Atalanlia.] xxxi. . rutace^. 357 



wide; petioles '2 to -3 in. long. Racemes or cymes about i in. 

 or less long, puberulous longer than the flowers. Flowers white, 

 '35 to '5 in. long. Calyx irregular lobed, edges scarious. Petals 

 oblong obtuse. Stamens 8 or fewer, bases joined in a tube, tips 

 free. Ovary sessile on an annular disc. Berries globose, green, 

 •6 to "8 in. through. Hah. Open country near the sea in the north. 

 Kedah, Pulau Song-Song. Lankawi, Terutau island (Curtis). 

 Perils, Chupeng. Distrib. India. Native names : Akar merlimau ; 

 Empenai. 



(2) A. cuspidata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 174. 

 A prickly bush. Branchlets pubescent, spines short blunt, 



straight. Leaves ovate-elliptic cuspidate blunt, base round, 

 pubescent on the back thin-textured not coriaceous, midrib sunk 

 above; nerves about 6 pairs very fine, forked at tip, 2 to 3 in. 

 long, "5 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long, pubescent jointed in the 

 middle. Flowers solitary; pedicels "25 in. long. Calyx-lobes 

 round, pubescent. Petals 5 linear-oblong, '4 in. long, white. 

 Stamens linear-oblong, white. Ovary cylindric, hairy; style 

 short, glabrous. Stigma round orbicular. Fruit ovoid blunt, 

 •8 in. long, rind thin. Seeds 2 large, flattened, pulp very little. 

 Hab. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Ridley). Bindings, Lumut (Ridley). 



(3) A. Roxburghiana Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 513 ; King, I.e. 225. 

 Sclerostylis Roxburghii Wight, Ic. t. 72. 



A shrub unarmed 6 to 10 ft. tall. Leaves dark green thinly 

 coriaceous, elliptic tapering to both ends, blunt not refuse ; nerves 

 fine 10 to 14 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Racemes short, few-flowered. Flowers nearly '5 

 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4, obtuse. Petals 4, obovate. Stamens 8 ; 

 anthers oblong-ovoid; filaments free, short. Ovary 2-celled, 

 sessile. Berry globose, -6 to -8 in. through, sparsely pitted, green- 

 ish yellow. Hab. Open country and limestone hills. Malacca 

 (Griffith) ; Malacca town ; Ayer Panas. Negri Sembilan, Seremban ; 

 Tampin (Goodenough). Perak, Goping, limestone hills, to 1000 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado). Native 

 name : Limau Pagar. Use : As a fence plant. 



(4) A. hispida Guillaumin , in Lecomte Not. Syst. i. 182. 

 Slender hairy climbing shrub. Thorns recurved "25 in. long. 



Leaves alternate thin coriaceous, oblong or oval acuminate, base 

 round much reticulate with large glands beneath, midrib strongly 

 elevate, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles '15 in. long. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary. Sepals 5 oblong acute, velvety outside. 

 Petals 5, elhptic slightly velvety outside, 3 in. long. Stamens 10; 

 filaments velvety. Disc forming a cylindric gynophore, velvety. 

 Fruit '25 to "5 in. through, globose or 2- to 5-iobed according to 

 the number of seeds, red. Hab. Open country. Kelantan, 

 Tumpat, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Distrib. Cochin-China. 



