620 XLI. CELASTKiNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) [Gymnosporia. 



Western Penihsula ; Nilghiri Mts., Nbton, &o. 



A shrub, drying blackish. Mowers small, in fasciculate sessile dichotomons cymes 

 J-li in. IVuit broadly obovate, J in., drying black, 3-ceUed ; cells 1-2-seeded. 



Var. ; stems more slender and straight, leaves oblong narrowed below rounded at 

 the apex not turning blackish when dried. — Malabar, Wight. 



8. G. BotMana, W. & A. Prodr. 159 (Celastrus) ; leaves 3-4 by l}-2 in. 

 elliptic or obovate subcuneate at the base coriaceous glabrous. Bak. & 

 Gibs. Bmnh.Fl. 47. C. serrulata, Roth Nov. Sp. 155 in part. C. Wallichiana, 

 Wall. Cat. 4^04, c in part. Catha Kothiana, Walp. Rep. i. 532. 



Western Peninsula ; the Concan and Canara, ffeyne, &o. 



Branches thick and coarse, sometimes armed. Leaves crenulate. Mowers in cymea 

 so reduced that they become sessile and clustered. Fruit obovate, 4 in^, 3-oelIed ; cells 

 3-seeded. 



** Branches armed; spines ruxked. {See 8. G. Eotbiana.) 



9. G. rug[ulosa, Laws.; leaves 6 by 2J in. oblong subacuminate, 

 fruit 5 in. soHtary on pedicels | in. obovoid transversely wrinkled. ' 



MisHMi Hills, Griffith. 



A tree ? branches with smooth bark, very sparingly armed ; spines very short. Leaves 

 faintly serrate, coriaceous. Flowers f Fruit 3-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



10. G. Keyneana, W. & A. Prodr. 159 (Celastrus); leaves 3-4 by 

 l|-2} in. elliptic crenate-serrate, fruiting cymes 3 in. dichotomous, capsule 

 obovoid \ in. smooth. Celastrus Heyneana, Roth in Raem. & Schult. Syst. v. 

 421 in part; DC. Prodr. ii. 7. C. serrulata, Roth Nov. Sp. 155 in part. 

 C. Wallichiana, Spreng. in Wall. Cat. 4304 c in part. Catha Heyneana, 

 Walp. Rep. i. 532. 



Western Peninsula, Seyne; Pulney Mts., Wight. 



A tree? branches with smooth blackish bark, spines straight, J in. Flowers in 

 axillary dichotomous cymes 2-3 in. Petofe broadly ovate, J in. Fruit turbinate, 

 3-oelled, cells 1-2-seeded, drying blackish. 



11. Gi Falconerl, Laws. ; leaves 2^ by li in. obovate or subelliptic 

 serrate scabrous above, pubescent beneath, fruit ^ in. diam. solitary 

 on short peduncles or in small dichotomous cymes . | in. long globose 

 smooth 3-celled 1-2-seeded. 



North- West India, Serb. Falconer. 



A tree ? branches thickish, sparingly armed ; spines J in. Flowers f — Known from 

 all the other Gymnosporice by its pubescent leaves. 



12. G. rufa, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii 397 (Celastrus); 

 leaves 3-5 by 1-1^ in. lanceolate acuminate serrate subcoriaceous glabrous, 

 cymes 1-2 in. capiUary dichotomous fascicled, fruit ^-J in. obtriangular 

 3-celled, cells 1-seeded. Celastrus rufa, Cat. 4309 ; Brand. For. Fl. 80. 

 Catha rufa, Don Gen. Syst. ii. 10 ; Walp. Rep. i. 532. 



Subtropical Himalaya ; from Kumaon, alt. 2-5000 ft., to Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 

 3-6000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4800 ft. 



A large branching tree, with slender sparingly-armed branches ; spines slender, 

 4-1 in. Leaves green above, pale beneath. Flowers small. Petals 3^ in. Fruit pale- 

 yellow inside. Seeds black. 



13. G. Xtoyleana, Wall. Cat. 4317 (Celastrus); leaves |-lf by ^-1 in. 

 ovate to obovate glabrous, cymes dichotomous shorter than the leaves, 

 fruit turbinate i-f in. diam. 3-celled, cells 1-seeded. C. spinosus, Royle 

 lU. 157; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii 11 ; Brand. For. Fl. 80. 



