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Stamens usually combined into a tube. 



Calj'x irregularly split to tlie base ; cymes contracted 1. A. monophi/lla. 



Calj'X regularly or subregularly lobed ; cymes long, racemose. 2. A. racemosa. 

 Stamens not combined into a tube. 



Ovary simk in the annular disk ; anthers cordate 3. A. ccylanica. 



Ovary stipitate ; anthers linear-oblong 4. A. missionis. 



1. Atalantia monophylla, BC. Prod. v. 1 (1824) p. 535. A shrub 

 or small tree witli numerous rigid branches, the older ones armed with 

 short sharp axillary spines. Leaves 1-foliolate ; petioles | in. long, with 

 1 or 2 stipulary scales at the base ; leaflet coriaceous, 1-3 hj g-l-^ ™^-i 

 ovate-oblong or elliptic, obtuse, emarginate, bright green, entire, glabrous, 

 reticulately veined, ^lowers crowded in axillary fascicles or in racemose 

 much-contracted cymes ; buds oblong or slightly clavate ; pedicels ^-j 

 in. long; bracts minute. Calyx, at the time of flowering or after it, 

 irregularly split at the base. Petals white, | in. long, cuneate-obovate, 

 rounded or subacute, clawed, adnate to the staminal-tube. Stamens 8 ; 

 filaments united into a tube almost throughout their entire length ; 

 anthers small, elliptic, inserted on the triangular teeth of the staminal- 

 tube. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary conical, gradually sloping into the 

 style, 3-5-celled ; style long, cylindric, equalling the staminal-tube. 

 Berry globular, very like a lime, about as large as a nutmeg, usually 

 4-celled ; cells 1-seeded. h\ B. I. v. 1, p. 511 ; Grab. Cat. p. 23 ; Ualz. 

 & Gibs. p. 28 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xlvi, et Anal. Gen. 

 t. 7, fig. 5 ; Engler, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 191, 

 fig. Ill, c-D ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 226 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 33; 

 "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, v. 1, p. 349. Atalantia florihunda, Wight, Icon, 

 t. 1611. 



Konkan: on the Ghats, ex Balzcll cj- Gibson, and ex Graham. Kanaka: moist 

 forests of N. Kanara, ex Talbot. S. M. Country: Belgaum Ghats, ex Talbot. — Distkib. 

 Ceylon. 



2. Atalantia racemosa, Wight S,- Am. Prodi: (1834) p. 91. A 

 shrub or small tree; spines strong and sharp, sometimes absent. Leaves 

 1-foliolate ; leaflet 2-4 by 1-1| in., elliptic, rounded at the apex, emargi- 

 nate, entire or crenulate, glabrous, reticulately veined, base acute; petioles 

 I in. long. Elowers in axillary racemose cymes ; pedicels short ; bracts 

 minute, subulate. Calyx usually 4- sometimes 3-5-lobed ; lobes rounded 

 or subacute, ciliolate. Petals white, | in. long, broadly elliptic or obovate, 

 very concave in bud, not adnate to the staminal-tube, glandular. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments usually united into a tube throughout nearly their entii-e 

 length, sometimes united at the base only when they are linear and 

 flattened ; anthers large, cordate, attached at the back near the base on 

 the triangular teeth of the staminal-tube or the triangular apex of the 

 filaments. Disk cupular. Ovary ovoid, oblong, or obovoid ; style short, 

 stout, somewhat clavate. Berry globular, | in. in diam. El. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 512; Bedd. Eor. Man. in Elor. Sylvat. p. xlvi ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 226 ; Talb. Trees, Bouib. p. 33. Atalantia monophjUa, Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 267. Sderostylis atalaiUioides, W. & 

 A. in AVight, Icon. t. 71 (in textu 8. parvijlora) ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 29. — 

 Elowers : Nov.-Dec. Vern. Malcad-Umhu ; Edn-limbu. 



Konkan: Law I, S/ocksl, Dahclll, Capt. Gebiiriiel; Amboli Ghat, Woodrow. 

 Deccan : Khandala, Cooke \; 'Rn.igha.r, Bahelli; Vkv, DaheU. — DiSTRin. Ceylon. 

 Much more common than the preceding species, which is rare. Atalaiitla racemosa 



