AVERRHOA BILIMBI. (Nat. ord. Geraniaceee.) 



AVERRHOA. Linn. — GEN. CHAR. Flowers regular, sepals 5 imbricate, petals 5 hypogynous contorted, glands o£ the disk none, stamens 10 

 very shortly connate at the base all bearing anthers or 5 sterile, ovary slightly 5-6 lobed, 5-6 celled, styles distinct, stigmas capitate ; ovules numerous :a 

 the cells, berry oblong indehiscent, Beed naked or arillate, albumen fleshy sparse, embryo straight, Trees, leaves alternate unequally pinnate exstipulate, 

 Sowers racemosely panicled. 



AvERRHOA -DILIMBI. (Linn.) A small tree, 15-20 feefc, leaflets sub-opposite 5-10 pairs (rachis very villous) softly 

 villous on both sides especially underneath, entire ovate to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, l|-2 inches long by f inch broad, petioles 1-2 

 lines long, panicles villous, flowers reddish, calyx villous or pubescent, limb of the petals ovate-oblong, anthers 10 alternately long and 

 short, ovary 5-6 celled, style 5-6, fruit oblong obtusely angled, seed exarillate. DC. Prod. I, p. 689. Bilimbi, Rheede Mai. 3. t. 45, 46. 



This pretty little tree is common in a cultivated and semi-ioild state, and easily establishes itself ; it is supposed to be a native of India, 

 but 1 have never seen it in any of our jungles ; the fruit is a pleasant acid, and syrup is made of it, and it is preserved and pickled. lt$ 

 native name is bilimbi. 



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