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XXV. BUTACE^ 



[Toddalia 



Fig. 57, — Toddalia aculeata, Pers \. 



in axillary panicles 

 longer than petiole. Fr. 

 globose, i in. diam., 

 orange-coloured, 3-5- 

 celled. 



Outer Himalaya, from 

 Kumaon eastward, ascend- 

 ing to 5,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills. Burma. Western 

 Peninsula. PI. October- 

 January. — Ceylon, China. 



2. T. bilocularis, W. et A. ; 

 Bedd. Ic. Ind. Or. t. 167. 

 Western Ghats, Anama- 

 lais, Tiunevelli hills, Tra- 

 vancore, a tree, with dense 

 dark green foliage, 

 unarmed, leaflets (always 



3, not 6-10, Fl. Brit, Ind.) 

 quite entire, shining, 6-10 

 in. long. Fl. 2-3-merous. 



Triphasia trifoliata, DC, 

 is a small glabrous spiny 

 shrub, the original home 

 uncertain, frequently 

 grown in gardens, often 

 runs wild. L. trifoliolate, 

 leaflets crenulate, the 

 lateral smaller, oblique. 

 Fl. white, fragrant, J in. 

 long, axillary, solitary, 

 or in few-fld. cymes. 

 Calyx 3-lobed, petals 3 

 imbricate, stamens 6. 

 Berry ovoid, i in. long, 

 seeds 1-3. 



13. LUVUNGA, Hamilton ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 508. 



Glabrous, climbing shrubs, usually armed with strong axillary spines. 

 L. 3-foliolate, leaflets coriaceous, quite entire. Calyx cup-shaped, entire or 

 irregularly 4-6-lobed. Petals 4-5, thick, imbricate. Stamens 8 or 10, inserted 

 around a cupular fleshy disk, filaments subulate. Ovary 2-4-celled, style stout, 

 deciduous, ovules 2, superposed in each cell. Berry large, rind thick, very 

 resinous, seeds 2-3, cotyledons fleshy, albumen 0. Species 4, tropical Asia. 



1. L. eleutherandra, Dalz. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 224. 



Branches long flexuose, set with stout, sharp, woody, often deflexed thorns 

 1 in. long, bark yellowish-white. Leaflets 3-8 in., elliptic or elliptic-oblong. 

 Fl. white, fragrant, in glabrous axillary fasciculate racemes, fl. just before 

 opening \-\ in., filaments free. Berry globose, \ in. diam. 



Western Ghats, evergreen forest, from the Konkan southwards. Fl. H. S. 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. Closely allied, and perhaps not specifically distinct : 2. L. 

 scandens, Hani. Assam, Silhet, Burma, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 

 leaflets 5—12 in., elliptic-lanceolate, filaments more or less connate. 



14. ATALANTIA, Correa ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 511. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, mostly spinescent. L. 1-foliolate, coriaceous. 

 Fl. iii-racemes or corymbs, calyx 3-5-lobed, petals imbricate, free or adnate to 

 stamens. Stamens 6-10, rarely more, filaments free or connate, anthers 



