XXXIX. celastrine^. 
445 
Microtropis.] 
7 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. wide; petioles *3 to ’4 in. long. Cymes 
axillary or extra-axillary on filiform peduncles 1-25 to 3 in. long, 
divaricate many-flowered. Flowers *3 in. across greenish yellow. 
Sepals reniform, puberulous. Petals much longer oblong blunt, 
puberulous connate at base. Stamens shorter than petals, attached 
at base to corolla-tube. Disc none. Fruit ovoid pointed *5 in. 
long. Hab. Forests low country up to 3000 ft. altitude. Selangor, 
Sungei Buloh. Dindings (Curtis). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih at 
3400 ft. altitude (Wray); Larut Hills, 2000 ft. altitude (Kunstler), 
Penang (Porter). Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). Distrib. Burma. 
(6) M. valida Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 19. 
Branches stout. Leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic acuminate 
shining acute, base cuneate, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs fine; nervules as large, reticulations conspicuous 
on both sides; petioles thick grooved *5 in. long. Cymes stout 
3 in. long; peduncles 1*5 in. long. Bracts ovate acute 'i in. long, 
3 to each flower. Flowers 3 clustered on the top of each cyme- 
branchlet, *4 in. across; branches *5 in. long; branchlets *2 in. 
long sessile. Sepals 4 imbricate rounded in 2 unequal pairs glabrous, 
edges thinner, inner ones the larger, coriaceous. Petals 4 connate 
below, short broad rounded. Stamens 4 broad inserted on 
the tube. Pistillode truncate. Hab. Perak, Hermitage Hill 
(Curtis). 
2 . EUONYMUS, L. 
Small trees or shrubs, glabrous. Leaves opposite. Calyx 4- or 
5-fid. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 4 or 5 inserted on the disc; anthers 
broad, 2-eelled. Disc large fleshy 4- or 5-lobed. Ovary sunk in 
disc 3- to 5-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; style short or o. Stigma 
3- to 5-lobed. Capsule pyriform 3- to 5-celled, 3- to 5-lobed or 
angled, coriaceous, cells 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds covered by a coloured 
aril. Species 80, tropical and sub-tropical Asia, Europe, and North 
America. 
Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3; petals fimbriate . . (1) E. javanicus 
Flowers in lax 10- to 20-flowered cymes; petals not 
fimbriate . . . . . . . . (2) E. Wrayi 
Flowers in lax cymes and -15 in. across; petals oblong 
toothed . , . . . , . . (3) E. rufulus 
(1) E javanicus Bl. Bijdr. 1146; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 607; Benn. 
PI. Jav. Rar. 13, t. 28; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixv. (2), 339. 
Glabrous shrub, from 6 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
oblong-lanceolate to elliptic oblong, base connate; nerves 5 to 6 
pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles *3 to *5 in. long. 
Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3, or in 2- or 3-flowered cymes. Peduncles 
*5 in. long, ‘5 in. across. Sepals 5 round. Petals oblong fimbriate 
greenish white. Stamens 5; ovary conic. Fruit pyriform deep 
