180 XXXII. rftace-t;. 



KoxKAx : Latv\, S/ocL^l, DaheU\; S. Konkan, Graham. Deccan : Khaiidala, 

 Dahell cf- Giht-on ; Mahableshvvar, Coole !, H. M. Birdwood. S. M. Countuy : Ramgliat. 

 Bitchie,'^! : Kanaka : plentiful, DahelU^ Glhmn; Sirs! (N. Kauara), Taihot, 338!— 

 DiSTuiB. Sumatra, Java, C'iiiua, the Philippines, Ceylon. 



K valuable medicinal plant, the root-bark especially jjossessing high therapeutic 

 properties. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Toddalia bilocularis, Wkjld cj- Am. Prod. (1834) p. 149. A 

 handsome, middle-sized tree with dark green foliage, unarmed. Leaves 

 3-foliolate ; petioles 1^3 in. long, terete, glabrous ; leaflets 3-71 by 

 1-^3 in., elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, notched at the tip, 

 entire, glabrous, base acute ; lateral nerves numerous, pai'allel and 

 uniting into one that is parallel to and close to the margin ; petiolules 

 ;^-| in. long. !Flo^^•ers terminal and from the upper axils. Calyx 

 cupular. Petals usually 2 (sometimes 3), orbicular-oblong. Stigma 

 large, peltate. Fruit as large as a small cherry, 2-celled. I'l. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 497 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 46; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xliii, 

 et Icon. t. 167 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 31. Dijx'tahnn biloculare, Dalz. 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 38. 



A very rare plant, of which but few specimens have been available for examination. 

 Kaxara : Dahell ^~ Gibson. 



5. ACRONYCHIA, Forst. 



Trees. Leases opposite or alternate, very rarely 3-foliolate ; leaflets 

 large, quite entire, pellucido-punctate. Flowers in axillary and terminal 

 corymbs, polygamous. Calyx short, 4-lobed, imbricate, sometimes 

 enlarged after flowering. Petals 4, much longer than the calyx, 

 spreading or revolute, valvate. Disk thick, 8-gonous, tomentose or 

 pubescent. Stamens 8, inserted beneath the disk ; filaments subulate, 

 the alternate longer. Ovary inserted in the hollowed apex of the disk, 

 pubescent or tomentose, 4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, superposed ; 

 style terminal, short or long; stigma 4-grooved. Fruit 4-celled, the 

 cells 1-2-seeded, or drupaceous with a coriaceous or bony putamen, 

 or capsular and loculicidally 4-valved. Seeds usually exserted and 

 dependent from a slender funicle ; testa black ; albumen copious ; 

 embryo straight ; cotyledons oblong, flat. — Distrib. Tropical Asia, 

 Australia and the Pacific Islands ; species 15. 



1. Acronychia laurifoliay Blume, Cat. Geiv. Buitenz. (1823) p. 63 ; 

 Bijdr. p. 245. A small tree with pale smooth bark ; young twigs 

 glabrous. Leaves l-fo1iolate ; leaflets 3-5 by 1:]— 2 in., oblong-lanceolate 

 or somewhat obovate, usually shortly and obtusely acuminate, entire, 

 glabrous and shining above, base acute ; petioles \~'^ in. long. Flowers 

 fragrant, in paniculately corymbose cymes; buds linear-oblong; peduncles 

 long, straight, terete ; pedicels glabrous. Calyx small ; lobes broadly 

 ovate, ciliolate. Petals ,'j in. long, ytdlowi^h-white, strap-shaped, cucul- 

 late, inflexed at the apex, hairy at the base inside. Stamens shorter than 

 the petals ; filaments dilated and hairy at the base ; anthers versatile. 

 Disk 8-ribbed, softly pubescent towards the apex. Ovary conical, softly 

 hairy ; style shorter than the stamens. Capsules J— | in. in diam., sub- 

 globose, 3-5-celled, glabrous, rough with immersed glands, more or less 

 lobed, tip angled or grooved. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 498; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. J, p. 216 ; Eiigler, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 180, 



