Celasthus] CELASTBINEJE. 155) 



yellowish-green, 1- sexual, in elongated terminal compound pubescent 

 panicles ; bracts fimbriate. Calyx-lobes rounded, toothed. Petals entire. 

 Stamens inserted on the free margin of the disk ; anthers large. Style 

 acute, not lohed. Capsule glohose, bright yellow when ripe, generally 

 3-celled, 3-valved and 3-6-seeded. Seeds completely inclosed in a red aril. 



Common in Dehra Dun, on the Siwalik range and in other parts of the area. 

 DiSTKiB. : Subtropical Himalaya up to 4,000 ft. and in the hilly parts, 

 of India from the Punjab eastward, and south to Ceylon : also in the 

 Malay Archipelago and the Philippines. Flowers April-June. The 

 leaves and seeds are used medicinally, as also the oil extracted from the 



2. C. stylosa. Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 401 ; F, B. I. i, 618. 



A climbing unarmed shrub. Leaves 2^-4in. long, elliptic or ovate-oblong, 

 acute or sub-acuminate, serrate. Floivers in short axillary or terminal 

 racemose cymes. Petals oblong, with wavy margins. Style 3-lobed 

 Capsule yellow, 3-celled, 3-6-seeded, crowned by the persistent style. 



Dehra Dun. Distbib. : Sub-tropical Himalaya, from Nepal to Sikkim, 

 up to 6,000 ft. ; also on the Khasia hills. 



3.C. spinosa, Boyle El. 167; Brand. For. Fl. 80; Watt E.B. C. 

 Eoyleana, Wall. Gymnosporia Eoyleana, Laws, in F. B. I. i, €20. 



Vern. Gtvdla ddrim. 



A glabrous densely-branching shrub, armed with stiff straight axillary 

 spines. Leaves shortly stalked, f-l| long, broadly ovate or obovate, 

 crenate or nearly entire, coriaceous, dull greyish-green. Cymes axillary 

 subsessile, often fascicled on short dichotomous branches. Bracts and 

 cal-i/iK-lobes ciliate. Petals oblong, white or reddish with white margins. 

 /Stamens inserted under the edge of the disk ; anthers versatile. Disk 

 5-lobed, surrounding the base of the 3-celled ovary. Capsule ^in. long, 

 turbinate, 3-cornered and 3-celled. Seeds partially covered with an aril. 



Dehra Dun and Siwailk range, Bundelkhand (Brandis). Distbib. : Outer 

 W. Himalaya, from the Jumna to Kumaon, up to 4,000 ft., also in the 

 Punjab and extending into Afghanistan. The yellow close-grained wood 

 has been recommended as a substitute for boxwood for carving and 

 engraving. 



4 C senegalensis, Lamk. Encycl. i, 661 ; Brand. For. Fl. 81 ; Watt 



E*b7G.mo-at&.nu&, Both; Roach. Fl. Ind. i, 620 ;W. ^ A. Fred. 159; D. ^ Q. 



Bomh. Fl. 48. Gymnosporia montana, Benth. Fl. Austral i, 400 ; F. B. L. 



i, 62L 



A tall spinous shrub or small tree, with stiff branches forming a loose 

 crown, glabrous, glaucous or pale green ; spines straight, axillary, 1-2 

 in. long and often bearing leaves and flowers. Leaves obovate to linear- 

 spathulate, but very variable in form and size, entire or crenate. 

 coriaceous. Cymes axillary and shorter than the leaves, or on the 

 spines, rigid, divaricating. Flowers small, greenish-white, often sterile 

 Bracts, calt/ x-lobes and petals fimbriate. Disk broad, flat, 10-lobed 



