450 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Averrhoa. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
AILANTHUS. Schreb. gen. n. 167. 
Polygamous. . Male calyx five-toothed ; corol five- 
petalled. 
Hermaphrodite calyx and corol as in the male. Germ 
from three to five. Capsules (Samara) from three to five, 
one-seeded. | 
A. excelsa. Willd. 4.974. R. Corom. pl. 1. N. 13. 
Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets twelve pair, petiolet- 
ted, opposite, broad-falcate-lanceolate, grossly serrate. 
An immense tree, a native of the interior of Coroman- 
del. It flowers during the cold season. The wood is 
white and soft, consequently of little use. a 
-AVERRHOA. Schreb. gen. n. 784. 
Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petalled, campanulate. 
Germ superior, five-celled cells ; few-seeded ; attachment 
interior. Pomum angular, five-celled. Embryo inverse 
and furnished with a perisperm. a 
1. A. Carambola. Willd, 2.750. 
Pomum oblong, acute-angled. Leaflets ovate. 
Tamara tonga, Rheed. Mal. 3. t. 43. and 44, 
Sans. Karmurunga. 
Hind. and Beng. Kamarunga. 
Native place uncertain, but common in gardens all 
over India, There are two varieties ; one producing 4 
sweet, the other a sour fruit, In Bengal both blossom dut- 
ing the rainy season, and the fruit ripens during the 
months of December and January. 
