■S18 XT,I. CELASTRiNEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) [Celastrus. 



A'scandent shrub with terete branches, the young shoots and branches pendnlous. 

 Leaves 2^-5 by lj-24in., oval oblong or ovate or obovate, acuminate, sei-rate, mem- 

 branons. Flowers yellowish-green, in terminal pendiulous panicles. Petals ^ m., 

 oblong, — Foliage very variable. An oil for burning in lamps is expressed from the seens. 



2. C. stylosa, Wall, m Hoxh Fl.Jnd. ed. Carey, ii 401; Cat. 4313; 

 calyx-segmenta ovate rounded, petals | in. oblong witli wavy margins, style 

 5-lobed, frnit 3-celled 3-6-seeded, «eed i by i in. curved black, foigt Mart. 

 Sub. Gale. 166. 



NiPAL, WaUich ; Sibkim Himalaya,, alt. 5-6000 ft., Z D. E. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 

 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. ; ?PEen, M'Clelkmd. 



A scandent shrub with terete branches. Leaves 24-4 bj 1 J-2 in.^ elliptic or orate- 

 oblong, acute or subacuminate, serrate. Flowers in short axillary or terminal irregular 

 racemose cymes. Fruit yellow, crowned by the persistent style. 



II. Branches destitute of lentieds. 



3. C. venulosa, Wall. Cat. 4321 ; calyx-segments balf orbicular, 

 petals ^ in. linear-oblong with, wavy margins, style acute not lobed. 



SiLHET, WaUioh. 



A scandent shrub, with smooth pale-brown round branches, or dark brown and rather 

 rough. Leaves 4^6 by 2-2J in., eHiptio-oblong, narrowed at the base, suddenly and 

 .^hortly acuminate, faintly serrate membranous, venation conspicuous biitTery delicate, 

 shining. Flowers in short axillary or terminal spicate cymes. Fruit ? — A single spe- 

 cimen from Silhet in the Wallichian Herbarium. Closely allied to O. panicvUata. 



4. C> monosperma, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 18 j Fl. Ind. i. 625; calyx- 

 aegments broadly and roundly ovate, petals -^ in. suborbicular, style 3-lobed, 

 fruit l-celled 1-seeded, seed ^ in. elliptical brown. Wall. Cat. 4311 and 7009; 

 Benth. Fl. Hmgh. 63 ; Yoigt Hort. S'ub. Cole. 166. C. Hindsii, Benth. inHook. 

 EewJourn. Bot.ixL 334. Catha monosperma, 5eni!A. in Hook. Lond. Jown. 

 Bot. i. 483. C. Benthamii, Ga/rdn. <k Champ, in Hook. Kew Jown. i. 310. 



Eastern Bengal and Assam, WaUioh, Griffith, &o. — Distjub. 'China. 



A scandent shrub with quadrangular branches. Leaves 2-4 by 1-lf in., oblong- 

 elHptio, acuminate, sharply serrulate, coriaceous. Flowers white or greenish-yellow, 

 in short pedunculate cymes, frequently disposed in long slender axillai'^ or tenninal 

 Baked or leafy racemes. Petals very finely crenate. — The whole plant drying black. 



DOnBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



C. CKENULATA, WoU. Oat. 4323, is a Siam plant. 



C. FiNLArsoNiANA, WaU. Cat. 4324, is a native of Siaoi. 



0. LuciDA, WaU. in Roxl. Fl. Ini. ed. Carey, ii. 400; WaR. Oat. 4318. C. 

 Jackianus, Stead. Nomene. 314 (capsules many-seeded). 



C. MiCKANTHA, Boxb. Fl. Lid. i. 625 (leaves pinnate). A native of the Moluccas. 



C. PADCiFLOKA, Wd&. in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Ca/rey, ii. 400 (ovary l-celled, pla- 

 centa parietal). 



C. BACEMOSA, W<M. Cat. 4320, without flowers or fruit is indeterminable. 



CT^mYSh, Lam.; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 624; Wall. Oat. iil5. 0. obtusifolia, 5oa!i. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 625, is a native of the Mauritius, not of the Moluccas as stated by Eoxburgh 

 under trigyna, ^ 



C. VEETiODLLATA, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 624, is Pittosporum floribundum, W. (S; A. 



8. GYniNOSFORXA., W.&A. 



Sbnibs or small trees, branches often spineseent. Leaves alternate, 

 exstipulate. Flowers in small dichotomous cymes. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 

 4-5, spreading. Stamens 4-5, inserted underneath the disk. Disk broad. 



