ee Unarmed erect trees or shrubs yo i 
173 RUTACER. [ Averrhoa. 
. A. Bilimbi, L.; Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 439; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. t. 
un; Brand. For. Fl. 46.—A small evergreen tree, all softer parts 
more or less pubescent ; leaves unpaired-pinnate, pubescent ; leaflets 
in 5 to 10 pairs with an odd one, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
2-3 in. long; flowers small, tel Se in short Foti pubescent pani- 
cles ; sepals pubescent, about 1} lin. long; petals ovate-oblon 
stamens 10, all fertile; berries ome about 2 in. long, obtusely 
5-angled, waxy green; seeds without arillus. 
Has.—Rarely cultivated by natives in hess and Tenasserim. 
RUTACEA. 
owers regular, usually pe map Out Calyx various, ga- 
mosepalous or the sepals free. Petals as many as pre. or twice 
as many or rarely more, free or rarely cohering, imbricate or valvate. 
Stamens definite or rarely numerous ; anthers usually versatile, 
the cells opening lengthwise. Torus inside the stamens, usu 
more or less thickened into a disk. Ov vary consisting of 4 or 5, 
in each carpel; styles united at their eid or | or thoroughly. Fruit 
of 2-valved or rarely indehiscent carpels, or a berry or drupe, rarely 
a dehiscent capsule, the endocarp frequently beable from the 
pericarp. Seeds often solitary in the carpels. Albumen fleshy or 
none. Embryo large in proportion to the seed, radicle superior.— 
Trees or shrubs, very rarely herbs, all herbaceous parts pole 
gland-dotted. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple or compow 2 
Stipules none. Flowers solitary or variously arranged, axillary or a 
terminal. ee 
The members of this family possess nearly all aromatie and 
pungent properties. The bark of some kinds like Zoddalia are used 
as a Febrifage. The species of the orange-tribe abound in a volatile 
fragrant bitter oil, and several of them, like the oranges, limes 
etc., reckon amongst the best table-fruits, To foresters the family 
is ‘interesting, as it furnishes a variety of so-called box-wood. About 
33 or 34 Burmese species are known, but their generic vane i: . 
are rather vague and uncertain. 
* Fruit coperenny into distinct 2-valved carpels. Flowers 
often unisexual. 
Leaves opposite or seals so. be unarmed. Bessie + . Evodia 
Leaves alternate. Usually armed. ens 3-5 - Za mh 
Leaves opposite. Unarmed. 
= Cnetsls conadtadiiad Hae Tia or. berry, rarely a 
X Blowers Poly Gurtious-Goccious. 
fe wey ieee pers . Toddalia. 
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