC; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 260. Vern. Dimal, Modhuphul, 



Sundrib. 



A straggling sbrub or small tree, sometimes climbing. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 



slightly crenate, blade 

 2-3Jj, petiole \ in. Fl. 

 \ in. across, 3-6 on minute 

 bracteate axillary tuber- 

 cles, pedicels |-| in., fila- 

 ments long. Fr. red, 

 globose, ^ in. diam. 



Sundriban, both sides of 

 the Western Peninsula, 

 Khasi hills, Silhet, Cachar, 

 Andamans. Burma, in the 

 tidal forests, also inland. Fl. 

 C. S., also at other times. 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 10. S. reticulata, 

 Wight. Quilon. A large 

 woody climber, 1. entire or 

 faintly crenate, blade 2-4J, 

 petiole J-J in. Fl. J in., 

 pedicels J-J in. Fr. pinkish 

 orange, §-li in. 11. S. mem- 

 branacea, Lawson. Sikkim, Khasi hills. Scandent, branch lets frequently circinnate and 

 thickened. L. thinly chartaceous, entire, narrow-elliptic, blade 3J-5, petiole J-J in. 

 Fl. few on short, stiff, erect pedicels, anthers subsessile. Fr. 1J in. diam. 12. S. viminea, 

 Wall. Mergui. A spreading shrub, 1. chartaceous, entire or slightly serrate, blade 3-6, 

 petiole J in. Fl. few, pedicels J in. Ovary almost entirely enclosed by the disk, 

 anthers subsessile on the top, anther cells terminal, transverse. The Tenasserim 

 specimens have all opposite leaves, while what is supposed to be #. viminea from the 

 Malay Peninsula has alternate leaves. 



Fig. 76.— Salacia prinoides, DC. Fl. fr. \. 



C. Fl. in axillary heads or pedunculate cymes. 



Wight 111. t, 47 B. Ic. t, 97 ; 



Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 



13. S.oblonga, Wall.: 

 Manual t, 10. f . 4. 



A climbing shrub. L. elliptic-oblong, more or less crenate-serrate. blade 

 2-5, petiole \-\ in. Fl. yellow, \ in. across, sessile, 3-6, in very shortly 

 peduncled axillary heads. Ovary enveloped beyond the middle by the disk, 

 anther cells parallel. Fr. f-1^ in., bright orange-red. 



Western - Ghats from the Konkan southwards. Fl. C. S., H. S. 14. S. fruticosa, 



