450 DECANDRiA PENTAGYNiA. Avervhoa. 



DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



AILANTHUS. Schreh. 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. exceUa. Willd. 4.974. R. Corom. pi. l.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 durins? the cold season. The wood is 

 white and soft, consequently of little use. 



AVERRHOA. Schreh. gen. n. 7^4. 



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. 



1. A. Caramhola. Willd. 2. 750. 



Pomum oblong, acute-angled. Leaflets ovate. 



Tamara tonga. Rheed. Mai. 3. t. 43. and 44. 



Sans. KarmwrMnga. 



Hind, and Beng. Kamarunga. 



Native place uncertain, but common in gardens all 

 over India. There are two varieties ; one producing a 

 sweet, the other a sour fruit. In Bengal both blossom dur- 

 ing the rainy season, and the fruit ripens during the cool 

 months of December and January. 



