XXXIX. CELASTRINEiE. 
457 
Salacia.} 
pore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Durian Sabatang 
(Kunstler). Penang (Wallich), Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Peninsula, 
Siam. 
(2) S. campanuloidea King, l.c. 363. 
Woody climber 50 ft. long. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate to 
elliptic-oblong, crenulate bluntly cuspidate, narrowed to base; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs faint, 3 to 4-5 in. long, i'35 to 2 in. wide; petioles 
*3 to ‘4 in. long. Cymes few-flowered very short solitary. Flowers 
greenish yellow, campanulate *15 to *2 in. long. Pedicels as long or 
longer. Calyx lobes transversely oblong. Petals obovate-elliptic 
glaucous campanulate. Disc conical. Ovary immersed. Fruit 
sub-globose or pyriform 1-5 to 2 in. through, reddish yellow. Hab. 
Climbing on tree-trunks in forests, 800 ft. altitude. Perak, Goping 
and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
(3) S. perakensis King, l.c. 364. 
Climber. Leaves elliptic blunt acuminate; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, 
2 to 275 in. long, 1 to 1*35 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Cymes 
*3 to '45 in. across on peduncles ‘3 to 75 in. long, 5- to 8-flowered. 
Flowers '15 in. long; pedicels longer. Calyx of 5 round lobes. 
Petals erect oblong puberulous much longer. Disc cylindric. 
Anthers 3 sessile on disc. Ovary immersed. Hab. Perak (Scorte- 
chini). I have not seen this plant. 
(4) S. Korthalsiana Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iv. 152. 
S. Radula Hassk. Pl. Jav. 231, not of Don. 
Climbing shrub. Leaves coriaceous alternate, elliptic bluntly 
acuminate, base very shortly narrowed, edge undulate; nerves 
elevate beneath rather slender 7 pairs, 7 in. long, 275 in. wide; 
petioles thick *2 in. long. Cymes axillary with few dichotomous 
branches rather thick, 1*5 in. long, nearly 1 in. across. Flowers 
small in cymules of 3 or 4; pedicels *2 in. long. Calyx lobes 5 
round. Petals 5 oblong obtuse, fleshy, *1 in. long, yellow. Disc 
large cushion-shaped. Stamens 3 projecting from disc. Ovary 
immersed. Fruit ovoid blunt 75 in. long (dry). Seed globose, 
5 in. long. Hab. Very rare. Edges of woods. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah, west side at miles from town (Hullett). Distrib. Java. 
Young branches much lenticellate sometimes. Very distinct in its long 
panicled cymes. It has long ago disappeared from this one locality. 
(5) S. Scortechinii King, l.c. 364. 
Stout climber. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic sub-acute, 
base narrowed or rounded not reticulate below; nerves 6 to 8 
slightly prominent beneath, 6 to 10 in. long, 2’25 to 3-5 in. wide; 
petioles *6 to 75 in. long. Flowers 75 in. across, 10 to 12 on 
axillary tubercles. Pedicels -35 to ‘4 in. long. Calyx lobes reni- 
form. Petals orbicular. Disc convex. Stamen-filaments tri¬ 
angular. Ovary flat immersed. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Possibly 
only a form of S. grandiflora. 
