.1896,] G. King—Matmds for a Flora of the Ualaijan Peninsula. 353 
bi"Oad, concave. Stamem 5, inserted on the margin of the disc. Orart; 
not immeraed in tlie diac^ 2-4-celicd ; style short ; stigma 3-lobed, i^reiy 
3- fid with the senrments recurved ; ovulea 2 in each cell, erect. VapmU 
globose or obo void, 1-3-ceiled, J-G-seeded. iSecrf* enveloped in a fleshy 
ariJ, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons foliaceous,— Disthib. Species about 
20 ; natives of tropical Asia, China, Japan, Anstralia and North America. 
Celastrus Championi, Bentb, in Hook. Journ. Bot. for 1851, p. 334. 
A climber 40 to 50 feet long : branches slender, smooth, black when dry, 
LeavsB coriaceouB, elliptic, elliptic'oblong or Dvatej acnte or slioi^tly 
acuminate^ the base i-onnded or sub-cnueate, the edj^s minutely serrate 
or sub-entire, both Burfacea glabrous ; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, slightly 
prominent on the lower surface 5 length 3*5 to 4'6 in., braadth 1'8 to 2'5 
in., petiole *5 in. 'Racemes several fi*om one axil, ufinially shorter than the 
leaves. Frmis on pedicels as long as themselves, dehiscing, 3'Valved : 
the dehisced valves broadly ovoid, black externally, pale within, about 
•5 in. longj one-seeded. Benth. Flora Horigkongensis, 64, Catha Ben- 
thanth Gardn. and Cbamp. in Hook. Journ. Bot. for 1851, 310. 
PeMk : Wraj Koa. 175, 1031, 1096 : King^s Collector Xo. 6928 and 
6982 ; Scortechini No. 1428 ; Eidley No. 5237. 
7. Gymnosporia, W. & A. 
Shrubs or small trees, branches often spinoficcnt. heaves alternate, 
exstipulate. Flowers in small dicbotomons cymes. Oahjx 4-5-cleft. 
Petah 4-5, spreading. Stamem 4-5, inserted undemeath the disc. 
Disc broad, sinuate or lobed. Ovary attached by a broad base, or ini- 
msrsed in the disc, 2~3-celled ;*etylc short, 2-3-lobed ; ovnles 2 in each 
cpll, Oapsule obovoid or nearly globose. Seeds 1-2 in each oeH ; aril 
.completely or partially covering the seed» or 0, albumen fleshy? cotyle- 
dons faliaceouB, — ^DiSTBlB, Species 60 j natives of the hotter parts of the 
whole world, 
O-YMNOspoRiA CuRTTSii, King B. B^. A flcandent shmb; yonng 
branches rather stout, cinereous, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, ovate- 
elHptic, sub-acnte, the edges with distant shallow crenations, the base 
rather suddenly narrowed to the petiole ; both surfaces glabrous, the 
lower slightly paler when dry ; main nerves about 10 to 15 pairs, often 
forking below the middle^ faint ; length 4 to 6 in.^ breadth 2'25 to 3 
in,, petiole "4 to '5 in. Cymes about '5 to "7 in. long, few -flowered, 
fasciculate, often collected at the apex of extra -axillary naked branches 
1'5 to 2 in. long. Flowers 'lb in. in diam, ; their pedicels two or three 
times as long, glabrous. Sepah 5, scmi-orbicnilar, the edges with a few 
short thick cilia. Fetak 5, oblong, obtuse, mncJi longer than the sepals, 
Stamefis 5, shorter than the petals, the filaments inserted below the 
