378 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LimOUia* 



ed. Petals five, oblong. Nectary a crenulate, white 

 fleshy cup, round the lower half of the germ. Filaments 

 ten, alternately shorter, lanceolar, thick, and distinct, 

 inserted between the nectary and petals. Anthers ovate. 

 Germ superior, two, very rarely three-lobed ; two, rarely 

 three-celled with one ovula in each, attached to the mid- 

 dle of the partition; 5<*//e short and thick. Stigma large, 

 nearly round, and clammy. Berries spherical, of the size 

 and appearance of a ripe sloe, succulent, two-celled. Seed 

 solitary. Integument single, thin, and clear. Perisperm 

 none. Embryo inverse, green. Cotyledons conform to the 

 seed. 



2. L. monophylla. Willd. 2. 571. Corom. pi. 1. N. 83. 



Shrubby, aimed with straight spines. Leaves simple. 

 Nectary campanulate, antheriferous. 



Trichilia spinosa. Willd- 1.2- p. 554. 



hivnonm pumila. Biirm. zeyl. 143, t. 65. 



JVlal-Naregam. Rlieed. Mai. 4. 1. 12. 



Teling. Adni-nima, (wild lime.) 



This plant is a native of our large, extensive forests 

 over the Coast of Coromandel, where it often grows to be 

 a small tree, though oftener found in the state of a large 

 shrub. Flowering time about the rainy season. 



Trunk irregular. Bark pretty smooth, of a greenish 

 ash colour. Branches numerous, very irregular, and very 

 rigid. Thorns single, axillary, very strong and sharp ; 

 in some plants entirely wanting. Leaves alternate, short- 

 petioled, oblong, emarginate, smooth, firm, two or three 

 inches long, and one or one and a half broad. Sti- 

 pules subulate. Racemes axillary, short. Brqctes subu- 

 late, small. Ca/yx from four to five-parted, permanent. 

 Corol four or five-petalled ; petals equal, oblong, expand- 

 ing. Nectary cylindric, mouth ten-toothed', teeth alternate- 

 ly larger. Filaments none ; anthers resting on the teeth of 

 the nectary. Germ superior, globular, generally four-celled, 



