Lophopetalum.] xli". CELASTRiNEiE. ;(M. A. Lawson.) '615 



the disk and continuous with it, trigonal or pyramidal, 3-4-celled, con- 

 tracted into a short style, stigma capitate ; ovules 4 or more in each cell, 

 in 2 series. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-angled, ■3-4-ceUed, locu-licidal. S'eeds 

 few, rarely winged, arillate, albumen fleshy.— Distrib. Species 8 ; Indian 

 Malayan and Javan. 

 ■ The BpecieB without fruit have been referred to this genus by habit alone. 



Sect. I. Petds crested. Dish flat, adhering to the calyx, 5-lobed ; lohes 

 continuous with the petals. 



1. Ii. Wig^htlanum, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. iii. 151 ; leaves 5-9 Tsy 

 2-4 in., flowers f in. diam. Wight III. 178 ; Ic. t. 162.; Wcdp. Rep. i. 530 ; 

 Dak. & Qihs. Bmnb. Fl. 48 ; Bedd. Fl. Syh. t. 145 ; Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixv. 



Westebh Peninsula, from the Concan southward^. 



A large tree, ieoues'coriafieous. Cymes axillary or terminal, branching paniou- 

 lately several times. Petals with a membranous corrugated crest. Fruit 4 in. long, 

 3-celled, sharply triangular. , Seeds oblong, compressed. 



2. Xi. fimbriatum, Wiqkt El. i. 178 ; leaves 4-7 by 2-31 \n. ovate or 

 ovate-oblong shortly acuminate, flowers nearly J in. diam. L. ovatum 

 Fred Botan. Bemerk. 32. L. javanum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mbsc. 1863, 

 pt. L 545. Euonymus ovata, Wall. Cat. 430D. 



SiLHET, Wallich; Tbnassekim, at Mergui, Oriffith. 



Leaves more thin and membranous than in li. Wightianwm. Flowers in axillary or 

 terminal rigid divaricating paniculate cymes. Petals with a fimbriate crest. Fruit ? 



Sect. II. Petids corrugated or crisped (except 6. ftoribundum) on the 

 upper surface. Dish flat, 10-lobed, lining the calyx. 



3. Xi. pallidum, Laws. ; leaves 2|-3 \sy \-\\ in. elliptic-oblong, cymes 

 1^ in. glabrous, disk faintly lobed with long fleshy hairs surrounding the 

 base of the stamens otherwise naked. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree ; whole plant quite glabrous. Leaves pale ash-coloured, almost shining, 

 petiole 4-| in. Cymes axillary. Petals ^ in., broadly ovate, corrugated on the upper 

 surface. — A very distinct species, readily known by the colour of its leaves, and the 

 ling of fleshy hairs surrounding the stamens. 



4. Xi. Walllchii, Kurz in Journ. As. Sac. Beng. 1872, pt. ii. 299; 

 leaves 6-8 by 3-3^ in. ovate-oblong rounded at the apex, cymes 6 or more 

 In. glabrous, disk faintly 10-lobed covered with fleshy warts. 



Tenasserim, at Tavoy, Parish; Bibma, Kv/rz. 



A large glabrous tree. Leaves glauceacent, green and shining above, opaque beneath, 

 coriaceous ; petiole l-lj in. Cymes axillary and terminal, paniculate. Petals yV p-i 

 crisped on the upper surface,, whitish. Dish yellow. Capsule 4 or more by 2 in., 

 smooth, 3-lobed, S-valved. Eeeds compressed, imbricate ;_ wings '2-2 J in., elliptic- 

 oblong, membranous. — ^The description of the fruit and seed is taken from Knrz. In a 

 letter to Dr. Hooker he would make Prismatocarpus littoralia, Wall. Cat. 6520, a 

 synonym of the above, but in this he is in error. 



5. Z.. celastroides, Laws.;_ leaves 2^4 by l^-aj in. ovate acute or 

 rounded at the apex, cy^mes 6 in.-l ft. glabrous, disk very faintly lobed 

 entirely covered with minute fleshy lobuTate warts. 



Tm^ss-ERiMa.tM.oviMEm, Oriffith; Frnv, M'CleUoDid. _ _ 



A tree?; whole plant quite glabrous, ieosjes coriaceous ; petiole 1-li m. Flowers 

 in large axillary and terminal widely-divarioating paniculate cymes. Petcds -f^ iti., 

 lovate from a Tjroad base, sligbtly corrugated, i^raif?— Closely allied to L. Wallixihii. 



