92 



29. CELASTRACEiE. 



[H?'ppocra(ea * 



tndinal veins. Wood reddish-white, durable. Pores small, very numer- 

 ous between the many fine medullary rays. No distinct anunal rings, 

 but there are numerous narrow concentric indistinct rings of white tissue. 

 Weighs about 45 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



8. HIPPOCRATEA, Linn. 



Climbing shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, entir-e or serrate ; 

 stipules small^ caducous. Flowers cymose, bisexual. Calyx 5-divid- 

 ed. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 8, recurved, lying in the grooves 

 of the ovary. Disk conical or cupular. Ovary 3-celled, surrounded 

 by the disk ; ovules 2 — 10 in each cell, in 2 series, inserted on the inner 

 angle ; style very short j stigmas 1 — 8. Fruit of 3 flattened carpels, 

 distinct^ 2-valved. Seeds compressed; winged below, exalbaminous. 



Flowers small, '25 in. across, in large cymes. 



Calyx-lobes entire. Petals flat, triangular, 



from a broad base. Fruit 1-5 in. long ... 1. H. oMusifolia* 



Calyx-lobes sharply crenate. Petals cucculate, 



shortly clawed. Fruit 3 in. long 2. H. GraTiami. 



Flowers minute, in short, much divided cymes ... 3. H. indica, 



1. H. obtusifolia, Koxb. PL Ind. 3. 166 ; PL Br. I. 1. 623 ; W. & A. 

 Prod. 104. Daushir, M, 



The Kanara plant agrees well with Plate 963 of Wight's Icones. 

 Eastern and Western Peninsulas, from Tcnnasserim and the Konkan 

 southwards. In the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kanara 

 ghats. Fl. C. S. Fruit ripe Apl.-May. 



2. H. Grahami, Wight Ic. t. 380 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 624 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 32. Yesti, M. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards on the ghats of the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, in evergreen forests. Fl. H. S. Fruit 

 ripe Nov. -Dec. 



3. H. indica, Willd. Sp. PI. 1. 193 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 624; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 32 ; Brandis For. Fl. 83. Kazurati, turruU, Vern, ; Kcmgna hally^ K. 



Southern India, Bengal, Behar, Burma, Ceylon and the Indian Archi- 

 pelagO; throughout the moist forests of the Konkan and N. Kanara. Fl. 

 C, S. Fr. Apl.-June. Stems very slender^ 



9. SALACIA, Linn. 



Climbing or straggling shrubs. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 

 Flowers small, usually fasciculate in the axils of the leaves ; rarely 

 terminal. Calyx 5-divided. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 3, rarely 

 2 or 4, continuous with the disk recurved. Ovary conical, immersed 

 in the disk, 3- celled ; ovules 2 or more in each cell ; ^style very short ; 



