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(2) C. pusyscens. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 96. 
Srec. Cuan. Shrub: young branches, racemes and petioles 
densely pubescent: leaves pinnate: leaflets 7-11, alternate, ovate, 
acuminated, slightly oblique at the base, pubescent, upper ones 
larger: panicles axillary: stigma 4-lobed, 
Peninsula. 
(3) C. srmpricirotia. (Dalz. ) 
Ident. Wook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 180.—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 
30, ; 
Spec. Cuan. Tree: leaves simple, oval-oblong, attenuated to- 
wards the base, dotted with black, glabrous: cymes trichotomous, 
springing from the upper axils: sepals rounded: petals linear, silky 
at the base inside: stigma 4-lobed: ovary 4-celled: cells 2-seeded: - 
fruit the size of a pea. 
Tulkut Ghaut, flowering in August. 
GENUS IX. FERONIA. 
Decandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Named after Feronia, the goddess of forests. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees: flowers often polygamous: calyx flat, 5- 
toothed: petals 5, patent: filaments united at the base: anthers 
tetragonal: ovary seated on an elevated disk, 5-6-celled: ovules 
numerous in each cell: stigma oblong: fruit with a hard rind, 5- 
celled, many-seeded. 
F. everHantum. (Corr. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 96.—Dec. prod. I. p. 538.—Roxb, 
A. Ind. I. p. 411.—Drury’s Useful Plants, p. 220. 
Syn. Crateeva vallanga, Koen. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 15,—Roxb. Cor. IT. t. 141. 
Srzc. Cuan. Large tree: leaves pinnated: leaflets 5-7, 
almost sessile, obovate: petioles slightly winged: racemes lax, 
axillary and terminal: style scarcely any: flowers small, pale pink, 
with crimson anthers: fruit about the size of an apple, with a hard, 
greyish rind: seeds immersed in fleshy pulp. 
Coromandel. Western Coast. Guzerat. Flowering in March, 
A transparent gum exudes from wounds in the bark, having the 
property of Gum Arabic. The young leaves are considered sto- 
machic and carminative. The pulp of the fruit affords a very plea- 
sant jelly, closely resembling black-currant jelly, only more astrin- 
gent. The timber is hard, durable and fine-grained, 
