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Celastrus (Supplement)

Including Orixa. This genus embraces about eighteen species. To those described on p. 287, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

C. Orixa (Orixa). fl. green, small; males racemose; females long-stalked, generally solitary. Summer. l. elliptic or obovate, with entire margins; upper surface glossy-green. h. 6ft. to 9ft. Japan, 1886. SYN. Orixa japonica (R. G. 1232.)