— 204 — 



I, 621. Celastrus Wallichiana W. A. Prodr. 159. 

 Hance in Journ. of bot. 1878, 226. C. rigida Wall, 

 in Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 396., nee Thunb. 



In China australi: Amoy (Hanee), oraaustraliprov. 

 Kuan-tung (Sampson et Hance!), ins. Hainan (iid. 

 ct Bullock, ex Hance); in /^<iia varus locisBengaliae, 

 Pendshab et Decan occurrere di<îitur. 



Specc. cJiinensia ad banc speciem a Benthamio 

 relata esse refert Hance, sed differunt ab indicis, ex 

 eodem, ramis pube furfuracea ferruginea puberulis, 

 fructu pisum , nee nucem avellanam aequante. Arillus 

 dicitur albus, semen vix ad medium tegens. 



2. G. diversifolia. Ramis teretibus rectis furfuraceo- 

 puberulis, spinis axillaribus folio brevioribus anguste 

 subulatis nudis; foliis glabris brevissime petiolatis parvis 

 coriaceis subtus elevatoreticulatis, late obovatis apice 

 rotundatis v. emarginatis, aliis integris aliis paucicre- 

 natis; cymis dichotomis paucifloris axillaribus folio 

 brevioribus; sepalis petalisque ilia duplo superantibus 

 ovatis; capsulis subglobosis minutis 2 — 3-valvibus in- 

 complete septatis; arillo semen lucidum dimidium te- 

 gente. Catha diversifolia A. Gray in sched. 



In archipelagi Lu-tschu insula U-sima, (Small! fl. 

 c. fr.). 



G, Boyleana Laws., buic proxima, differ t foliis late 

 ellipticis acutis serratis duplo majoribus, cymis pluri- 

 V. multifloris, capsulis triple majoribus turbinato-obo- 

 vatis, septis completis, semine opaco. Vdii specc. Roy- 

 leana sub nom. CeLspinosae et Royleanae hb. Roy le, 

 Griffithiana ex Affghanistano , Falconeriana e 

 Pendshab, JV'> 359. 



