Ciiyus.] XXXI. rutace.e. 359 



broad, oblong, blunt. Fruit obovoid, tubercled, i'25 in. long, 

 base narrowed, yellow. Hab. Pahang, Temerloh. Perhaps wild. 



var. Liinan Peru/. Spiny. Leaf ovate blunt, base round; 

 petioles round or obovate as large or even larger than the leaflet, 

 I in. long, '5 in. across. 



var. Limau Susit. Spiny. Leaves elliptic-oblong, tip round, 

 base shortly narrowed, 3 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. 

 Flowers large, '5 in. long in sub-terminal cymes of several flowers. 

 Petals broad blunt, oblong. Fruit about 2 in. long, globose beaked, 

 beak thick and blunt, yellow rind thin, pulp abundant, very 

 acid. Only used in washing clothes. A variety from Telok 

 Pinang, Perak, had spines i in. long. Leaves "5 in. long. Fruit 

 lanceolate in outline. Flowers as big as the other form or a little 

 bigger. 



(3) C. malaccensis Ridl. 



Unarmed tree. Leaves mostly i-foliate, some trifoliate; 

 leaflets sub-coriaceous elHptic or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 

 blunt, base narrowed ; nerves about 14 pairs sunk above, elevate 

 beneath, 7 in. long, 3*5 in. wide; petioles slender, 1-5 in. long, 

 grooved not jointed. Flowers in axillary cymes of 4; pedicels 

 •25 in. long. Sepals 5 lanceolate acuminate acute, free nearly to 

 base. Petals 5, linear-oblong, slightly dilate upwards, '5 in. long. 

 Stamens few and free; filaments linear; anthers oblong. Ovary 

 cylindric stalked; style thick. Stigma large capitate. Fruit 

 oblong over 4 in. long and 3 in. through, rind rather thick. Seeds 

 very numerous, obcuneate, apex round base narrowed to an acute 

 point nearly i in. long. Hab. Malacca, Nyalas (Goodenough) ; 

 Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Native name: Limau Hantu. 

 I am dubious as to the genus of this plant, it may be a Limonia. 



15. FERONIA, Gaertn. 



A spiny tree. Leaves alternate imparipinnate ; leaflets oppo- 

 site, sessile entire ; petioles often winged. Flowers in terminal 

 panicles or racemes. Calyx small, flat 5-toothed. Petals 5 (or 4 

 to 6). Stamens 10 to 12 inserted round a short disc; filaments 

 dilated, sides and front villous; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 

 oblong 5- to 6-celled ; ovules many in many series on 5 to 6 parietal 

 placentas; style none. Stigma oblong, fusiform. Fruit large, 

 globose, i-celled, many-seeded, rind woody. Seeds embedded in 

 pulp. Species i, India and Java. 



(i) F. elephantum Correa, Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 225 ; Roxb. 

 Corom. PL t. 141; ^Ylght, Ic. i. 15; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 516. 



Tree about 30 ft. tall, deciduous, glabrous. Leaves smelling 

 of aniseed, 3 in. long; leaflets obovate, base cuneate i in. long, 

 •4 in. across. Panicles 1-5 in. long. Flowers -2 in. across, dull red, 

 unisexual; pedicels pubescent. Fruit 2-5 in. through. Hab. Open 

 country, orchards, PerHs at Kanga, Distrib. India, Malay Islands. 



