XXXIX. CELASTRINE/E. 
Hippo cratea.] 
455 
(1) H. ferruginea King, l.c. 357. Salacia Griffithii Lawson, 
in Hook, fil. F.B.I. i. 628; King, l.c. 364. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong sub-acute, base rounded or 
sub-acute crenulate; nerves 5 pairs, 3*25 to 5-5 in. long, 2 to 2*25 
in. wide; petioles *3 to -4 in. long. Panicles axillary 3 to 5 in. 
long, spreading lax, ferruginous pubescent. Flowers '2 in. across, 
greenish brown. Sepals round rusty-tomentose outside. Disc 
large, edge wavy thick. Ovary sub-globose, 3-lobed. Rare in 
forests. Penang, Western Hill (Curtis). Dislrib. Koh Samui, 
Peninsula, Siam. 
(2) H. macrantha ICorth. Verb. Nat . Gesch. 187, t. 39, not of 
King. H. Cumingii Laivson l.c. i. 624. 
Stem brown smooth. Leaves coriaceous elliptic acuminate or 
blunt entire, light green, base rounded or shortly narrowed; nerves 
about 7 pairs, reticulations large conspicuous beneath, 5 in. long, 
3 in. wide; petioles :i in. long. Panicles 2 in. long; branches 
many stout. Flowers ’45 in. across yellow star-like; pedicels '2 in. 
long glabrous. Calyx short blunt-lobed. Petals lanceolate coriaceous 
pubescent outside, hairy on the upper part inside. Disc large hairy 
outside, 5-lobed. Capsule elliptic of 2 flat boat-like carpels thin, 
woody 2-8 in. long, and each -6 in. wide, lanceolate narrowed to 
tip. Seed 175 in. long, flat sub-spathulate. Hab. River-banks, not 
rare. Singapore, Sungei Pandan; Selitar, Johor, Tebrau River; 
Kota Tinggi. Muar, Sungei Pauh (Fox). Pahang, Sungei Chenei 
(Fox). Distrib. Borneo to Philippines. Native names: Akar 
Bintang ; Gambir Ayer. 
(3) H. nigricaulis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 20. 
H. macrantha King, l.c. 357 (not of Korthals). 
Slender climber 10 to 30 ft. long. Bark black, wrinkled. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic shining bright green, blunt, base round, crenulate; 
nerves 6 pairs, elevate beneath, 2 to 5 in. long, 1*3 to 275 in. wide; 
petioles *i in. long. Panicles 1 in. long red-puberulous. Flowers 
*3 in. across pale yellow. Calyx cupular teeth broad, shallow. 
Petals lanceolate glabrous minutely puberulous outside. Disc 
deep, fleshy, glabrous except for some minute hairs on the upper 
part. Fruit (carpels 2) elliptic oblong, 3-2 in. long, 75 in. wide, 
thin woody striate. Seed 2^25 in. long. Hab. Low open jungle. 
Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Rawang, camphor forest. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill, below the 
Crag Hotel (Burkill). Distrib. Chittagong, Burma. 
(4) H. indica Willd. Sp. PI. i. 193; King, l.c. 359. 
A large climber. Leaves membranous elliptic acuminate minutely 
crenulate, blunt at both ends to lanceolate; nerves slender 6 pairs, 
2*25 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles 
1 to 3 in. wide. Flowers numerous very small white *05 in. across. 
Calyx lobes triangular hairy. Petals oblong obtuse. Carpels 2 
oblong blunt striate 2 in. long. Seeds 2 in each. Hab. Open 
