192 XXXII. RUTACE.E. 



I. V. 1. p. 516; Grab. Cat. p. 24; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 30 ; Bedd. Flor. 

 Sylvat. t. 121 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 228; Eugler, in Eng. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzeiif. v. 3, part 4, p. 193, fig. 112 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 34; 

 Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 268 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 3, p. 324. — Flowers : Mar. Vern. Kavaih. 



The Elephant- or Wood-apple ; often cultivated. Konkan : Stocks !, Capt.Gehurnel ; 

 in gardens, Bombay, Grahcuu. Deccan : cultivated,. /«f'7«e//iOWi', 984 ! ; Ahiuednagar, 

 Graham; gardens, Poona, ('fo/ic! Kanaka: Halyal, 7i^;Y(7;/e, 1643! GrVJAUAT. Dahell 

 ^- Gibson ; valley of the Tapti, common, Graham.— 'Dmiiwi. Java, Ceylon. 



16. .SGLE, Corr. 



Spinous trees. Leaves 3- (rarely 5-) foliolate ; leaflets membranous, 

 subcrenulate, pellucido-punetate. Flowers hermaphrodite, rather large, 

 white, in axillary panicles. Calyx small, 4-5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 

 4-5, oblong, spreading, imbricate. Stamens numerous ; filaments short, 

 subulate ; anthers elongate, erect. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary ovoid, 

 attenuated into the style; cells 8-20 peripheral; ovules numerous, 

 2-seriate ; style short ; stigma capitate or fusiform, deciduous. Berry 

 globose or ovoid, 8-15-celled ; cells many-seeded ; rind woody. Seeds 

 numerous, oblong, compressed, in an aromatic pulp ; testa woolly and 

 mucous. — DiSTRiB. Java and tropical Africa ; species 2-3, 



1. .ffigle Marmelos, Gorr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 5 (1800) p. 223. 

 A small tree, armed with strong straight sharp spines g-1 in. long. 

 Leaves 3- (rarely 5-) foliolate; petioles puberulous, 1-U in. long; 

 leaflets lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, l|-3 by |-1=| in., glabrous, the 

 lateral leaflets subsessile, the terminal leaflet long-petioluled. Flowers 

 bisexual, greenish-white, scented ; buds globose ; pedicels pubescent. 

 Calvx Hat, pubescent, 4-lobed ; lobes rounded, sometimes obscure, 

 ciliolate. Petals 4, much imbricate, ^ in. long, free, oblong, coriaceous. 

 Stamens numerous, sometimes 50 or more ; filaments subulate, glabrous, 

 free or sometimes 2 or 3 of them more or less united or subfascicled ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, apiculate. Ovary 11-celled, glabrous, ovoid- 

 oblong, faintly ribbed, seated on an elevated disk ; cells many-ovuled ; 

 ovules biseriate. Fruit 2-5 in, in diam., globose ; rind grey or yel- 

 lowish; pulp sweet, thick, orange-colored. FI. B. I. v. 1, p. 516; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 24; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 31; Engler, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 194, fig. 113: Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 34; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 208; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 117.— Flowers: Apr.-May. Vern. Bel. 



Cultivated in many places and found wild occasionally in the Deccan. Konkan : 

 Stocksl, Law'.; Bombay, Capf. Gchumel Elephanla, Graham. Deccan: wild in 

 many parts, ex DaLcll tj- Gibson ; widely planted, Woodrow ; about temples in the 

 Deccan, Graham. S. M. Country : Gatjjraba river N. of Belgaum, Jtitchic. t)t)4 ! 



The Bud tree, known connnonly as the licvija/ Quince. Many parts of (he tree 

 possess highly valuable medicinal properties, and the dried unripe fruit has been long 

 used as a remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



