164 XXXIV. CELASTRACE^ [Gymnosporia 



C. Unarmed. Western species. 



10. G. ovata, Wall. Hilgiris, Malabar, Paliii hills. L. 2-3 in., cymes mncb. branclied, 

 axillary and terminal, 1 in. long. Fl. ^ in. across. Capsules J in. diam. Specimens 

 collected by Sir Henry Collett on the southern Shan hills have been referred to this 

 species. 11. G. RotMana, W. et A., Konkan and North Kanara. A small tree. L. 

 obovate, narrowed into petiole 3 in. long. Cymes dense, nearly sessile, mostly below the 

 leaves. Fr. obovoid, J-f in. long. According to Dr. Ritchie this species is sometimes 

 armed. 12. G. pul)ertila, Lawson, Konkan. Inflorescence and underside of leaves slightly 

 pubescent. L. membranous, obovate, acute, 2-3 in. long, narrowed into short petiole. 

 Cymes lax, few-fid., peduncles and pedicels filiform. 



D. Unarmed. Eastern species. 



13. G. acuminata, Hook. f. 



A large shrub or small tree. L. lanceolate, crenate-serrate, 3-7 in., narrowed 



into the short petiole. Cymes solitary or fascicled, axillary or on short lateral 



tubercles, peduncles and pedicels filiform. Capsule J in. long, mostly 2-valved, 



2-seeded, the lower half of seed enclosed in a laciniate arillus. 



Sikkim 4-7,000, Assam, Bhutan, Khasi hills, Upper Burma. Fl. April-June. 

 14. G. neglecta, Lawson. Khasi hills. A shrub. L. elliptic, serrate, blade 4-6, petiole 

 J-J in. Fr. globose, J in. long, 3-valved, seeds 1-3. 15. G. oblanceolata, Lawson. 

 Irawadi above Bhamo. L. oblanceolate, serrate in the upper half, 3-4 x i in., tapering 

 into the short petiole. Sec. n. 5-6 pair very oblique. 16. G. salicifolia, Lawson. Assam. 

 L. narrowly lanceolate, serrate, 3-4 x J in. Sec. n. faint. 



a KURRIMIA, Wall. ; M. Brit. Lid. i. 621. 



Grlabrous trees. L. alternate, coriaceous, entire, congregated towards the 

 ends of branches. Calyx b-fid, petals 5, spreading or recurved, stamens in- 

 serted with petals under the margin of the disk. Ovary 2~celled, ovules 2 

 from the base of each cell. Capsule dehiscing by 2 valves, l~2-seeded. 

 Seeds more or less covered by a fleshy arillus, embiyo oblong, albumen 

 fleshy. Species 7-8, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. K. pulcherrima, Wall. — Syn. K, rohtista, Kurz. Vern. GicedauJCj 

 Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, quite glabrous. L. oblong-lanceolate, blade 4-6, 

 petiole |-1 in. Sec. n. prominent beneath, about 12 pair. Fl. in slender 

 axillary, often fascicled racemes, shorter than leaves. Capsn.les ovoid-oblong, 

 1-1 1 in. long, seeds generally 2, shining, arillus bright yellow, afterwards 

 orange. 



Western Duars, Assam, Silhet, Oliittagong, Burma, Siam, Cochinchina, Tonkin. Fl. 

 April- Au-g. 2. K. Mpartita, Lawson. Shevagherry hills. A handsome tree, 1. thickly 

 coriaceous, shining, elliptic, sec. n. very conspicuous beneath. Capsule deeply 

 2-lobed, lobes oblong, 1-lJ in. long, 1-seeded, at length dehiscing. To this species 

 should be referred Trochimndra indiea, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 120. Anamalai hills, 3-6,000 

 ft., quoted by Lawson tinder K. pmiiculata, Wall., a Malayan species. 



9. EL.ffiODENDRON, Jacq. fil. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 62B. 

 (Included in Cassine^ Linn., b}^ Loesener in Engler u. Prantl iii. 5. 214.) 



Species about 30, tropical Asia, America and Australia. South Africa. 



1. E. glaucum, Pers.— Syn. E, Roxlmrgldi^ Wight 111. t. 71; Bedd. M. 

 Sylv. t. 148 ; Brandis E. M. 82, Vern. MoHndu^ Pb. ; Jamrabsi, Hind. ; 

 Dhehrij panktla^ Dun; Ohmcri^ Metkar^ Oxidh; Ifm, Kol; if^^oicW, South. ; 

 Tammj^ Aran^ Mar. ; JSferadi, Tel. ; MuJcarti, Kan. ; Karuvali^ Tarn. 



A deciduous tx^ee, middle-sized in dry localities, very large in moist 

 evergreen forests, v^ood whitish, close-grained. L. glabrous, generally 

 opposite, coriaceous, elliptic, crenate, stipules small, deciduous. Cymes 



