XXXIX. CELASTRINE^. 
451 
Celastrus.] 
Ovary not immersed 2- to 4-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; style 
short. Stigma 3-lobed. Capsule sub-globose or ovoid, valves 3, 
Seeds 1- to 6-arillate. Species about 20, tropical Asia, Australia, 
China, Japan, N. America. 
Leaves membranous ; flowers in terminal panicles . (r) C. paniculata 
Leaves coriaceous; flowers in axillary racemes . . (2) C. malayensis 
(1) C. paniculata Willd. Sfi. PI. i. 1125; Lawson , in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 617. 
Scandent shrub. Branches slender. Leaves oval to elliptic 
acuminate, base shortty cuneate serrate, membranous 2*5 to 5 in. 
long, i*6 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles terminal 3 in, 
long, 2 in. wide pyramidal. Flowers -i in. wide, greenish yellow. 
Sepals orbicular. Petals obovate-oblong. Fruit 3-celled, 3- to 
6-seeded. Seed '13 in. long ovoid. Hab . Not common, usually in 
open country. Pahang, Kota Tongkat (Evans). Distrib. India, 
and Malay islands. 
(2) C. malayensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 11. 
C. Championii King, l.c. 353, not of Bentham. 
Glabrous woody climber 40 to 50 ft. long. Branches black. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic to ovate acute or acuminate, serrate or 
nearly entire, base shortly cuneate ; nerves 5 or 6 pairs prominent, 
3'5 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 17 in. wide; petioles -2 to *25 in. long. 
Racemes several from one axil 2 in. long. Flowers *1 in. across, 
white. Calyx obscurely lobed. Petals very small oblong. Fruits 
on pedicels *2 in. long, 3-valved orange, valves ovoid *3 in. long 
and as wide. Seed 1 aril red. Hab. In hilly country in forests. 
Pahang, Sungei Jelai (Machado); Telom. Perak, Gunong Batu 
Putih (Wray); Maxwell’s Hill. Penang Hill, Penara Bukit (Curtis). 
Patani, Tomoh (Machado). Kedah, Alor Sta. Native names: 
Gurugun; Akar Serapoh. 
6. GYMNOSPORIA, Wight. 
Shrubs or treelets often spiny. Leaves alternate. Flowers in 
small dichotomous cymes. Calyx 4- to 5-cleft. Petals 4 or 5. 
Stamens 4 or 5 insert beneath a broad flat disc. Ovary confluent 
with disc 2- or 3-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; style short 2- or 
3-lobed. Capsule ovoid. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, aril more or 
less covering the seed. Species 55. Dry warm regions. Old World. 
(1) G. Curtisii King , l.c. 353. 
Scandent shrub glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-elliptic 
sub-acute crenate, base narrowed; nerves 10 to 15 pairs faint, 
4 to 6 in. long, 2*25 to 3 in. wide; petioles '4 to -5 in. long. Cymes 
•5 to 7 in. long, fascicled on the ends of nude branches. Flowers 
*15 in. long; pedicels much longer. Sepals 5 semi-orbicular. 
Petals 5 oblong blunt. Stamens 5 shorter. Disc entire. Fruit 
ovoid 3-angled, 3-valved. Hab. Lankawi (Curtis). 
