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GENUS Ill. PLEUROSTYLIA. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Pleurén, a rib, and Style, the style. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-partite: petals 5, with a broad base! 
filaments flat, shorter than the petals : anthers with a broad cons 
nectivum at the back: disk crenulated: ovary half immersed in 
the disk, 1-celled by abortion: ovules 2: styles short and thiek, 
with a sdmewhat peltate stigma: fruit 1-celled, marked on one 
side about the middle: endocarp with several irregular clefts at 
the base: seed solitary, covered by the endonarp like an aril: albus 
men copious and fleshy. : 
(1) P. Wiewrir, (WW. & 4.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 157. 
Syn. P. Heynii, W. & A.—Celastrus opposita, Roxb. ft. Inds 
Ed. Wall.) I. p. 398. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 155. 
Spec. Cuar. Shrub: leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, entire, 
whitish : péduneles axillary and terminal, very short and few-flow- 
ered: fruit indehiscent, 1-2-celled: 
Western Ghauts. 
GENUS IV. CELASTRUS. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Kelas, the latter season, a name applied to cera 
tain trees which were late in ripening their fruits. 
Gen. Cuan. Shrubs with alternate leaves: calyx 5-parted : 
‘petals 5, sessile: disk orbicular: ovary sessile or half immersed, 
2-3-celled: ovules usually twin: styles entire, or 2—3-cleft: caps 
sule 2+3-celled: seeds 1-2 in each cell: albuinen fleshy. 
(1) C. panicunata. (Willd.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 158.—Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 621.— 
Ed. Wall. i. p. 388.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 6. 
Syn. OC. nutans, Roxb.—Dee. prod: 1. e.—-C. Rothiana, Schult. 
Dec. prod. II. p. 8.—Ceanothus paniculatus, Heyne. Roth. Nov, 
Sp. p. 154. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 158.—Wight’s Ill. I. t. 72. 
Srrc. Cuar. A climbing unarmed shrub: young shoots and 
flower-bearing branches pendulous: leaves broadly-oval or ovate, 
suddenly acuminated, slightly serrated: racemes terminal, com- 
pound, elongated, much longer than the upper leaves: sepals 
