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oblong. Ovary obloug, 4-5-celled : ovules 1-2 in each cell ; style short, 

 thick, at length deciduous ; stigma obtuse or capitate. Berry globose, 

 1-4-celled, 1— 4-seeded. Seeds imbedded in mucilage ; cotyledons fleshy. 

 — DiSTEiB. Tropical Asia ; species 2-3. 



1. Limonia acidissima, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (17G2) p. 554. A 

 spinous glabrous shrub or small tree ; spines sharp, h-\ in. long. 

 Leaves pinnate, . 1-4 in. long ; petiole and rhacbis jointed, the former 

 narrowly, the latter very broadly winged ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, 1-2 by 

 1-1 in., trapezoid-ovate, obtuse, rarely acute, notched at the tip, crenu- 

 late, glabrous, base cuneate ; joints of rhacbis obovate-oblong, crenulate. 

 Flowers in umbelliform, often leafy racemes ; peduncles 2-3 together 

 from the axils of fallen leaves ; pedicels slender. Calyx small, glandular ; 

 lobes 4, broadly-ovate, acute. Petals 4, glandular, \ in. long, elliptic- 

 oblong. Stamens 8, free, subequal ; filaments linear-subulate. Disk 

 stipitiform. Ovary papillose, 4-celled ; style stout. Berry \ in. in 

 diam., globose, 1-4-seeded, very acid. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 507; Grrah. Cat. 

 p. 23 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 29 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xlv ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 32 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 641.— 

 Flowers : Apr.-May. 



S. M. Country: Falls of Gokak, Dalzell tf- Gibson, Graham; liills at Padsliapur, 

 Graham. 



11. LUVUNGA, Ham. 



Scandent glabrous shrubs, usually armed with axillary spines. Leaves 

 3-foliolate; leaflets coriaceous, quite entire. Flowers in axillary, fascicled 

 or panicled racemes. Calyx cupular, entire or obscurely 4-6-lobed. 

 Petals 4-5, free, thick, oblong or lanceolate, imbricate. Stamens 8-10, 

 equal or subequal; filaments linear-subulate, free or connate below; 

 anthers linear or linear-oblong. Disk elevated, annular or cupular. 

 Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, superposed ; style short, con- 

 tinuous, stout, at length deciduous ; stigma capitate. Berry large, 

 ellipsoid, with a thick rind, 1-3-seeded. Seeds large, ovoid ; testa 

 membranous, nerved ; cotyledons equal, oblong, fleshy.— Distkib. 

 Tropical Asia ; species about 4. 



1. Iiuvunga eleutherandra, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 258. Shrubby, scandent, with long, flexuose branches armed with 

 sharp axillary somewhat deflexed or scarcely curved spines |-| in. 

 long. Leaves large, 3-foliolate ; petiole 1-3 in. long ; leaflets nearly 

 equal, 2-5 by 1-2| in., coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or obovate, shortly 

 acuminate, entire, glabrous, base usually acute ; petiolules short. Flowers 

 in axillary glabrous racemes or panicles shorter than the petioles. 

 Calyx cupular, truncate, entire or obscurely lobed, glandular. Petals 

 I in. long, thick, glandular, elliptij-oblong, suiaacute. Stamens 8, shorter 

 than the petals ; filaments all free, longer than the style. Ovary 3-celled, 

 glandular; style short, stout. Berrv g-1 in. long, ellipsoid, pitted. Fl. 

 B. L v. 1, p. 509; Dalz. & Gibs." p. 30; Engler, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 189, fig. 109, m-b ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p, 224 ; 

 Talb, Trees, Bomb, p, 32 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 267. — Flowers : Jan. 



