Limonia] XXV. BUTACE.E 11!J 



Tenasserini. Unarmed, common petiole narrowly-winged, leaflets alternate, fl. 5-merous. 



3. L. alata, W. et A. : Wight 111 t. 41. Bedd. PI. Sylv. Manual t. 7, p. -1. Western 

 Peninsula {Munukvdu, Nellore). A small glabrous spinescent tree. L. trifoliolate, 

 leaflets obovate, quite entire, the lateral smaller. Fl. 4-5-merous, in short hoarj 

 panicles. Ovules 2 in each cell. Berry globose, 1 in. diam. 



10. FERONIA, Gaertn. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. old. 



F. Elephantum, Correa (the only species) ; Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 141 : Wight 

 let. 15. BeoM. Fl. Sylv. t. 121.— Elephant- or Wood-Apple. Vern. Bilin, 

 Kaitha, A'<7/ In I. Hind.; Kawith, Mar.: Velaga, Tel.: Byala, Kan.; ]~ilca, 

 Tarn. : Thibin, Burma. 



A middle-sized glabrous, deciduous tree, armed with strong straight axillary 

 thorns. L. alternate, imparipinnate, leaflets opposite, 1-4 pair, cuneate or 

 obovate, crenate at the tip, common petiole often narrow-winged. Fl. dull red, 

 generally unisexual, in lax panicles, male and bisexual flowers frequently on 

 rlic same inflorescence. Stamens 10-12, filaments short, subulate, from a broad 

 vill 'us base. Fr. globose, grey, rough, '2-3 in. diam., rind hard, woody, seeds 

 numerous, oblong, embedded in flesh}- edible pulp. 



Generally cultivated in both Peninsulas; indigenous in South India and Ceylon, 

 Fl. Feb.-April. 



1 1. ^EGLE, Correa : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 516. 



Species: 2 in the Indo-Malayan region, 1 in Japan, and 1 in tropical West 

 Africa. 



A. Marmelos, Correa: Roxb. Cor. PL t. 14:5: Wight Ic. t. li; : Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. r. Hi I. The Bael tree. Vern. Bel, /li/i, Hind.: Lohagasi i Kol; 

 Mahika, Gond; Bila patri, Kan.: Mdredu, Tel.; Vilva, Tain.; Kovalam, 

 Mai.; Okahit, Burma. 



A small or middle-sized tree, armed with axillary, straight, sharp spines, 



\v 1 yellowish-white, close-grained, strongly aromatic when fresh cut, no 



heart-wood. L. alternate, trifoliolate, leaflets sometimes 5, ovate-lanceolate. 

 crenate. Fl. bisexual, 4-5-merous, greenish-white, in short lateral panicles 

 with a flue hone}' scent. Calyx flat, teeth small, petals imbricate, stamens 

 numerous, filaments short, anthers linear. Fr. 4-6 in. diam.. rind smooth, 

 grey or yellow. Seeds numerous, oblong, flat, testa densely clothed with 

 thick fibrous hairs, in a thick orange-coloured sweet aromatic pulp. 



Wild in the >u 1 ill i ma lay an tract ami outer hills, from the Jhelum eastward, also in 

 South India and Burma. Cultivated throughout India on account of its fruit. Fl. 

 II. s 



12. TODDALIA, .hiss. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 197. 



Shrubs or trees, with strong pungent s II. I., alternate, 3-foliolate. 



Fl. unisexual, 2-3- or 5-merous. stamens a I tenia ting with petals. Ovary 

 entire, '-' 5-celled, 2 ovules in each cell. Seeds reuiform, testa coriaceous, 

 albumen leshy, embryo curved. 



I. T. aculeata, IVrs. ; Wight 111. t. tiii. — Syn. Xcmthoxylumfloribundum, 

 Wall. PI. As. Etar. t. 232. Vern. Kdnj, Hind. ; Tunda para, Criya ; Merapu 

 gandra, Tel. ; Kyanza, TsuhUn, Burin. 



A large scandeul shrub, prickles on branchlets sharp, recurved, stems and 

 branches armed with numerous large woody conical tulieivlos. torminated by 

 short curve 1 spines, young shoots rusty-tomentose, leaflets crenulate, 

 greatly varying in length, in the semi-evergreen scrub near Madras 1.1-2 in., 

 elsewhere often 1 in. long called '/'. floribunda . Fl. small, yellowish-green, 



