458 xxxix. celastrine-32. [Salacia. 
(6) S. grandiflora Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 300; Lawson, 
l.c. i. 626. S. longifolia Lawson, l.c. 
A large more or less sarmentose shrub with pale bark. Leaves 
coriaceous, deep shining green, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 
base narrowed or rounded; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 5 to 6 in. long, 
2*25 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Flowers glabrous pearly 
white '25 in. across, in groups of 3 to 6 or more on short axillary 
tubercles abundant; pedicels '2 in. long. Calyx cupular, lobes 
sub-orbicular. Petals orbicular to obovate. Disc convex glabrous. 
Stamens 3, filaments broad triangular from apex pf disc. Ovary 
immersed. Fruit globular or ovoid, 1 to i'25 in. wide, orange with 
sweet white pulpy seeds. Hab. Very common in woods and open 
country whole peninsula. Singapore to Penang. Distnb. Tenas- 
serim. Native names: Nasi Sejuk; Ampedal Ayam. 
This plant is very variable in the form of its leaf, and it varies from a 
distinctly scandent stout shrub to a small straggling tree. The large pearly 
