40 _ FLORA VITIENSIS. 
lobis corolle: isomera, tubo brevi ejus leviter adherentia; anthere oblong, Ovarium sessile, sub- 
globosum, 4—6- rarius 7-8-loculare; stylus 0 v. brevis, erassus, stigmatibus tot quot ovarii loculi dis- 
tinctis vy. confiuentibus; ovula in loculis 1-2, collateralia. Drupa globosa, 4-8-pyrena, pyrenis osseis 
y. erustaceis.—Arbores v. frutices ; foliis alternis, seepe nitidis, integerrimis v. rarius dentatis v. 
spinosis } pedunculis axillaribus, paucifloris v. seepius ramiosis ; floribus albis.—Prinos, Linn. Gen. 
n, 441, 
], I. Vitiensis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 295. t. 25; foliis ovalibus subacuminatis integer- 
rimis tenuiter coriaceis; floribus abortu dioicis in cymulas breviter pedunculatas dispositis, masculis 
4-6-meris, fcemineis sepissime 8-meris; pyrents 8 dorso profunde suleatis—Bua Bay, Vanua Levu 
(U, S. Expl. Exped.), Taviuni (Seemann! n, 87). Also collected in Viti by Harvey. 
Orpo XXVII. CELASTRINE:. 
I. Celastrus, Linn. Gen, n. 270; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 364. Flores interdum unisexuales. 
Calyx basi urceolatus, 5-fidus. Petala 5, sub disco inserta, apice patentia. Stamina 5, disci sinubus 
inserta, filamentis snbulatis; autherz oblongs. Discus cupularis vy. concavus, 5-lobus. Ovarium 
disco impositum (nec immersum), 2-4-lobum, 2—4-loculare (interdum imperfecte) ; stylus brevis 
crassus v. subelongatus, stigmate 3-4-lobo; ovula e basi loculi 2, collateralia, erecta, funiculo basi 
cupuleformi. Capsula teres globosa v. oblonga, coriacea, 94-locularis, loculicide dehiscens, loculis 
1-2-spermis, valvis 3-4 medio septiferis. Semina erecta, arillo carnoso apice pervio inclusa, testa 
membranacea, albumine copioso carnoso ; embryo orthotropus, eotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula infera, 
—Frutices sepissime scandentes, inermes; foliis alternis submembranaceis petiolatis, integerrimis 
y. serratis; stipulis incouspicuis; racemis v. paniculis axillaribus et terminalhibus; floribus inter 
minores, pedicellis bracteatis. 
1. GC. Richii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 289; inermis, glaberrimus ; foliis oblongis utrinque 
_ subacutis crenulatis supra lucidis brevissime petiolatis ; racemo terminali paucifloro.—Vanua Levu 
(U, 8. Expl. Exped.). 
Allied to C. paniculatus of the Bast Indies, according to A, Gray; it has not been seen by me, 
Il. Gymnosporia, Wight et Arn. Prodr. vol, i, p. 159; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. p. 365. 
Calyx 4-5-fidus v. 4-5-partitus. Petala 4-5, sessilia, patentia, Stamina 4-5, sub disco inserta, 
filamentis subulatis; antherze late didymsz. Discus late explanatus, 4-5-lobus vy. 4-5-sinuatus. 
Ovarium sepissime basi lata cum ovario confltiens, 8-gonum v. pyramidatum, 2-3-loculare; stylus 
brevis, stigmatibus 3; ovula in basi loculi 2, erecta, funiculis basi nudis. Capsula obovata v. rarius 
globosa, 3-gona, 2-3-locularis, 1-4-sperma. Semina arillo completo vy. imperfecto interdum 0, e 
septo loculi erecta, testa coriacea, albumine carnoso; cotyledones foliacee.—Arbuscule et frutices 
rigidi, sepius spinosi; foliis alternis y. fasciculatis, sepissime obovatis, coriaceis, integerrimis y. ser- 
ratis, exstipulatis ; cymis axillaribus, solitariis y. fasciculatis, interdum gracile pedunculatis; floribus 
parvis, viridibus v. flavescentibus.—Catha, Endl. Gen, n, 1086, 
1, G. Vitiensis, Scem.; mermis; foliis ovalibus y. obovatis crenulatis basi in petiolum brevem 
attenuatis ; eymis brevibus multifloris; calycis lobis, fimbriato-ciliatis; petalis denticulatis; capillis 
inter stamina nullis; capsula subglobosa; seminibus ovalibus, basi arillo carunculeeformi glabro sti- 
patis—Catha Vitiensis, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 287. t. 283. Celastrus crenatus, Hook. et Arn, 
Beech, p. 61, non Forst,—Ovalau (U.S. Expl. Exped.), and other parts of the ee common 
