JBiophytum.] xxxn. OERANIACE^:. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) 439 



somewhat similar plant (described below as a variety) from tbe Pulney Mountains that 

 differs in being apparently annual, and having more pilose foliage. 



? Var. 1. pulneyense ; annual, stem simple below subnmbellately branched above, 

 leaflets slightly hairy above. 0. sensitivum, Herb. Wight Kew Distrib. 302. 

 Pulney Mts. 



Var. 2. verticillatum ; annual?, stem dichotomously branched, leaves and leaflets 

 smaller often much ciliated on one or both surfaces. B. verticillatum, Wight 111. i. 162. 

 B. sensitivum var. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 4343 I. 



8. B. polyphyllum, Munro in Wight III. i. 162 ; silky and villous, 

 stem stout umbellately branched, leaves long very narrow flexuous, leaflets 

 minute 30-50 pairs shortly falcate-oblong gradually and obliquely acuminate 

 terminal pair much the smallest. 



NILOHIRI MTS., at Kundalis, Munro. 



An exceedingly curi ms and distinct species, remarkable for the slender, flexuous 

 leaves, 2-3 in. lung, and very minute crowded leaflets, \ in. long, which are not 

 abruptly cuspidate as in the prec*eding species ; rachis villous with long hairs. 



6.* AVBRRHOA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, exstipnlate, pinnate with a terminal leaflet ; 

 leaflets subopposite. Flowers small, regular, in panicled axillary or ramal 

 cymes. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, contorted. Glands 0. Stamens 10, 

 united at the base, all perfect or 5 without anthers. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celied, 

 without a beak; styles 5, distinct, stigmas capitate ; ovules numerous in the 

 cells. Berry oblong, 5-lobed. Seeds naked or arilled, albumen scanty, 

 fleshy ; embryo straight. DISTRIB. Three or four species, of which two are 

 copiously cultivated in many hot countries, probably both natives of the 

 New World, in which alone is a native species found. Very likely both 

 were introduced by the Portuguese into India. 



A. C.VR..UIBOLA, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 689; leaflets 2-5 pairs ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate acute glabrous and glaucous beneath, fruit with acutely 

 angled lobes, seeds arillate. Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 450 ; W. & A. Prodr. 141 ; 

 fimndis For. Flor. 45; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. 39.jR/ieede Hort. Mai. iii. 

 t. 43, 44. 



In gardens throughout the hotter parts of INDIA as far north as Lahore. Native 

 country unknown. 



A small tree, densely branched. Leaflets 1^-3 in. ; petiole stout, pubescent. 

 Flowers chiefly axillary, variegated white and purple. Calyx glabrous, half as 

 l<>ng as the petals. Stamens 10, 5 shorter without anthers, or sometimes 1 or 2 of 

 these longer and antheriferous. Ovary pubescent. Fruit 3 in. long, yellow ; aril 

 2-lobed, lacerate. Two varieties are known, sweet and sour. The former is eaten 

 raw and cooked. Leaflets irritable to the touch. 



A. BILIMBI, Linn. ; DO. Prodr. i. 689 ; leaflets 5-17 pairs oblong or 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate pubescent beneath, fruit with 5 rounded lobe.s, 

 seeds not arillate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 451 ; W. &' A. Prodr. 142; Brandts 

 For. Fl. 46 ; Beddome Fl. Sylv. t. \\l-Rlieede Hort. Mai. 3, t. 45. 



In gardens throughout the hotter parts of INDIA, also naturalized as an escape. 

 Native country unknown. 



7. CONNAROFSZS, Planch. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnately 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets coriaceous, quite 

 entire, strongly nerved, triple-nerved at the base, margined. Flowers minute. 



