Rourea.'] connarace^. 71 



1. ROUREA, Aubl. 



Sepals imbricate. Ovary of 1 perfect carpel and 4 filiform abortive ones, 

 as long as the perfect one. Capsule sessile, usually curved outwards. Seed 

 with a coloured arillus, without albumen. 



A considerable genus, with, the habit and geographical range of the Order. 



Leaflets 3, 5, or rarely 7, each 2 to 3 in. long \. R. santaloides. 



Leaflets usually 11 to 17, each seldom above 1 in. long 2. ^. microphylla. 



1. R. santaloides, W. and Am. Prod. M. Penins. i. 144. A glabrous 

 tree. Leaflets 3, 5, or rarely 7, or occasionally reduced to a single one, ovate or 

 oval-elliptical, acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, on a petiolule of 1 or 2 lines, veined 

 and shining on both sides. Panicles or racemes usually shorter than the leaves, 

 and clustered in their axils. Flow^ers rather small, white, pedicellate. Cap- 

 sule sessile, ovoid, rather oblique, 6 to 8 lines long, with numerous curved 

 longitudinal veins. Seed enveloped in an orange-coloured arillus. — Connarm 

 RoxbiirgJiii, Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 179. 



Abundant in ravines, Champion, Hance, and others. Apparently dispersed all over eastern 

 India, the Archipelago, the Philippines, and S. China, for I cannot find any characters to 

 distinguish the specimens published by Planchon as species under the names of R. Milletti, 

 R. commntata, R. cmulata, R. heterophi/Ua, and R. n. 18, or those distributed by Blume as 

 R.javauica and R. humilis. 



2. R. xnicrophylla, Planch, in Linnaa, xxiii. 421. A glabrous tree 

 or shrub. Leaflets 11 to 17 (or reduced to 9 or 7 on some of the smaller 

 side branches), ovate or oblong, obtusely acuminate, seldom exceeding an inch 

 in length, usually very oblique at the base but sometimes nearly straight ; on 

 very short petiolules, coriaceous, shining above, rather glaucous underneath 

 when young. Eacemes clustered in the axils of the leaves, 1 to 1|- in. long. 

 Flowers white, on slender pedicels. Capsules 6 to 8 lines long, narrower 

 than in R. santaloides, much curved. Seed enveloped in a thin aiillus. — 

 Connarus microphylla, Hook, and Arn. Bot. Beech. 179. Averrhoa sinica, 

 Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 241. 



Abundant in ravines, Champion and others. Also on the adjacent continent, but not 

 known out of S. China. 



Order XXXVI. LEGUMINOSiE. 



Sepals combined into a single calyx, more or less divided into 5 or fewer 

 teeth or lobes, rarely entirely distinct. Corolla of 5 or rarely fewer petals, 

 perigynous or rarely hypogynous, very iiTegular in the fii'st suborder, less so 

 in the second, small and regular in the third. Stamens twice the number of 

 petals, rarely fewer, or sometimes indefinite, inserted with the petals. Ovaiy 

 single (consisting of a single cai-pel), with 1, 2, or more ovules aiTanged 

 along the inner or upper angle of the cavity. Style simple. Fruit^ a pod, 

 usually flattish and opening round the margin in 2 valves, but sometimes in- 

 dehiscent or variously shaped. Seeds with 2 large cotyledons, a short radi- 

 cle, and (with few exceptions) without albumen.— Herbs, shmbs, trees, or 

 climbers. Leaves alternate, or in a few genera (not Asiatic) opposite, usually 

 furnished with stipules, compound or simple (reduced to a single leaflet or to 



