Salacia,] XLi. CELASTBiNEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) 627 



warta. Leaves black when dry. FruU f—S. Finlayionii, Wall. Catj 4220, whicli ap- 

 pears to be nearly allied to this epeoies,- is not Indian; / 



' 8. S. Roxburg'hU, Wall. Cat. 4217 ; leaves 3-6 by i-2 in. oblong- 

 lanfleolate or elliptic-oblong caudate-acuminate entire, or ■very faintly 

 serrate, flowers 3-6 in each axil, pedicels under \ in. petals Jj in. roundly 

 obovate, fruit li-2 in. diam. smooth. W. & A. Proch-. 105 ; Diflz. ds Gibs. 

 SomH.Fl. 33. 1 S.c]imtnsis, Jy. ; DC. Fr'odr. 571. ?S. cochinchinensis, 

 Lour. DC. Prodr. i. 571. 3 Indeterminata, Wodl. Cat. 4291. Johnia sala ' 

 ■ ■ ■ s, Roxb. Ft. Ind. i. 168 ; DC. Prodr. i. 571. 



A soandent shrub. Branches pale-brown with wrinkled bark. 'Sepals glabrous, 

 entire. Fruit- globose, 2-3,seeded.— This ia the true S. JtoicbwgUi of Wall. Cat., 

 and seems to be confined to IheN.E. of India, so that the specimen in Syne's Herba- 

 rium alluded to by Wight & Arnott was probably not of his own gathering. 



'9. S. ovalis, Laws. ; leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in. elliptic-obtuse, or rounded 

 at both ends entire, flowers 3-6 in each axil, pedicels under i in. slender, 

 petals -^ in. ovate. 



Malacca, Maingay: - ' 



A soandent shrub with smooth black pruinose branches. Leaves subooriaceous, palle- 

 coloured. Fruits 



10. S. rubra, Laws. ; leaves 2-3 by 1-lJ in. elliptic-lanceolate pointed 

 at both ends entire, fruit I5 in. diam. rugose bright red. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A soandent? shrub with coarse pale-coloured branches. Flowers f Fruit 2-seeded. 



11. S. reticulata, Wight III. i. 134; leaves 2|-4 by l-2i in. eUiptic or 

 subovate rounded at the apex or with a short obtuse point very faintly 

 serrate or entire shining above finely reticulated beneath, flowers 6 in 

 each axil, pedicels under ^ in., petals ovate acute J in., fruit 2 in. diam. 

 tuberculate. Thwaites Enwm. 63. 



Westeeh Pehinsula ; Quilon, Wight; Ceylos, ascending, to 3000 ft. 



A soandent shrub with blackish branches. /Se^flsZs glabrous, entire. 



Vae. didndra, Thwaites Enum, 53 (sp.) ; leaves smaller, less coriaceous ; stamens 2. 



c. Leaves memhranows. 



12. S. membranacea, Laws. ; leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in. elliptic entire. 



Sikkim, Rerb. Griffith; Khasia, 2-3000 ft., R.f. & T. 



A scandent shrub with slender stems and branches. Branches completely covered 

 with minute pale-coloured warts. Leaves flat,^shining, and very finely retjculated on 

 both sides. Flowers f Fruit 1 J in. diam., green. Seeds yellow in a subfleshy pulp. — 

 Apparently intermediate between S. Boxhurghii and S.viminea, but approaching the 

 lattermost closely." 



13. S. ? vlminea. Wall. Cat. .7267; leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in, elliptic- 

 lanceolate obtusely subacuminate crenate. 



MEKapi, Griffith ; Moulraein, Griffith ; Tenasserim and Andaman, Heifer. 



A scandent ..shrub ? with exceedingly slender branches, icowes shining above, 

 finely reticulated beneath. Flowers 1-3 together, axillaryor extra-axillary, flat, mem- 

 branous or Bubmembranous. Pedicels xT~k ™-i ^^T slender. Fruit ? 



** Flowers very numerous from an axillary or extra-axiUary tubercle. 



14. S. multiflora, Wight III. i. 134; whole plant pale-coloured, pediceb 

 1 ia. very slender. , 



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