XXXIX. CELASTRINE2E. 
Salacia.] 
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flowers and brilliant fruit are well-marked points of difference from any 
other species. 
(7) S. latifolia Wall. Cat. 4222. 
Climber. Leaves coriaceous elliptic or rounded blunt, edge 
undulate base, rounded or shortly cuneate; nerves 4 to 8 pairs 
slightly prominent beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; 
petioles *5 in. long. Flowers - 4 in. across in fascicles of 6 or 8 from 
axillary tubercles; pedicels slender '5 in. long. Calyx lobes rounded 
reniform. Petals much larger, obovate blunt. Stamens, fila¬ 
ments flat long. Fruit globose 1 in. through. Seeds 75 in. long. 
Hab. Singapore (Wallich), Johor, Sedenah. Dindings, Tanjong 
Hantu; Pangkor (Scortechini). Dislrib. Andamans, Nicobars, 
Tenasserim. 
Perhaps only a form of S. prinoides. 
(8) S. prinoides DC. Prodr. i. 571; Lawson, l.c. i. 626; King, 
l.c. 366. 
Climbing shrub or bush. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, pale 
beneath or not, elliptic-oblong cuspidate, edges crenulate waved or 
entire, base cuneate; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 175 to 3*5 in. long, 1 to 
1*5 in. wide; petioles ’15 to *25 in. long. Flowers *25 in. across 
brown, 3 to 6 or more on small tubercles in the axils; pedicels 
slender *25 to *35 in. long. Calyx lobes rounded. Petals cordate 
obtuse, base clawed. Disc convex. Stamens 3. Fruit ovoid- 
globular *5 in. long, i-celled, i-seeded. Hab. Borders of woods. 
Singapore, Bukit Timah Road. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Scorte¬ 
chini). Dislrib. Indo-Malaya. 
var. macrophylla King. S. macrophylla Bl. Bijdr. 221. 
Leaves broad elliptic acuminate narrowed at base, 4 to 5 in. 
long, 175 to 275 in. wide. Hab. Perak, Larut, open jungle 
(Kunstler, Wray). 
(9) S. verrucosa Wight, III. i. 134; Lawson, l.c. i. 628. 
S. polyantha Korih. Flora xxxi. 379; King, l.c. 367. 
Scandent shrub. Branches minutely warted. Leaves thin 
coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base cuneate, edge 
obscurely serrulate; nerves 7 pairs, 3*5 to 4*5 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles *35 in. long. Flowers -15 in. wdde greenish yellow, 
numerous on axillary tubercles. Calyx lobes short blunt. Petals 
broad elliptic blunt. Disc very convex. Stamens 3; filaments 
flat. Hab. Open jungle. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Dislrib. 
Mergui, Borneo. 
(10) S. flavescens Kurz. Journ. . 4 s. Soc. Beng. xli. 300; 
Lawson, l.c. i. 627; King, l.c. 368. S. ovalis Lawson, l.c. 627. 
S. Lawsoni King, l.c. 369. 
A scandent or sarmentose shrub or bush. Leaves opposite 
coriaceous bright green when dry oblong sub-acute, base rounded 
entire; nerves 6 to 9 pairs inarching far from edge, finely reticulate, 
