158 CELASTRINE^. [Celistbus. 



E. Hamiltonianus, Wall, in Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii, 403; Boyle 111.167 ; 

 Brand, For. Fl. 78, t. xvi ; F. B. I i, 612 ; Watt E. D. E. atropurpureus, 

 Boxh^ Fl. Ind. i, 627 (nan Jacq.) 



A shrub or small tree with terete glabrous green branches. Leaves 

 2-6in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, glabrous, 

 membranous ; petioles |-i in. long. Flowers greenish- white, in dichotom- 

 ous cymes ; bracts minute, deciduous. Petals oblong, obtuse. Capsule 

 4-lobed, not winged, yellow. 



Dehra Dun (Wallich, Eoyle). Distbib. : Temperate Himalaya, from 

 Kashmir to Knmaon, up to 9,000 ft. ; also on the Khasia Hills. Flowers 

 March-May. The white close-grained wood is used for making spoons, 

 and the branches are lopped for fodder. 



2. CELASTRUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 617. 



Erect or climbing shrubs, or small trees, often spinous. Leaves 

 alternate ; stipules minute, deciduous or 0. Flotcers in terminal or 

 axillary panicles or racemes, or dichotomousJy cyiuose, sometimes poly- 

 gamous. Calyx 4-5*clef t. Petals 4-5, spreading. Dish flat or cup- 

 shaped Stamens 5, inserted upon or under the margin of the disk. 

 Ovary 2-4-celled ; style short, 2-3-lobed ; ovules 2 in each ceil. 

 Capsule globose or obovoid, 1-3-celled. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, com- 

 pletely or partially inclosed in an aril ; albumen fleshy; cotyledons 

 foliaceous. — Species about 87, distribute<i over the hotter parts o£ the 

 world. 



Unarmed climbing shrubs, flowers in terminal 

 or axillary panicles or racemes, stamens 

 inserted on the margin of the disk. 



Flowers in long terminal pendulous 

 panicles, style not lobed . . . 1. C. paniculata. 



Flowers in short axillary or terminal 

 racemes, style 3-lobed . . . . 2. C. stylosa. 



Erect spinous shrubs, flowers in axillary cymes, 

 stamens inserted beneath the margin of the 

 disk. 



Capsule turbinate, 3-cornered . . . 3. 0. spinosus. 

 Capsule globose . . . . . 4. C senegalensis. 



C. paniculata, Willd. 8p. PI. i, 1125 ; Boxh. Fl. Ind. i, 621 ; W. ^ A. 

 Prod. 15S ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 47; Brand. For. Fl. 82 ; F. B. I. i, 616 ; 

 Watt E.D. C. multifiora, Boxh. I c. 622. G. nutans, Boxh, I.e. €23s 

 Boyle III. 167. Vern. Mdlkdngni, mdlhdkni (Oudh). 

 A large unarmed climber with pendulous branches. Leaves 24-5 in. long, 



ovate or obovate, acuminate, crenate, membranous, glabrous. Floivers 



