628 XLi. CELASTRiNEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) [Salacia. 



Tekasseetm, at Mergui, Griffith. 



A scandent ? shrub, with veiy light-coloured bratiohes and leaves. Leaves 6-9 by 

 2|-4in., elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, margins slightly recurved, membranous or sub- 

 coriaceous. Petals I in., orbicular. Ovules about 8 in each cell. Fruit ?— Eesemblmg 

 S. flavescens, but readily distinguished by its numerous flowers and long slender 

 pedicels. 



15. S. verrucosa, Wight Ml. i. 134; whole plant drying nearly black, 

 branches covered with minute rough warts, pedicels slender ^1 in. S. 

 memecyloides, Wall. Cat. 4218. 



Tenasseeim, at Moulmein and Mergui, Griffth, t&c. — Distkib. Philippine Islands. 



A shrub. Leaves 3^-6 by 1^-2^ in., elliptic-oblong or broadly lanceolate, obtnse at 

 the apex or with a short obtuse acumen, entire or faintly serrate, very coriaceous. 

 Flowers from chiefly extra^axillary tnbercles. Calyx-lobes fringed with rust-coloured 

 hairs. Petals J in., oblong-ovate, obtuse. Omtles 2 in each cell. Fruit | in. diam., 

 subglobose, smooth, blaqk. 



16. S. macrosperma, Wight Ic. t. 962 ; whole plant drying nearly 

 black, branches without warts, pedicels stoutish usually under \ in. 



Westebn PEKrNSDtA, from the Concan southwards. 



A diffuse rambling shrub. Leaves 34-5 by 14-2J in., oblong-elliptic, shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, entire, very coriaceous. Flowers chiefly from extra-axillary 

 tubercles. Calyx-lobes fringed with rust-coloured hairs. Petals rather smaller than in 

 S. verrucosa, ovate, obtuse from a broad base. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit I-I4 in. 

 diam., globose, rugulose, black. — ^^'ight says that the calyx-lobes are not fringed in 

 this species, but in some of his own specimens they are distinctly ciliated. Tery 

 closely indeed allied to S. verriCtosa. 



*** Peduncles under i in. 3-flowered. 



17. S. oblon^a, WaU. Cat. 4226; W. & A. Prodr. 106; Wight III. t. 

 47 B ; Thwaites Enum. 53 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 33 : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 Anal. Gen. Ixvii. t. x. iv. S. oppositifolia, Hoitl.; Wight Ic. t. 97. S. pomi- 

 fera, Wall. Cat. 4227, not W. & A. 



Westeeh PEHiNsniiA ; from the Coijcan southwards. Ceyloh, in the hotter parts of 

 the island. 



A small glabrous tree or shrub. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in., elliptic-oblong, rounded at 

 the apex or with a very short obtuse acumen, slightly serrate, subeoriaceous, turning 

 yellow when dry. Flowers sometimes sessile in the axils of the leaves owing to the 

 extreme shortness of the common peduncle. Calyx-lobes rounded, glabrous, entire. 

 Petals about J in., broadly elliptic, serrate. Ovules 4 in each cell. Fruit 2-2 J in. diam., 

 tuberculate, light-brown. Seeds about 8. • 



**** Flowers in branching cymes. 



18. S. fruticosa, Heyne in WaU. Cat. 4223 (under Tonsella) ; flowers 

 in dichotomously branched cymes | in. 



Western Peninsula ; Canara, Merb. Hohenacher, Kurz, Bottler. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 34 by 14 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, or shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, serrate, chartaceous. Petals j\ in. diam., orbicular, with a white 

 border. Fruit f — Closely allied to S. Jloribunda, of which it may be a variety. 



19. S> Griffitbii, Laws. ; flowers in divaricating cymes 4 in. long. 

 Habitat unknown. — Herb. Griffith. 



Leaves 3-5 by lJ-2 in., oblong -elliptic, shortly acuminate, crenate-serrate, sub- 

 coriaceous. PetaU ovate-oblong, obtuse. Ovules 2, superposed. Fruit I 



