^^r XXXIII. BUTACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.)^ 517 



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6m; Balz, & Gils. Bomb. Fl(yr. 31; Brandts For. Flor. 57. Feronia 

 pellucida i?o//i. ^ov. Sjj. 384. Crat^va ]\Iarmelos, Linn. 0. religiosa, 

 AinduiMat Med. Ind. {fid. Wight) not of Vahl—Kheede Hmi. Mai iiL t. 35. 



^Throughout India, in dry hilly places, from the Jhelum to Assam and southwards to 

 mvancor; wild or cultivated, ascending tc 



to 4000 ft. in the W. Himalaya. 



^A email deciduous glabrous tree; spines 1 in., straiglit, strong, axillary.' LeafleU 

 i;^» ?X^^^-^?ii^tolate, lateral sessile, terminal long-petioled. . Flowers 1^ in. diam., 

 Feem&h-white, sweet-scented ; pedicels and calyx pubescent. Filaments sometimes 

 scicled.^ Fruit 2-5 in. diam., globose oblong or pyriform, rind giej or yellow; pnlp 

 eet, thick, orange-coloured. — A species or variety with oblong fruit is grown in Birma, 

 « wtiich I have seen the fruit only.— The Bael tree. ■ •. . . 



^Atp. 363 Dr. Masters has referred J7en7/em aitenv at a, 'Wail Cat. 1140, to Sutacece 

 Tul ^^^v^^ ^^ ^iota. That genus is however now merged in Samadera in 5/ma- 

 tifi fT' • t)^^'^^^^'® plant, of which the specimens are imperfect, may be certainlv iden- 

 ^^^'^iyi Brownlowia lanceolata, Benth. ' Steudel, quoting from Wall. Cat. p. 157, 

 W &^"^^® ^^^^^ ^ polyandra^ has misread the authority H. Ham. (Herb. Ham.) as ^ 

 • «,A., and has further TQ^eTvedi the plant to Vittmannia, 



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XXXIV. SIMARUBEiE. (By Alfred W 



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krT^ ^^ shrubs, almost always with bitter bark. Leaves alternate, often 

 ry large, pinnate or rarely simple ; stipules or deciduous. Inflorescence 

 '^•^yy racemose paniculate or cymose, rarely spicate. Flowers usually 

 brirS^"^' ^^S^ilar, and generally small. Calt/x 3-5-lobed, valyate or im- 

 late. Petals 3-5, very rarely 0, hypogynous, valvate or imbricate. LUk 

 ^uiar or elongate, simple or lobed, rarely 0. Stamens as many or twice as 

 menf ^^ petals, rarely indefinite, inserted at the base of the disk; fila- 

 2pp1i i^j^' often with a scale at the base ; anthers oblong, usually introrse, 

 lohM t' ^^^^isciiig longitudinally. Ovari/ free, 1-6-celled, usually deeply 

 canit V ^^^ often entire ; styles 2-5, free or more or less united, stigmas 

 venlr 1 ' ^y^^^^ usually sohtary in each cell, rarely more numerous,^ raphe 

 8aj^ ^\' ^icropyle superior. Fmit drupaceous, capsular, or occasionally 

 Pend Y^ usually of 2-6 distinct carpels. Seeds usually solitary, erect or 

 K^ ^^!x albuminous : embryo straight or curved, radicle superior.— 



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spg^j^^- Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres; genera 30; 

 ^eT, Eusimarubeae. Ovary deeply divided. 



* iT^^ *^'^^^ ^^ "^^"7 as petals. 



g^es pinnate ; fruit samaroid ^. . 1. Ailantcs. 



. o^v^s simple ; fruit drupaceous, variously wniged ... • • ^* Samadeka. 



8t:l^'''^P'nj; filaments with a scale: fruit baccate . • /• • 3. Harbisoma. 



I)Tv\^.',^^"3^^« petals. 



BisWiL*^^^^^^' fl»w*^^spanicled; styles connate * • ' ' 4. PiCKASsrA. 



Di t ^^^^^ J flowers componndly cymose; styles nearly free . 5. Brucka. 



Ovules 2 ^^"^^^^ panicled ; styles connate . . . . '. • ' . . 6. Eukvco 



•neachceU; leaves simple . . . . .' ^."-.^ «"- • • 7. Sukiana. 



^ K^ElL Picramnlew. Oi'ary entire; 2-5-celled.;> 





, i; .-, 9. Balamtes, 



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