.l GEKANIACF.M-:. 133 



Leaflet main nerves slender, oblique, straight ; leaflets many (more 

 than 10) pairs ; sepals as long as or shorter than the capsule ; seeds 

 ovoid, tubercled in spiral lines; peduncles long; pedicels "2-'3 in. 



long, slender; stems often long, usually slender 4. Heinwardtii. 



Stem branched ; seeds tubercled, the tubercles in oblique lines ; leaves 

 more or less strigosely hirsute, sharply cuspidate at apex : 



Leaves 3-5 in. long ; leaflets 15-25 pairs, oblong, '4-'5 in. long ; pedicels 



15 in. long; sepals glandular villous 5. intermedium. 



Leaves 2-3 in. long; leaflets 30-50 pairs, falcate, -1--2 in. long, 

 pedicels '1 in. long; sepals glabrous 6. polypln/llnni . 



1. BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM, DC. ', F. B. I. i. 436 (in part). Oxalis 

 sensiliva, L. ; W. & A. 142 (injxtrt). 



Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, usually in open places, on 

 roadsides, banks and cultivated ground. 



2. BIOPHYTUM CANDOLLEANUM, Wt. 111. i. 161, t. 62. B. sensi- 

 tininj, var. ('ariflollaina. Kdgw. & Hook. f. in F. B. I. i. 437. 



W. Ghats, banks and roadsides in Nilgiris, up to 6,000 ft. 

 usually in shady places. 



3. BIOPHYTUM APODISCIAS, Turcz. ; F. B. I. i. 437. 



Mysore or Carnatic (G. Thomson). 



4. BIOPHYTUM KKINWARPTII, Edgw. & Hook. f. ; F. B. I. i. 

 437. 



W. Coast and W. Ghats, from S. Canara to Cochin and 

 the Anamalai Hills, up to 6,000 ft. 



5. BIOPHYTUM INTERMEDIUM, Wt. 111. i. 162 ; F. B. I. i. 438. 



W. Ghats, in the Pulney Hills, up to 7,000 ft. 



6. BIOPHYTUM POLYPHYLLUM, Munro in Wt. 111. i. 162 ; 

 F. B. I. i. 439. 



W. Ghats, Sholas of the W. Nilgiris, at about 6,000 to 

 7,000 ft. 



AverrTtoa contains two fruit trees whose native county is un- 

 known, but which are found in gardens in many places in S. India 

 and cultivated for their fruits which are acid and are made into 

 tarts and preserves or pickled. They are distinguished thus : 



Leaflets 2-5 pairs, glabrous and glaucous beneath ; fruits with angular 



lobes A. Carambola, L. 



Leaflets 5-17 pairs, pubescent beneath ; fruits with rounded lobes 



A. Bilimbi, L. 



