Biophytum.] xxix. oxalidace^. 331 



or yellow flowers. Sepals 5 lanceolate acute. Petals 5. Stamens 

 10; filaments free, outer ones smaller. Styles 5. Stigmas notched 

 or bifid. Capsule ovoid or oblong splitting loculicidally into 



5 valves. Seeds numerous small. Species about 20, all tropics. 



Leaflets 18 to 20 pairs; sides parallel, base and apex 



truncate; flowers white . . . • (i) B. adiantoides 



Leaflets lo pairs, tip rounded; flowers yellow . (2) B. sensitivum 



Small plant; leaflets 7 pairs ; flowers yellow . . (3) B. Reinwardtii 



(i) B. adiantoides Wight in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 437; King, I.e. 

 199. 



Stem woody 6 to 8 in. tall, erect pubescent, bearing 15 to 20 

 or more leaves in a tuft. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; rachis hairy; 

 leaflets about 23, oblong, top rounded mucronate, base truncate 

 auricled, more or less hairy, -5 in. long, -15 in. wide ; peduncles spread- 

 ing hairy 6 in. long, umbel densely bracteate "i in. long. Flowers 



6 to 12 showy white, with yellow claws to the petals. Capsule 

 oblong. Hah. Rocky banks of streams in mountain forests. 

 Pahang, Tahan River ; Pahang River. Perak, Plus River (Wray) ; 

 Temengoh; Kwala Dipang (Curtis). Distrib. Mergui, Indo-China. 

 Native name : Payong ali (All's umbrella). 



(2) B. sensitivum DC. Prodr. i. 690. 



Stem glabrous 4 to 6 in. tall. Leaves 22 to 23 ; rachis hairy ; 

 leaflets 10 pairs, lower ones oblong "4 in. long, 'i in. wide, apex 

 rounded, sides curved minutely apiculate, base truncate rounded; 

 peduncles 2*5 to 3 in. long hairy. Flowers yellow "25 in. wide; 

 pedicels as long as sepals. Fruit oblong shorter than the hairy 

 lanceolate sepals. Hab. Casual weed. Malacca (Griffith). Penang 

 Hill and near the coast (Curtis). Distrib. Tropics generally. 



(3) B. Reinwardtii Walp. Rep. i. 476; Hook. fit. F.B.I, i. 437. 

 Small annual 6 in. tall. Leaves 2*5 in. long; leaflets 25 in. long, 



oblong with round tips, 7 pairs ; rachis hairy ; peduncles i in. long, 

 slender hairy. Flowers 3 or 4 small bright yellow. Sepals lanceo- 

 late acuminate hairy little longer than the fruit. Hah. Kelantan. 

 A few plants in a rubber plantation, Chaning on the Kelantan 

 River (Ridley). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



3. AVERRHOA, L. 



Trees. Leaves alternate pinnate. Flowers small regular red 

 or pink. Sepals 5 imbricate. Petals 5 contort. Stamens 10 

 united at the base or 5 without anthers. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled; 

 styles 5. Berry oblong acid. Species 3 or 4, probably of South 

 American origin, but 2 cultivated all over the tropics. 



(i) A. Bilimbi Linn. Sp. PI. 428. 



Short stout tree. Leaflets 5 to 17 pairs, oblong to lanceolate 

 pubescent beneath. Flowers in tufts on stem and branches. 

 Fruit green warty about 3 in. long resembling a gherkin. Native 



