Salacia] XXXIV. CELASTEACE.E 1(>7 



Heyiie. Weteteni Gliats from Soutli Kanara soutliwanlb. Climbing. L. entire, long- 

 acummate, blade 3-4, petiole |-^ in. Fl. I in. Ovary half enclosed intlie disk, anther 

 cellb oblique. 15. S. floriMnda, AViglit (>S'. longifolla, Kurz P. Fl. i. 258). Assam, 

 Ivliasi bills, Mergni. Branclilets frequently cireinate at the babe. L. elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate, blade 3-0, i}etiole \-h in. Fl. I in. across, C3ane& as long as or 

 longer than petiole, peduncles |-J in., disk witli a free low er margin, slightly raised, 

 stigma sessile. Fr. 1 in. diam. 'lb. S. GrifatMi, Lawson, habitat unknown. Cymes 

 dichotomous, lax, 2 in. across, on long peduncles. Fl. J in., anther^ sessile on the dibk 

 which nearly envelopes the ovarj', style long. 



Oedbe XXXV. RHAMNACEtE. Gen. PL i. 371. 



{liliamnece,) 



Trees or shrubs, not rarely climbiugj often armed witli spinescent branches 

 or stipular spines. L. simple, alternate or opposite. Fl. small, green or 

 yellow, often unisexual. Iniiorescence general!}^ cyniose. Calyx 4-5 cleft, 

 lobes triangular, valvate in bud. Petals inserted at the moutli of calyx- 

 tube, or on the edge of the disk. Stamens opposite the petals and often 

 enclosed by them. Disk lining or filling the calyx-tube. Ovary free, or more 

 or less adhering to calyx-tube, 2- or 3-, rarely 4-celled, 1 erect ovule in each 

 cell. Seeds 1-3 



Structure of wood, even in the climbing species, normal as far as known. 



A. Fr. dry, winged, 1-seeded, indehiscent . . . .1. Yeniila(«o. 



B. Fr. a berry, sec. nerves numerous, parallel . . .2. Blr( hkmia. 



C. Fr. a drupe, with a 1-3-celled stone, 3-5 basal nerveb . B. Ziz\i'nus. 



D. Fr. a drupe with 2-4, mostly 3, distinct kernels 



(pyrenes), supported by the persistent but not 



enlarged calyx tube. 



L. mostly alternate, disk thin, lining calyx tube . 4. EiiAMNrs. 

 L. mostly opposite, disk fleshy, filling calyx tube . 5. SACcRnii \. 



E. Fr. indehi scent, nearly dry, 2-4-celled, 2-4-seeded. 



Armed. L. coriaceous, often opposite . . .6. Soutia. 

 Unarmed. L. membranoxis, alternate, ramifications 

 of inflorescence fleshy in fiaiit ..... Hovenia (p. 174). 



F. Fr. dehiscent, pericarp generally coriaceous. 



Fr. superior, base supported by the persistent calyx 



tube 7. OOLI BEIJNA. 



Fr. flat, low^er part enclosed in persistent calyx tube. Smyiiiea (p. 175). 

 Fr. inferior, crowned by the persistent calyx limb. 



Fr. 8-winged or 3-angled. Fl. racemose. - . 8. C4uuania. 



Fr. obovoid-globose, not winged. Fl. umbellate Hklinus (p. 175). 



1. VENTILAGO, Gaertn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 1)30. 



Shrubs or trees, unarmed, generally climbing. L. alternate. Fl. small, 

 pentamerons, bisexual, fasciculate, fascicles axillary or in terminal panicles^ 

 calyx cup-shaped, lobes deciduous, keeled inside, petals enveloping the stamens, 

 hooded or spathnlate. Ovary 2-celled, styles 2. Fr. a subglobose indehiscent 

 nut, seated on or partly enclosed by the persistent calyx tube, and prolonged 

 into a linear coriaceous wing. Seed 1, cotyledons thick, fleshy, radicle inferior 

 short, albumen 0. 



1. V. madraspatana, Gaertn. ; Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 76 ; Wight Ic. t. 1G3 ; 

 Brandis F. Fl. 96. Yern. Kali hel, Dun ; Bonga-mrjom, K.0I ; Papri, Surabi^ 

 Tel. ; Popli^ Kan. 



A powerful climber, tendrils woody, branchlets, petioles and you.nger leaves 



