332 XXIX. OXALIDACE^. [Averrkoa. 



name : Bilimbi, not known wild anywhere, but recorded for Goa, 

 with the name Bahmba, by Garcia in 1593. 

 • (2) A. Carambola Liiin. Sp. PL 428. 

 Leaflets 2 to 5 pairs ovate, glaucous beneath. Flowers in tufts 

 on branches. Fruit 4 in. long acutely and deeply 4-angled, yellow, 

 acid or sweet. Origin unknown. Native name : Kembola. 



I have found one or more old trees in abandoned village sites in Pahang 

 at Temerloh. 



4. CONNAROPSIS, Planch. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves i- to 3-foliolate ; leaflets coriaceous 

 entire. Flowers small white or lavender in terminal or axillary 

 panicled cymes. Sepals 5 imbricate connate at the base. Petals 5 

 imbricate. Stamens 10 ; filaments united at base alternate shorter. 

 Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled; styles subulate 5 more or less united; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit a berry (5-lobed when dry) i- to 

 2-celled, I- to 2-seeded. Species 5, Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 



Leaves trifoliate . . . . . . (i) C. Griffithii 



Leaves simple. 

 Leaves ovate, glaucous beneath . . . . (2) C. monophylla 



Leaves lanceolate ; panicle erect, 3 in. long . . (3) C. glabra 



Leaves lanceolate, 4 "5 in. long; panicle very lax; 



branches short . . . . . . (4) C. laxa 



Leaves oblong, 6 to 12 in. long, stiff; flowers '2 in. 



long, glabrous . . . . . . (5) C. macrophylla 



Leaves oblong 7 in. long, thinner; flowers •15 in. 



long ; calyx silky . . . . . (6) C. sericea 



Leaves oblong, 4 in. long; calyx mealy . . (7) C. simplicifolia 



(i) C. Griffithii Planch, in F.B.I, i. 440; King, I.e. 200. 



Tree. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets cori- 

 aceous, glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, narrowed to base, 

 sub-glaucous beneath; nerves 4 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long, -5 to i'5 in. 

 wide; petioles "6 in. long; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles terminal 

 and axillary pubescent dense, i in. long to lax, spreading, 4 in. 

 long. Flowers '2 in. long, red. Hah. Malacca (Grifftth, Maingay). 



(2) C. monophylla Planch, in F.B.I, i. 440; King, I.e. 200. 

 (Fig. 34, p. 333.) 



A medium or small tree 20 to 50 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves i-foliolate, glaucous beneath, coriaceous, glabrous ovate- 

 acuminate, base rounded or cuneate ; nerves 6 pairs, 2 to 3*5 in. 

 long, '8 to I in. wide ; petioles '6 to -8 in. long. Panicles terminal 

 or axillary, tomentose erect ; branches -2 in. long, dense-flowered. 

 Flowers claret colour, -i in. long, puberulous or glabrescent. Fruit 

 globose, red. Hah. Open country; Johor. Malacca, Selangor, 

 Perak, Bindings, Negri Sembilan. Native names : Pupoi ; Be- 

 limbing Besih; B. Bulat ; B. Keris or B. Kra; B. Penjuru or 

 B. pipit. Use : Fruit eaten, usually cooked. 



(3) C. glabra Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 75, p. 9. 

 Tree, glabrous. Leaves simple, thinly coriaceous oblong 



