148 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Evodia. 



Ovules more than 2 in each cell ; stamens 10 or more ; armed trees 

 with large fruits : 



Stamens 10-12 ; ovary 5-6-celled, at length 1-celled ; leaves 

 pinnate ; rind of fruit woody ; flowers polygamous 



17. Feronia. 



Stamens 20-60 ; ovary usually many-celled ; flowers hermaphro- 

 dite : 

 Leaves 3-foliolate ; stamens 30-60 ; ovary 8- or more-celled ; 



rind of fruit woody 18. Aegle. 



Leaves 1-foliolate ; stamens 20-60; ovary many-celled; rind 

 of fruit leathery 19. Citrus. 



1. EYodia, Forst. 



Trees or shrubs, unarmed. Leaves opposite, simple or 1-3-folio- 

 late or imparipinnate ; leaflets entire, pellucid -punctate. Flowers 

 small, unisexual, in axillary paniculate cymes. Sepals 4-5, imbri- 

 cate. Petals 4-5, sessile, valvate or slightly imbricate. Disk 

 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted at the base of the disk, in ? 

 replaced by staminodes ; filaments subulate ; anthers oblong. 

 Ovary deeply 4-lobed, 4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style 

 basilar ; stigma 4-lobed. Fruit of 4 coriaceous, 3-valved, 1-seeded 

 cocci ; endocarp horny, elastically separable, 2-lobed. Seeds oblong ; 

 testa bony or crustaceous, shining ; hilum linear ; albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo straight, cotyledons ovate. 



EVODIA LUNUK-ANKENDA, Merr. E. Boxburgliiana, Benth. ; 

 F. B. I. i. 487. Zanthoxylum triphyllum, Juss. ; Wt. Ic. t. 

 204. 



A small tree with smooth grey bark ; leaves 3-foliolate, 

 petioles up to 4 in. long ; leaflets glabrous, shining, obovate 

 or lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 2-5 in. long or longer 

 in young plants ; nerves 10-18 pairs ; cymes variable, some- 

 times large and spreading ; seeds black, shining. 

 W. Ghats, from Mysore to Tinnevelly, up to 7,000 ft., in ever- 

 green and secondary forests; E. Ghats, Rumpa Hills in 

 Godavari. 

 Wood white, close-grained. Vern. Mai. Kanalei. 



2. Melicope, Forst. 



Shrubs. Leaves usually opposite, 1-3-foliolate, pellucid-punc- 

 tate. Flowers in axillary cymes or panicles. Sepals 4. Petals 4, 

 sessile, valvate or imbricate. Disk large, entire or 8-lobed or 



