610 XII. CELASTHiNBiE. (M. A. Lawson.) [Buonymus. 



13. E. attenuatus, WaU. Ca<. 4298; leaves 3^-6 by f-li in. smooth 

 lanceolate-acuminate quite entire very coriaceous. 



Kha3ia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., WaUich, &o. 



A small tree ? Cymes much shorter than the leaves, about 7-flowered. PedwMes 

 stoutish, flattened, erect. Petals i in., shortly clawed, nearly orbicular, fimbriate. 

 Fruit abovoid, 4-angled. 



14. E. timorensis, Zipp. ? ex Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, pt. i. 44T;' 

 leaves smooth 4^6 by 2-24 in. elliptic-oblong rounded or subacute at the 

 apex faintly serrate. 



Tenasseeim or Andaman Islds., Heifer. Pequ, ^mtk.— Distbib. Timor and Philip- 

 pine Islds. 



A tree? Oymes as long or nearly as long as the leaves ; peduncles stouter t^an in 

 the last species, flattened, erect. Petals not clawed, orbicular, fimbriate. Fruit ? 



15. E. tlng^ens, Wall, in Roxl. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 406 ; Gat. . 

 4283 ; Brand. For. Fl. 79 ; leaves thick coriaceous rugose above ovate- 

 lanceolate sharply-serrate. 



Western Tempeeate HmALArA, alt. 6-10,000 ft., from Nipal, Wallich; to Simla, 

 Griffith. 



A tree 16-20 ft. Leaves \\-Z in. by |-1 in., lucid, dark-green above, very pale 

 beneath. Pedurtcles compressed. Petah shortly clawed, nearly orbicular, coarsely 

 crenulate, J in., yellowish with purple veins. Fruit \ in., nearly round, 4-5-angled. — 

 The flowers of this specieb are sometimes tetramerous. 



+t Branches acutely qvadrangula/r. 



16. E. an^ulatus, WigU le. t. 1053 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixiv. 

 E. acutangulus, Wight III. 178. E. pterocladus, Eohenacker PI. hid. Or. 

 E. glaucus, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1863, pt. ii. 599. 



Western Peninsula, Nilghiri hills, Wight, &c. 



A small tree, young stems acutely 4-angled or -winged. Leaves 24—44 by l-lj in., 

 oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, with »■ thickened margin. 

 Flowers f Fruit narrowly obtriangular, acutely angled. 



** Flowers uswMy 4,-merous. {See 15. tSngens.) 

 t Style 0. 



17. E. nitidus, Benth. in Hooh. Lond. Journ. Bot i. 483 ; leaves 

 1^2 by^l in. obovate-lanceolate subacuminate, fruit roundly 4-angled. 

 Benth. Fl. Hongh. 62; Seem. Bot. Voy. Her. 371, t. 83. E. punctatus, 

 Wall. Cat. 4286. 



BcNQAL ; Serb. Griffith (proidbly mdt.). — Distrib. Hong Kong. 



Leaves entire or obscurely serrate at the apex, coriaceous, shining. ' Pedimcles fili- 

 form, 4-1 in-i usually twice divided. Petals orbicular, entire, '^m. across. Fruit 4 in., 

 subglobose. — This is perhaps an introduced plant in Bengal. 



18. E. bullatus, Wall. Cat. 4299; leaves 4-10 by 2^-4 in. ovate 

 acute, fruit 4-angled. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1749. Enonymus sp., Wall. Cat. 

 7473. 



Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-4000 ft., WallicJi, &c. 



A tree ? young branches terete or slightly flattened, thick and coarse. Leaves thick, 

 entire, or famtly serrate _ a.t the apex, bullate above, nerves very prominent beneath. 

 Peduncles many times divided. Flowers very numerous. Petals -^ in., nearly orbi- 

 cular, crenulate. Fruit 4-lobed, roundish, often only 1-3-seeded. 



