Luvnnrja.] RUTACEAE. 157 



linear- oblong. Ovary oblong, 4-5-celled ; style short, thick, 

 articulate ; stigma obtuse or capitate ; ovules 1-2 in each cell. 

 Fruit a globose 1-4-celled and -seeded berry. Seeds ovoid or 

 flattened, imbedded in mucilage ; albumen ; cotyledons fleshy, 

 plano-convex. 



Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets obovato, entire, cuneate at base, up to 2'5 in. 

 long; flowers 4-5-merous, in terminal or axillary panicles; ovary cells 



2-ovuled ; berry 1 in. in diain 1. alata. 



Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 2-4 pair, sessile, opposite, crenulate, up 

 to 2 in. long, rhachis broadly winged ; flowers 4-merous, in racemes 1 in. 

 long; ovary cells 1-ovuled ; berry under -5 in. in dinni. ...2. crenulata. 



1. LIMONIA ALATA, W. & A. 92 ; Wt. 111. i. 41 ; F. B. I. i. 508. 



Deccan and Carnatic from the Kistna southwards, in ever- 

 green forests ; E. side of W. Ghats at the foot of the hills 

 from Coimbatore to Tinnevelly. 

 A shrub or small tree, scarce. Wood hard and close-grained. 



2. LIMONIA CRENULATA, Boxb., Cor. PL i. t. 86. L. acidissiwa, 

 W. & A. 92 ; F. B. I. i. 507, not of Linn. 



N. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, common in dry forests. 

 A small thorny tree, in favourable places reaching a good 

 size. Wood yellowish -white, very hard, like boxwood. 

 Vern. Hind Beli ; Ur. Bhenta ; Tel. Tor-elaga. 



14. Luvunga, Ham. 



Climbing shrubs, armed with axillary spines. Leaves 3-foliolate ; 

 leaflets coriaceous, entire. Flowers in axillary fascicled racemes 

 or panicles. Calyx cupular, entire or obscurely 4-6-lobed. Petals 

 4-5, free, thick, imbricate. Disk elevated, annular or cupular. 

 Stamens 8-10, inserted round the disk ; filaments free, equal or 

 subequal, linear ; anthers linear or linear-oblong. Ovary 2-4-celled ; 

 style stout, articulate, deciduous ; stigma capitate ; ovules 2 in 

 each cell, superposed. Fruit a large ellipsoid berry, 1-3-seeded, 

 rind thick. Seeds large, ovoid ; testa membranous ; albumen ; 

 cotyledons oblong, fleshy. 



LUVUNGA ELEUTHERANDRA, Dalz. ; F. B. I. i. 509. 



A climber with strong sharp usually deflexed spines, thick 

 leaflets, 4-merous flowers and large fruit pitted with glands. 

 W. Ghats from S. Canara and Mysore to Anamalais and 

 Travancore up to 3,000 ft., in evergreen forests. 



