160 CELASTUINEM, [EiiEoDENDBON. 



Anthers versatile. Stigma 3-loTDed. Cajpsule giobose or ovoid, black, 

 about the size of a small pea, 1-3-celled. Cells usually 1 -seeded. 

 Debra Dun (Gamble), Siwalik range, Merwara, Bundelkband. Distrib. : 

 Punjab, Parasnath in Bebar, and drier parts of C. & S. India ; also in 

 C. Africa, Malay Arcbipel. and Australia. C montana of Eoth has fewer 

 spines on the branches and larger and broader leaves. In typical C. 

 senegalensis the stems are robust and profusely armed and the leaves 

 are smaller and narrower. 



3. ELJEODENDRON, Jaoq. f. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 623. 



Small trees or shrubs with opposite or sub-opposite crenate or entire 

 leaves. Floners in axillary dichotomous eyiues, often polygamous. 

 Calico 5-cleft. Petals 5, spreading:- Disk thick. Stamens 5 ; 

 anthers nearly globose. Ov)ary immersed in the di&k, 2-celled, with 

 2 erect ovules in each cell, hruit a drupe ; stone 1-3-celled ; 

 ce^Z^r 1-rarely 2-seedt'd. /S'eei without an aril, albuminous. — Species 

 about 30, natives of S. Africa, Tropical Asia, America and Australia, 



E. glaucum. Vers, 8yn. i, 241 ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. i, 638 ; F. B. I. i, 623 ; 

 Watt E.D. E. Eoxburghii, JV. Sf A. Prod. 157 ;B. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 48 ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 82. E. paniculatum, W. ^ A, I c. Nerija dichotoma, Boxb. 

 I.e. 646 ; Boyle III. 167. Vern. Dhehri,jangela (Dehra Dun), chauH (Oudh) 

 mdmrif jamrassi Tiola'tnuka. (Bundelkand.) 



Usually a moderate sized tree, with numerous often reddish branches, 

 forming a close oval crown. Leaves 2-6 in. long, on petioles -^-l in 

 long, elliptic, ovate or oblong, acuminate, crenate or nearly entire, 

 subeoriaceous ; stipules small, deciduous. Peduncles longer than the 

 petiole, branches divaricate ; bracts small, caducous. Calyoj-lobes broad, 

 obtuse. Petals oblong, yellowish-brown edged with white. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals ; filam,ents recurved ; anthers roundish. Drupe 

 |-in. long, 1 -celled and 1-seeded, ovoid or obovoid, yellowish-green 

 when ripe, tipped with the persistent style. 



Dehra Dun and Saharanpur forests, Oudh, Bundelkband. Disteib. : 

 Outer Himalaya up to 6,000 ft., Chota Nagpur, Cent. Prov. to S. India and 

 Ceylon ; also in the Malay Archipelago. The tree is leafless during April. 

 The flowers appear from February to June, and the fruit ripens about a 

 year afterwards. The root is said to be a specific against snake-bite, 

 and the bark and leaves are used medicinally. The handsome reddish- 

 coloured wood is much valued, as it works well and takes a fine polish. 



4. HIPPOCRATEA. Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 628. 



Small trees or scaudtnt shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled ; stipules 

 small, caducous. Flowers usually in axillary cymes, small, white 

 or greenish. Calyx small, 5-parteu. Petals o, spreading, much 

 larger than the caljx, imbricate or valvate. Stamens 3, recurved 



