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XXXIV. CELASTRACEiE 



[Lophopctahiii 



ovate, blade 3-6, petiole 1-1^ in. Fl. creamy white, | in. across, in ample 

 terminal or axillary panicles, petals more or less papillose or crested on the 

 upper surface, disk papillose, not confluent with petals, ovary purple. Capsule 

 3 J in. long, nearly woody, seeds flat, cotyledons 1 x ^ in. 



Upper and Lower Burma in Eng or dry deciduous forest, on sandstone or alluvium. 

 PL C. S., leafless H. S. Camhodia, Laos. " 5. L. celastroides, Lawson. Rangoon, Maul- 

 mein. Supposed to differ by smaller leaveb. 6. L. filiforme, Lawson. Mergui. Brandies 

 blender, 1. elliptic-oblong, long-acuminate, blade 3 x IJ, petiole I in Branclieb of 

 cymes filiform, petals not crested. 



6. CELASTRUS, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 617. 



Scandent shrubs. L. alternate, serrate. M. polygamous in panicled cymes. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, petals 5, disk broad concave. Stamens 5 on the edge of disk. 

 Ovary 2~4-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, stigma 3-lobed. Capsule l--3-valved, 

 seeds enclosed in a fleshy, coloured arillus, albumen copious. 



A. Branches lenticelled. 



1. C. paniculata, Willd. ; Wight 111. t. 72; Ic. t. 158. Vern. Malkayni, 

 Hind. ; Kakimdan, Oudh ; Kiijrl, Kol, South. ; Kangondi, Kan. ; Myinkavk- 

 hnayaung, Burm. ; THna, Chindwin. 



A large climbing bhrub, deciduous (Smales), wood yellowish, med, rays 



Fia. 74. — Celastrus paniculata, Willd. FL, fr. J. 



broad. L. serrate, acuminate, blade 2|"5, petiole l-} in. M. I in. diam., 

 green, in large terminal drooping panicles. Stigma 34obed. Capsule 3- 

 valved, seeds 3-6, completely enclosed in a red arillus. 



Subhimalajfan tract from the Jhelam eastward, ascending to 6,000 ft., Central 

 India, "Western Peninsula, Pegu, Upper Burma. Fl. Mar.- July. Fr. C. S. 2. C. stylosa, 

 Wall. Nepal, Sikkim 6-^,000 ft., Khasi hills. A large climbing shrub, cymes short, 

 axillary, or forming short terminal racemes. FL J-J in. 



