614 XLi. CELASTRiNE^. (M. A. Lewsoh.) [MierotropU. 



** Flowers in axillary or extra-axillary peduncled di- or trichotomous 

 cymes. 



4. Iff. densiflora, Wight Ic. 1. 1052 ; leaves 2-2| by li-2 in. elliptic 

 margins revolute very coriaceous, cymes \ in. stort dense. Bedd. FJ,. 

 Syh). Anal. Gen. ]xv. 



Western PpsiiiauLA ; Nilghiri Mts., Wight, &c. -, t. i 



A large stragglipg shrub or small tree. Flowers Bometimes aljnost aeBMle. FetaU 

 i in., roundish-elliptic. Fruit f in., narrowly oblong, acute at both ends. 



5. 9C. microcarpa, Wight Ic. t. 975; leaves 1-3 by |-liin. elliptic- 

 or broadly-lanceolate coriaceous margins revolute, cymes 1^2 in. lax, fruit 

 oblong narrowing to tbe acute apex, testa liglit brown. 



Westeen PENrasHLA; from the Concan and Maisor southwards; dry jungles at 

 Kotagherry in the NUghiris, Wifht, 



An erect shrub. Leaves smooth above, glaucous beneath. Cymes di-trichotomous. 

 Petals oboyate-cuneate. 



6. nx. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 976 ; leaves 1-3 by J-li in. ovate or 

 broadly lanceolate coriaceous margins revolute, fruit ovoid subacute, testa 

 crimson. £edd. Fl. Syh. Anal. Gen. Ixv. Elseodendron nilghirense, Wall. 

 Cat. 4409. 



Western Peninsula ; Nilghiri hills, Courtallam and Ootaesmund, Wight, &c. 

 A somewhab diffuse shrub. Cymes trichotomous, 2-3 in. JPe^cUs orbicular. — ^Very 

 closely allied to M. microearpa, of which it may prove to te a variety. 



7. M. discolor, Wall. Cat. 4337 ; leaves 3-5 by l5-2i in. elliptic sub- 

 acuminate membranous flat, cymes |-1 In. compact. Arn. in Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. iii. 152. Cassine discolor, Wall, in Rod). Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 

 378. Celastrinea } Wall Cat. 9014, Euonymus garcinifolius, lioxb. Fl- 

 Ind. i. 628. 



Subtropical Himalaya ; Kumaon^ WaRich ; Sikkim, alt. 4-7000 ft., J. D. H. ; 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 1-7000 ft., J. D. H. &. T. T.; Tesasseetm, Wcdlieh, &c. 

 A small tree, Petals J in., elliptic, concave. Fruit 4 in., ovoid. 



8. I«I. blvalvis, Wdl. Cat. 4340 ; leaves 4-8 hy li-2| in. ovate to 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate membranous or subcoriaceous' margins flat, 

 cymes_ 2-4 in. di-tj-ichotomous branche.s widely divaricating. Celastrus 

 bivalvis, Jack, in Hook. Bot. Misc, iL 71 ; Hoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii, 

 399 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 6. Euonymus 1 1seta, Wall. Cat. 4294. E. capUla- 

 ceus, Wall. Cat. 7270. E. filiformis. Wall. Gat. 4295. Paracelastrus bi- 

 •valvis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 591. 



Basteen Penhssula; from Tenasserim to^Penang, Wallich; Jlalacca, jKain^a^. — 

 DisTEiB. Sumatra, Java. I 



Branches slender. Peduncles extra-axillary, usually springing ii-om the branches at 

 right angles. Petals elliptip, J in. Fruit ellipsoid. 



4. XiOFKOFETAXiVSI, Wight. 



Trees and shrubs, usually glabrous, Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 petioled, exstipulate. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes round short. Petals 5, con- 

 tinuous with the disk, persistent, the upper surface cristate or lamellate or 

 covered with fleshjr villi or naked. Stamens 6, inserted on the disk ; 

 anthers oblong. BisJc large, entire or lobed. Ovaiy small, immersed in 



