Ilex] XXXIII. ILICIXE^ 157 



axillary or below the leaves, peduncles pubescent, stoiit, compressed, \-\; in» 

 DiTipe globobe, \ in. diam., stones 5. 



Teliri-Garliwal. Kiimaon, Nepal, Elha&i lulls,. Fl. May. A rariety witli the leaves 

 pubescent beiipatli, is called /. hfjpotricha, Loesener. Two Malayan species reported 

 from Mergni : 24. 1 macropliylla, Wall. L. elliptic-oblong, blade 4-6, petiole J in. Fl. in 

 dense pednnciilate umbels, peduncles often dicliotomous. 25. I. cymosB,, Blnme. L. 8-5 

 petiole i-^ in. Fl. m lax umbels, arranged in ample dicliotomous j^anicles. 



OunEE XXXIV. CELASTRACE^. G-en. PL i. 357. 



(Celasfrlnecv,) 



Loesener (Engler ii. Prantl iii. 5. p. 189, 222) adopts two orders^ 

 CelastraccfPy stamens 4-5, rarely 10, albumen as a rule fleshy, and Ilijyjpocra-- 

 tcacerv {Hlppocratea^ Salacia)^ stamens as a ru.le 3^ albumen wanting. 



Trees or shrubs. L. in the majority of species opposite, stipules minute,, 

 early deciduous, or none. Inflorescence generally cymose. Calyx small, 4-5- 

 cleft, imbricate. Petals 4-5, spreading, not clawed, imbricate. Stamens 3, 4 

 or 5, rarely 10, inserted on the disk and, if isomerous, alternating with petals. 

 Disk large, surrounding the base of the 3-~5-celled ovary or partially enclosing 

 it. EmlDiyo straight, radicle inferior, in a few cases lateral. 



In CeJasfrarece^ ab far as known, the wood, even of climbing species, has a normal 

 structure, tlie medullary rays are generally broad, and the vessels large. In Hippo- 

 crafea and t^aJa( la matters are different, and the wood of all Indian species of these two 

 genera, climbing as well as erect, merits careful study. The repeated concentric bands 

 of bast (phloem) are frequently interrupted and are often joined by radial bands, so 

 that on a transveise section numerous masses of xyleni appear separated by tangential 

 and radial bands of bast, similar to the structure mentioned under Securidaea. Several 

 American species of these two genera have been well described and figured in Schenck, 

 Anatomie der Lianen, 1893, p. 131, tab. vii. 



A. Fr. follicular or a dehiscent cax^sule. 

 L. opposite, heeds not winged. 



Petals free, disk flesliy, capsule 3-5-celled. 



Cymes axillary, ovules 2 in each cell . . ,1. ETT)NYMr&. 



Cymes mostly snpra-axiJIary, ovules solitary . 2. GLyi^roPKiALUM. 

 Petals connate at base, capsule 1-celled, 1-seeded . d, Microtkopis. 

 L. generally o})posite, seeds winged. 

 Seedb winged at tlie lower end, carpels distinct in fruit 4. Hippocratea. 

 Beeds Avinged at tlie upper end, capsule 3-valved , Kokoona (p. 161). 



Seeds winged nearly all round, capsule 3-valved . 5. LoPHoPETALrM. 

 L. alternate. 



L. serrate Fl. in panicled cymes, stamens on edge of 



disk 6, CELAsriirs. 



L. serrate. Fl. in dicliotomous cymes, stamens under 



the disk ^ , . . .7. G^MNObPORiA. 



L. entire S. Kuiirimia. 



B. Fr. indelii scent. 



Stamens 5, inserted under the edge of disk, 



A tree. Fl. in pendunculate dichotomous cymes . 9. ELiEODENnRON. 



A shrub. Fl. in small subsessile cymes . . . Pleurostyha (p. 1B5). 



A tree. Ovary half adnate to calyx tube . . . Hiphonodok (p. 16o). 



Stamens 3, inserted on the disk or apparently on the 



ovary 10. Salacta. 



1. EUONYMUS, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 607. 



Trees or shrubs, the Indian species mostly evergreen, wood white, even- 

 grained, vessels very small, medulL rays extremely fine. L. generally coriaceous, 

 opposite, stipules deciduous. Fl bisexual, in axillary cymes. Calyx fiat, 

 4:-6-cleft. Stamens alternating with petals, both inserted on a broad fleshy 



