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CELASTRINEAE.

EYONYMUS.

acuminat.; pedunculis axiilarib. brevib. I-3-flor.; calyce scutellato, 5-!obo; pe-talis 5 orbicularib. fimbria!.; staminib. 5 disco insertis; antherar. connectivo lato,loculis transversis, longitudinaliter dehiscentib.; ovario disco immerso; 5-locu-lari, loculis 2-ovulatis. — Neilgherries.

II. AMERICANI.

21. E. MEXlCANUS Blh. Piant. Hartweg. 279. f — Ramis laevib. 4-costatis; foll.

breviter petiolatis lanceolatis, brevissime crenulatis crassiusculis (perennantibus?);pedunculis 1-3-floris; petalis orbiculatis; capsulis.— Crescit in Mexico.

22. E. ACUMINATUS Bth. 1. c. 452. — Ramis laevib.; foll. ovato-lanceolatis v. ob-longis, obluse acuminatis, leviter crenatis; pedunculis 3-5-floris; petalis suborbi-culatis; capsulis verrucosis (?). — Crescit in Mexico.

23. *E. ATROPUBPUREUS Jcq. — DC. Prodr. II. 4. — Torr. et Gr. FI. N. Am. I. 257.

— /?. Foll. glabris, basi saepe oblusis; pedunculis 2-3-fioris; florib. pentandris.

— E. occidentalis Nutt. mss. — Crescit in Canada, Florida et in Missouri.

24. *E. AMERICANUS Linn. — DC. I. c. — Torr. et Gr. FI. N. Am. 258. — E. sem-pervirens Marsh. Arbust. p. 43. — «. Erectus: foll. ovalib. v. elliptico-lanceola-tis, summis saepe subfalcalis, plerumq. acuminatis, acutis v. obtusis, raro sub-cordatis. —/?. Foll. anguste ellipticis v. oblongis vix falcatis, margine minute ser-rulatis. — y. Sarmentosus, radicans: foll. ovato-lanceolat. — E. Americanusp. sarmentosus Nutt- Gen. pl. 154. — 3. Sarmentosus radicans: foll. obovatis v.ovali-obovat. obtusis v. minute acuminatis, basi acutis. — E. obovalus Nutt. —DC. 1. c. — Crescit in Canada, Florida et in Missouri.

5G77. JPOIYCARMA Juss.

(DC. Prodr. II. 10.)

5678. CATHA Forsk .

(G. Don, General syst. of gard. and bot. II. 9.)

1. C. WALLICII1I G. Don, General Syst. of gard. and bot. II. 10. — Spinis folia flo-resci. gerentib.; caule erecto stricto; ramis rotundatis flexuosis; foll. rigidissimisobovato-cuneaiis, argute serrulat.; corymbis parvis inter folia dispersis. — Evo-nymus rigida Wall. FI. Ind. II. 396. — Crescit in India orientali,

2. C. RUFA Wall. FI. Indic. II. 397. ex G. Don, 1. c. — Erecta glabra, spinis axii-larib. brevib. armata: foll. lanceolat. coriaceis acuminat, serrulat.; corymbis axii-larib.; pedunculis filiformib. coloratis; capsula obovata triangulari trisperma. —Crescit in India orientali.

3. *C. (CELASTRUS Rlh. - DC. Prodr. II. 7.) IIEYNEANA Wlprs. mss. — Wght. etArn. Prodr. FI. penins. Ind. or. I. 159. — Celastrus serrulata Rth. Nov. spec. 155.e. p. — C. Wallichiana Wall. Cat. 4304.

4. C. (CELASTRUS Wght. et Arn. 1. c.) ROTHIANA Wlprs. mss. — Inermis: ramo-rum vetustiorum cortice crasso rugoso; ramis juniorib. foll. paucis alternis v. ple—rumq. nullis, foll. fasciculat. coriaceis glabris late obovat., crenato-serrat., basicuneatis in petiolum subito contractis; cymis quam folia multo breviorib. dicho-tomis, in ramulis juniorib. axiilarib. terminalibq. v. in tuberculis ramorum vetu-stiorum fasciculatis. — C. serrulata Rth. e. p. — C. Wallichiana Wall. e. p. —Crescit in India or.

5. C. (CELASTRUS. Wall. Cat. 4308. ex Wght. et Arn. 1. c.) OVATA Wlprs. mss. -Foll. breviter petiolat. rotundato-ovalis, basi vix cordatis, minute crenulalo—den-tatis, crassis rigidisq. glabris; pedunculis axiilarib. brevib., multos flores breviterpedicellatos parvos gerentib.; capsula magna turbinata, 3-angulari. — Crescit inIndia orient.

6. *C. (CELASTRUS Rxb. FI. Indic. I. 620.) MONTANA G. Don in Mill. Dict. 10. -DC. Prodr. II. 9. — Celastrus crenala lUh. nec Forst. — Staphylea montana Rxb.Icon, inedit.

7. 'C. (CELASTRUS Willd. Spec. pl. I. 1128. — DC. 1. c. 8.) EMARGINATA G. Don1. c. — Staphylea vepretum Rxb. Ic. inedit.