Celastrus.] XXXVI. CELASTRINEiE. 256 



4. C. Cunninghamii (after A. Cunningham), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. 

 Vift. iii. 80 ; Benth. b'l. Austr. i. 399. A tall shrub or small tree, quite glabrous 

 and often somewhat glaucous. Leaves linear or narrow-lanceolate, mucronate, 2 

 to Sin. long in some specimens, all under lin. in others, entire, rigid, the midrib 

 alone prominent underneath. Flowers small, in short loose axillary or lateral 

 racemes, occasionally growing out into leafy branches. Pedicels slender, 2 to 8 

 lines long. Calyx-lobes 5, orbicular, not ciliate. Petals broadly ovate, about 1 

 line long. Disk rather thick, but less so than in Gymnosporia. Ovary 2-celled, 

 with a short style and 2 short spreading stigmatic lobes. Capsule globular or 

 ovoid, 2 lines diameter, or rather more, 2-valved, 1 or 2-seeded. Seeds enclosed 

 in a pulpy arillus. — Catha Cunninghamii, Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 387. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Broadsound, E. Brown; Moreton Bay (?), A. 

 Cunningham; Boekhampton, Tfto^iet; Warwick, BccfcZer ; St. George's Bridge, AfiicftcM. 



This and the three preceding species appear to have the erect habit but not the cymose 

 inflorescence nor the thick disk of Gymnosporia, and the stamens always proceed from the 

 margin of the disk. — Benth. 



Wood of a pinkish colour, nicely marked ; useful for cutting into veneers for cabinet-work, — 

 Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 76. 



8. GYMNOSPORIA, W. and Arn. 



(Naked seeds.) 



Calyx 4 or 5-cleft. Petals 4 or 5, spreading. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted under 

 the disk ; filaments subulate ; anthers short. Disk broad, sinuate or lobed. 

 Ovary attached by a broad base or partially imniersed in the disk, 2 or 3-celled ; 

 style short ; stigma 2 or B-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule obovoid or 

 nearly globular, 2 or 8-celled, opening loculieidally. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, 

 the arillus complete or imperfect, or sometimes wanting ; testa coriaceous ; 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons leafy. — Shrubs or small trees, the small branches 

 often thorny. Leaves alternate, entire or serrate, without stipules. Flowers 

 small, in diehotomous cymes, either axillary or on the old nodes. 



The genus is widely diffused over the warmer regions of the Old World, one species being 

 found as far north as Spain, and a few extending to the Pacific Islands. The Australian species 

 is an Indian and African one. — Benth. 



1. Cr. montana (mountain), W. and Arn. Prod. 159 (under Celastrus); Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 400. A tall glabrous shrub or small tree, the smaller branches 

 occasionally terminating in stout thorns. Leaves obovate, very obtuse, 1| to 2J 

 or rarely Sin. long, entirely or minutely crenulate, narrowed into a petiole of 2 or 

 8 lines, membranous or' thinly coriaceous, of a pale-green. Cymes 2 or 8 

 together in the axils or on the old nodes, rarely above lin. long, with slender 

 diehotomous branches. Calyx-lobes 5, very short, broad, ciliate. Petals 5, 

 obovate, about 1 line long. Ovary S-celled ; style very short, with 3 spreading 

 stigmatic lobes. Capsule flat at the top, obtusely 3-angled, about 3 lines diameter 

 in the Australian specimens, usually smaller in India. Arillus of the seeds 

 cup-shaped. Celastrus montamis, Eoxb.; W. and Arn. I.e., with all the synonyms 

 quoted ; Wight, Ic. PI. t. 882, 



Hab.: Cape York, Jtf'GaiOTaj/. ^i, ^ ■ , .. . 



Common in the Indian Peninsula, and apparently the same as the tropical African Celastrus 

 seneqalensis Lam.; I have seen no specimens from the Indian Archipelago. The Australian 

 specimens are unarmed, but that is frequently the case with Indian ones, with which they agree 

 in every respect except the larger capsules. — Benth. 



4. HEDRAIANTHERA, F. v. M. 



(Sessile anthers.) 



Calyx 5-fid, persistent. Petals 5, membranous, inserted below the disk, naked, 



entire, ovate, sessile, deciduous imbricate in the bud. Stamens 5, opposite the 



calyx-lobes, alternate with the petals. Filaments none. Anthers sessile on the 



