EuoNYMUs.] CELASTRINEJE. 157 



at the "base in "both sexes. Stamens equalling the petals, inserted on 

 the corolla in both sexes ; filaments dilated at the base. Bruipe glo'bose 

 •with 5 trigonons stones ; stigma 4-5 lobed. 



Siwalik range (Brandis). Distbib.: Sub-tropical Himalaya from Jaun- 

 sar and Tehri-Garhwal to Bhutan (exclusive of Sikkim), up to 6,000 

 ft. ; also on the Khasia hills. 



XXXV.-CELASTRINEiB. 



Teees or shrubs, erect or climbing. Branches sometimes spines- 

 cent. Leaves opposite or alternate, usually coriaceous, simple, 

 petioled, rarely subsessile ; stipules caducous or 0. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite or polygamous, usually cymose. Calyx small, 4-5-lobed, 

 imbricate, persistent. Petals 4-5, rarely 0, inserted below the disk 

 or continuous with its margin, imbricate or valvate. Stamens 3'5, 

 rarely 2 or more than 5 ; filaments subulate or flattened. Disk 

 nsnally conspicuous, rarely 0. Ovary sessile, 3.5-celled ; style short 

 or ; stigma triangular, rarely 3-partite ; ovules usually 2 in each 

 cell. Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent. Seed usually avillate, some- 

 times winged ; albumen fleshy or 0. — Species about 400, distributed 

 over the temperate and tropical parts of the world. 



Fruit a 2-5-celled capsule, stamens 4-5 ; seeds 

 arillate, albuminous. 

 Leaves opposite, capsule lobed . . .1. Eugnymus. 

 Leaves alternate, capsule not-lobed . . 2. Cel^steus. 

 Fruit a drupe, stamens 5 ; seeds without an 



aril, albuminous 3. El^odendron. 



Fruit of 1-3 dry 2-valved compressed carpels, 

 stamens 3 ; seeds winged, exalbuminous , 4. Hippoceatea. 



1. EUONYMUS. Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 607. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely scandent, glabrous. Leaves petioled ; 

 stipules caducous. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5, imbricate. 

 Stamens 4-5. inserted with the petals en the broad fleshy 4-5-lobed 

 disk. Ovary sunk in the disk, 3-5-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Capsule 3-5-celled, lobed, angled or winged, coriaceous ; cells 1-2- 

 seeded, loculicidal. Seeds enclosed in an aril, albuminous. — Species 

 about 60, found in temperate regions and in mountainous parts of 

 the tropics. 



