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white flowersin axillary racemes; they appear in February and March;--- 
The fruit .esembles an acorn and is nearly hidin the calyx.-- the ra- 
vines at Kandalla;---along the Ghauts. 
86. BALANITES. Delile. Decandria Monogynia, 
Lam, t. 297, 
173. B. AEGYPTIACA. Dc. prod. 1. p. 708.—Ximenia Aegyptiaca. Rox. 
Flora, 2. p. 253. Delile’s Egypt. ¢. 28 fi 1. 
» Hingenbet;---a small thorny tree, with alternate bifoliate leaves, and 
greenish white flowers; fruit about the size of an egg, covered with a smooth 
dry cortex.---the Deccan plains and Candesh.--- Goozerat. (Dr. Gibson.) 
This is one of the few trees which flourishes on black soil;—it has not yet 
been found in the Coucans. 
‘ ORDER 28. AURANTIACE. pe. Prod. 1. p. 535. 
THE ORANGE TRIBE. Lind. Nat. syst. p. (23. 
87. ATALANTIA. w. &. A. Monodelphia Octandria. 
Atalanta—who was caught by Hippomanes, causing her to trip by throw- 
ing golden apples in her way. (See Ovid. Met. 8. Fable 4.) 
174. A. Monophylla w. & A. 320.—Limonia Monophylla. Rox. Cor. t. 82. 
Rheed. Mal. 4. é. 12. 
Maker limboo.-- Ranlimboo,--a large ever-green shrub, armed with small 
thorns; flowers in November: white.---common on the Ghauts.---at Sidney 
ms Point, Mahableshwur. 
88S. TRIPHASTA. w. & a, Hexardria Monogynia. 
Triphasios;--in allusion to the 3 cleft calyx, and 3 petals. 
175. T. TrifoLiaTa. w. & A. 323. Bot. Rep. ¢. 143. Citrus parva dulcis: 
Sonn. It. ¢. 63. 
A common shrub in gardens: called China Limboo; flowers white, fragrant; 
berries size of a sloe; make good preserves.—grows wild in S. Concan. N. 
Itis alsoa native of China, from which country the plauts in Bombay 
gardens have probably heen introduced. 
89. LIMONTA. L. Decandria Monogynia, 
Lymoun—the Arabic name. Lam. é. 353. Gaert. t. 58. 
176, L. Acipissima. w, & A. 342. L. crenulata, Rox. Cor. t. 86. Rheed, 
Mal. 4. ¢. 14. 
A shrub with pinnate leaves, and winged petioles: fruit size of a pea: 
much used as a tonic in Malabar whereit forms an article of commerce with 
the Arabs. intd. by N.—common on sandstone hills at Padshapore, and at the 
falls of Gokauk where it is associated with Vephrosia suberosa, § Chloroxylon 
swietenia. (Mr. Law.) 
90. GLYCOSMIS. w.& a. Decandria Monogynia. 
Glycus—sweet—osme—smell; the flowers are sweet scented. 
177. G. Arporea, w. & A. 327. Rox. Cor.t, 85. Bot. Mag. t. 2074.—a 
small tree with pinnate leaves.—S. M. Country. (Dr. Lush.) 
178. G. PENTAPHYLLA. w. & A. 328. Rox. Cor. ¢. 84.—a tall shrub with 
pinnate leaves; closely allied, if not a mere variety of the last.---in a garden 
opposite the “Bee Hive,” Bombay, 
179. G.CuyLocarpa. w. & 4.332.--a shrub with pinnate leaves, and the 
hahit of the last species; flowers November and January; white,--the fruit 
much resembles the common gall found on Oak trees in England and is 
