624 xLi. CELASTRiNBiE. (M. A. Lawson.) \Eippoeratea. 



in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 23. H. ?grandiflora, WaU. Gat. 4213. H. 

 rigida, Ramp. H. tortuosa, Wall. Gat. 4216. H. volubilis, Seym in Wall. 

 Gat. 4215 i^not of lAnnceui). Salacia Isevigata, Wigkt in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii 

 295 ; Suppl. t. xxxvL (non DG.). 



Eastben and Western Penihsulas, from TenaBserim and the Concan southwards, 

 SiLHET, Wdllich. — DiSTEiB. Malay Archipelago, Chiua, Australia, tropical Africa. 



A climbing shrub ; young branches often qoadraDgnlar. Leaves 2-5 by 1-24 ™-i 

 elliptic or oblong, obtuse, acute or shortly acuminate, crenate-serrate or entire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous. Flowers in dichotomous cymes shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes entire. 

 IHsTc puberulous. Ovules 6 in each cell. Carjpels 1^-2 in,, obovoid, emarginate, 

 striate, 4-6-seeded. 



2. K. Cumingril) Laws.; calyx-lobes round, petals f in. subulate 

 puberulous outside inside covered tnth rust-coloured hairs for tlie upper 

 three-fourths glabrous below. 



Malacca, Oriffith. — ^Distebb. Philippines. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 3-4 by 14-2 in., elliptic, acute or subacuminate, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, entire. Flowers in dichotomous cymes shorter than the leaves. Oalyx- 

 lobes very short, glabrous, entire. Disk with a ring of hairs at the base of the stamens 

 otherwise glabrous. Fruit ? 



3. K. Iiobbli, Laws. ; calyx-lobes elUptic-oblong, petals elliptic-ovate 

 slightly cohering at the base entirely covered on the inside with dense 

 cinereous hairs. 



Tenasseeim ; at Moulmein, Ldbi. 



A climbing shrub ? Leaves 3-4 by |-2 in., broadly elliptic, subacuminate, entirely 

 glabrous. Cymes 2-3 times divided, shorter than the leaves. Cdyx-lobes entire 

 pubescent. Petals J in. Anthers almost sessile. Fruit ? ' 



4. K. Arnottiana, Wight III. i. 133, t. 46-47 ; calyx-lobes orbicular- 

 ovate, petals i in. shortly clawed cordate very concave with involute 

 margins. Salacia terminalis, Thwaiies Enum. 407. 



Western Peninsula ; Quilon, Wight; Canara, Plant. Hohenacher. Ceylon, near 

 Galle, Thwaites. 



A climbing shrub, glabrous in every part. Leaves 3-3 by 1J-2| in., elliptic, acute 

 or subacuminate, very coriaceous, entire or faintly crenate, glabrous. Cymes axillary 

 or panioled. Calyx-lobes entire. Fruit 24 in., oblong, emarginate. 



** Flowers very numerous. Petals ^ in. or less.— Shrubs with climhinq 

 brarxhes. " 



5. K. Grahami, Wight III A. 134; Ic. t. 380; cymes diffuse panicled 

 longer than the leaves, calyx-lobes orbicular sharply crenate. Dah & 

 ^'i, ?.°?hJ!--S^- ^- la>"=eolata, Wall. Cat. 4214. Salacia paniculkta. 

 Wall. Gat. i'iXi, impart. ' 



Western Pekihsdla ; from the Concan southwards, Wight, &c. ? Assam and 



t OiLHET, YrQiitiUjth, 



A clmbing shrub. Leaves 3-5 by l|-2 in., ovate-elliptic, acute or subacuminate, 

 entire, conaceous, glabrous. PeiaZs A, m. , very shortly clawed, linear-oblong, gla- 

 brous. ^««Aers subsessile. iJwJ glabrous. i?raj« 3 by | in., linear-oblong, emarlinlte. 



Vae Leaves 4 in. lanceolate-acuminate, Howers in slender divaricating ptnicles 

 twice the length of the leaves, fruit 2| in. narrowly elUptic— Assam, Gnffith. 



1 ^- ■,"■ J?,^*"*' '^^<}- ^P- PI- i- 193 ; leaves li-2i by f-U in , cymes very 

 lender dichotomous shorter than the leaves, calyx-lobes trian^lar entire, 

 fruit l-li in. DG. Prodr. i. 568 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 165 ; Gor. PI ii t 130 ' 



