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larger flowers, and very long pedicels (in my species they are only about \ 

 lin. long). 



2. I. Godayam, Coleb. in. Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 601. — (Prinos Godayam, 

 Ham. in Wall. PL As. rar. III. 38. t. 261.) 



Vab. a. genuina, shoots, peduncles, and pedicels shortly puberulous ; 

 calyx more or less pubescent or densely fringed. 



Vab. /?. sulcata, (I. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 4330 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 601), 

 all parts quite glabrous except the puberulous pedicels ; calyx usually pube- 

 rulous or only minutely puberulous, the lobes sometimes ciliolate. 



Hab. Var. /3. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests from Martaban 

 down to Tenasserim. — Fl. Febr. Apr. 



3. I. macbophylla, Wall. Cat. 4331 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 604. 

 Hab. ? Tenasserim (Heifer), and Mergui (Griff. 2012) teste Hf. 



4. I. ctmosa, Bl. By dr. 1149 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 605. 

 Hab. Tenasserim {teste Hf.). 



5. I. Wallichii, Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 605. 

 Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (teste Hf.). 



Daphniphyllum, Bl. 



Conspectus of species. 



Calyx persistent ? ; pedicels about \ in. long, D. majus. 



Calyx deciduous ; pedicels about 1 — 2 lin. long, D. Himalayense. 



1. D. majus, Muell. Arg. in Linn. XXXIV. 76 ; DC. Prod. XVI/1. 2. 

 Hab. Upper Tenasserim, Amherst (Wall.) Fl. Febr. 



2. D. Himalayense, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. XVI/1. 4. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the damp hill-forests of the Martaban hills, 

 east of Tounghoo, at about 5000 ft. elevation. 



CELASTRINEJE. 



Conspectus of species. 

 Subord. I. Celasteacej3. Stamens inserted outside the disk. Seeds al- 

 buminous. 



* Capsule or follicle dehiscent. 



x Ovules from the axis of the cells. Leaves opposite. 

 Evontmus. Petals free. Disk fleshy, broad ; capsules 3 — 5-lobed and -celled. 

 Miceotkopis. Petals united at the base. Disk none or annular. Capsule 1- celled, 2- 

 valved. 



x x Ovules erect. Leaves alternate. 

 Celastrus. Ovary free. Capsules 2 — 4-celled, loculicidal. Seeds arillate. Flowers 



in panicles or racemes. 

 Gymnosporia. Ovary confluent -with the disk. Capsule 2 — 3-lobed and -celled. 

 Arillus complete, incomplete or wanting. Flowers in cymes. 



