Gymnosporia.] xli. CBLASTRiNEiE. (M. A. LaWson.) 621 



Western Himalaya; in Kumaon and Garwlial, alt. 1-4500 ft. ?CoitcAN, Stochs. — 

 DiSTEiB. Affghanifstan. 



A shrub with very thorny straight or eliglitly zigzag branches'; spines slender, 

 ^-1 in. Leaves serrate. Petals J-J in., white, oblong-ovate. 



** Branches armed. Spines hearing leaves and flowers. 



14. €t. Walliclilana, Spreng. Syst. 5, Index 150 (under Celastnis 

 rigida) ; leaves 1-1^ by |-1 in. obovate crenate, fruit turbinate f in. 

 Celastrus Wallichiana, W. <Sc A. Prodr. 159; Wall. (7a*. 4304. C. rigida, 

 Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 396. C. buxifolia, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 

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



Panjab, at Peshawur, Falconer; Westekn Peninsula ; Courtallam, Wight; Maisor, 

 G. Thomson ; Eastekh Bengal, Serh. Griffith. 



A shrub with zigzag branches, profusely armed with stout spines 1-3 in, long. 

 Leaves coriaceous, glabrous. Cymes shorter than the leaves, axillary and on the spines. 

 Pndt somewhat inflated, 3-oelled ; cells 1-seeded. 



15. G. emarg'inata, Roth Nov. Sp. 155 (Celastrus) ; leaves l-SJ by 

 |-1J in. obovate-cuneate entire, flowers fascicled injthe axis of the leaves 

 and on the spines, fruit turbinate J in. C. emarginata, W. <fc A. Prodr. 160 ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 8 ; Wall. Gat. 4305 ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. i. 620 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 39 ; Voigt Hort. Sid). Calc. 166. Catha emarginata, Don Gen. Syst. ii. 9 ; 

 Tkwaites Fmim. 72 ; Walp. Rep. i. 532. 



Western Peninsula, /SAwter; Concan,', ffraAam; Anamallay hills, Wight. Ceylon, 

 in hot dry parts of the Island. 



A shrnb with stout zigzag branches, profusely armed with spines \-1\ in. long. 

 Leaves sometimes broadly ovate, emarginate, very coriaceous. Flowers on slender deli- 

 cate pedicels J in. long. Fruit 3-celled, 1-seeded. 



16. G. montana, Rood). Fl. Ind. i. 620 (Celastrus) ; leaves 1-3 by :|-2 in^ 

 linear obovate' to orbicular-obovate crenulate, cyines rigid divaricating 

 shorter than the leaves, fruit globose | in. black 1-3-celled, cells 1-seeded. 

 Celastrus montana, W. & A. Prodr. 1S9 ; Graii. Cat. Bomb. PL 381 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 4306; Wight Ic. 382; Voigt Hort. Swb. Calc. 166; Roth Nov. Sp. 154; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 9 ; Bedd. Fl. Syhat. Anal. Gen. Ixvi. ; Dah. <Ss Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 48. C. pallida, Wall. Cat. 4307 ; Voigt HoH. Svh. Calc. 167. C. cre- 

 natus, Roth Nov. Sp. 156, not ofForst. ? C. senegalensis. Lam. ; DC. Prodr. 



, ii. 8; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. 11 ; Brand. For. Fl. 81. Catha montana, G. Don 

 Gen. Syst. n. 10. 



'Throughout the drier parts of Central, South- Western, and North- Western 

 IkMa.— DisTBiB. Affghanistan ; Central Africa ; Malay Archipelago ; Australia. 



.BroncAe*, straight, or only slightly zigzag, profusely armed, rarely unarmed. Cym£s 

 axillary or borne on the spines, forking many times. Capsules numerous, with the size 

 and look of a pepper com. — Although the extreme forms of this species are very dis- 

 tinct, it is impossible to find characters to limit them. Celastrus montana, Eoxb., com- 

 prises those forms which have the branches less profusely armed, and the leaves larger 

 and broader; C. senegalensis, Lam., those in which the stems are more robust, and 

 profusely armed, and the leaves smaller and narrower. G. pallida, Wall., may prove 

 tq be a distinct species. De CandoUe regards Eoxburgh's and Both's montana as 

 different species, but I foUow Wight and Arnott in uniting them. 



9. KVHRIIVEIA, Wall. 



trees, usually quite glabrous, young branches tipped with the deciduous 

 stipules. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, towards the ends ot the 

 branches, coriaceous, entire, shining, penninerved ; petiole slender. 



