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XXIII. MALPIGHIACE/E 



[Aspidopterys 



ovate, shortly acumin- 

 ate, silky beneath, blade 

 4-10, petiole 1-2 in. 

 Wings of fruit broad- 

 ovate, 1-1| in. long. 



SiVkim, ascending to 

 3,900 ft., Assam, Manipur, 

 Upper Burma. Fl.July- 

 Deceinber. 6. A. tarsuta, 

 A. Juss. {Hirma hirsuta, 

 Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 13). 

 Irawaddi valley, from 

 Prome upwards. Branch- 

 lets and inflorescence hir- 

 sute "with long tawny 

 hairs, leaves obovate, on 

 both sides clothed with 

 long soft hairs, flowers 

 white, petals nearly J in. 

 long, wings of fruit ob- 

 long li by i in. 



7. A. Wallichii, 



Hook. fil. — Syn. .4. 



lanuginosa, A. Juss. ; 



Brandis, F. Fl. 44. 

 A large climber. 



"Young shoots, under 

 side of leaves and inflorescence clothed with soft white or grey tomentum. 

 Leaves ovate from a cordate or rounded base, acuminate, blade 4-5, petiole 

 f in. Panicle graceful, lax, pendulous, petals ^ in., ovary clothed with long 

 white hairs. Wings of fruit oval, l 1 - in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Dehra Dun to Nepal, ascending to 4,000 ft. Fl. E. S. 

 8. A. cordata, A. Juss. Western coast and Western Ghats, from Bombay southwards. 

 Young shoots, under side of leaves and inflorescence clothed with whitish appressed 

 hairs. Leaves cordate, acuminate, blade 3-7, petiole 1-2 in. Wings of fruit nearly 

 orbicular. Of A. tomentosa, A. Juss., a native of Java, given by Kurz (F. Fl. i. 175) 

 from Martaban, I have seen no Burma specimens. 



Fig. 53. — Aspidopterys nutans, Hook fil. h. 



Okder XXIV. GERANIACE^. Gen. PI. i. 269. 



Tribe Oxalidece (Oxalidaceaai, a distinct order in Engler u. Prantl iii. 

 4. 15). Mostly perennial herbs, rarely trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, gene- 

 rally compound. Fl. bisexual, regular, sepals 5, imbricate in bud, persistent, 

 petals 5, free or slightly connate at base. Stamens 10, the 5 outer opposite to 

 petals, shorter and at times sterile, filaments slightly connate at base. Ovary 

 5-cellecl, styles 5 distinct. 



AVERRHOA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 439. 



Trees. Leaves imparipinnate, sensitive, leaflets nearly opposite, stipules 0. 

 Fl. in cymose panicles, ovules numerous in each cell. Fr. oblong, fleshy, 

 indehiscent. Embryo straight, with thin foliaceous cotyledons in a fleshy 

 albumen. Species 2, cultivated in the tropics of the old and new world, 

 native country unknown. 



1. A. Carambola, Linn. Sans. Karmara. Vern. Kamrak, Kamaranga, 

 Hind. ; Pulichi, Mai. ; Saung gya, Burm. 



