Elcpodcndron] XXXIV. CELASTRACE^ 1U5 



axillary, diciiotomoiis, lax, as lona; as or shorter than leaf, peduncle longer than 

 petiole, branches diyaricatinc;. EL 4-5-merous, dibk fleshy, angled. Stamens 

 inserted under the edge of the disk, filaments recurved, anther cells attached 

 to a broad connective, diverging at base. Drupe ovoid i in. long, yellowish- 

 green when ripe, endocarp criistaceous, l~2-ceiled, 1-2-seeded. 



Suhliimalayan tract and oiitfr vallevb, ahcending to 6,000 ft., Kavi to Sikkim, 

 Bandelkhand, Behar, Central province^. Peniiibula. El. Febr.-Jiine. 2. E. subrotujxdum, 

 King. Andaman^, Malay PoninMila. A small tree. L. entire, almost orbicular. 3?1. 

 always tetrameious, disk not lobed. 



Pleurostylia WigMii, AV. et A. : Wight Ic. t. 155 (Pairi^ Tel.). Western Ghats from 

 the Konkan soiithwardb. A bliriib or small tree, nied. rays extremely fine, combs made 

 of the wood. L. oppobite, oblanceolate, entire, 1-2 in. long, narrowed into short 

 petiole. El. bmall, in bmall bubsessile cymeh, axillary and below the leaves, calyx 

 4-lobed, petalb 5. Fr, coriaceous, indehiscent, J-^ in., seeds 1, rarely 2. 



Siplionodon celastrineus, Griff. ; Ivurz, P. Fl. i. 251 {MymiTc-ohMt, Burni.). Martaban, 

 eastern slopes of Pegu Yoma. An evergreen i^labrous tree, med. rays of two classes, 

 fine and very broad. L. alternate, elliptic-oblong, crenate-serrate, blade 4-7, petiole 

 J in. long. Fl. pentanierous, yellowish, l~\ in. across, axillary, solitary, or 2-4 on a 

 short thick peduncle, pedicels thick, \-\ in. Ovary half adnate to the calyx tube, 

 cells numerous, irregularly placed in dilferent planes, 1 ovule in each. Fr. a hard 

 fleshy berr3^ 1-1 J in. diam., a\ itli numeroub ^\ oody 1-seeded pyrenes. 



10. SALACIA, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 625. 



Scrambling or climbing shrubs, glabrous, branches sometimes circinately 

 twisted at the base. L. opposite, stipules 0. Fl. fascicled or cymose. Calyx 

 5-parted, petals 5. Stamens B, sometimes 4, inserted on the disk, often be- 

 tween its upper margin and the ovary, disk sometimes with a free lower 

 margin, upper margin free or appressed to the ovary, filaments flat, ultimately 

 recurved, anther cells obliqu.e or transvei^se, rarely parallel. Ovary conical, 

 more or less immersed in and confluent with the disk, mostly 3-gonous, 

 3-celled, ovules 3-8 on the inner angle of each cell, style undivided or 

 none. 



A. FL fasciculate on tubercles, ovary free, or not enveloped by the disk 

 more than half-way up. 



1. S. flavescens, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 2G0* 



A large climber. L. entire or seiTate, acuminate, blade 3-8, petiole f"| in. 

 FL \ in., pedicels slendei^, \-\ in., disk with a prominent free upper margin, 

 stamens inserted within it. Fr. lJ-2 in. 



Tenasserim. Fl. E. S. 



2. S. Smaliana, spec. n. Yern. Xicd-ngayi, Burm. 



An evei^green climber. L. entire, elliptic or obovate, obtuse, blade 5-9, 

 petiole I in. Fl. few, yellow, ^-| in., inodorous, pedicels thick, |-| in., upper 

 margin of disk conspicuous, lower margin undulating, stamens inserted be- 

 tween the trigonous ovary and the upper margin, anther cells distinct, style 

 long. 



On low ground and edges of swamps with Eugenia \ Gaungbyu forest, Upper Burma. 

 Fl. April. 3. S. multiflora, "Wight, Tenasserim, differs from 2 by acute leaves. FL 

 numerous, I in. across, on filiform pedicels J-~| in., disk annular, surrounding the ovary, 

 anther cells terminal, transverse. 



B. FL fasciculate on tubercles, ovary enveloped by the disk more than half- 

 way up, stamens appearing as if inserted on the ovary. 



(a) FL large. 



4. S. latifolia, Wall. ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 65 (1897), p. 366. 

 A scandent shrub. L. entire or nearly so, blade 3-6, petiole J-| in.' FL 



