N. 0. RUTA0E.E. 



279 



" From its greater abundance and cheapness, the Wood-apple 

 (Feronia elephantum) is occasionally substituted for the Bael- 

 fruit in the bazaar when the latter is sold in large quantities, 

 but there will be no difficulty in distinguishing them from each 

 other, if the following distinctions be attended to : — 



Bael- fruit of both varieties. 



1. Generally roundish, ovoid or 

 otaovate, and sometimes oblong. 



2. Generally about the size of a 

 large orange, often as big as a large 

 pomegranate, and sometimes attains 

 the size of a small child's head. 



3. Greenish or yellowish brown in 

 color, smooth and slightly shining. 



4. Rind very hard, woody and thin. 



5. In the centre of the pulp there 

 are from five to eighteen small cells, 

 each of which contains some mucus, 

 and from one to twelve or more seeds. 

 (In the small variety of bael-fruit, the 

 seeds are often absent in some cells.) 



6. The seeds are oblong, flat or 

 compressed, woolly, and about the size 

 of a lime-seed. 



7. The mucus is thick, very tenaci- 

 ous, transparent, and strongly tere- 

 binthinate in smell and taste. 



1. 

 cal. 



Wood-apple. 

 Almost always round or spheri- 



2. Generally about the size of an 

 orange, and often as large as a pome- 

 granate. 



3. Greenish white or ash colored, 

 neither smooth nor shining. 



4. Rind hard, woody, and though 

 somewhat thicker, yet more easily 

 broken. 



5. No cells at all, and the seeds 

 are numerous and embedded in the 

 pulp. A fruit contains about 500 seeds. 



6, The seeds are generally about 

 the same shape, but onehalf smaller 

 in size. 



7. Contains no mucus, but is acid 

 from the presence of citric acid. 



8. When the fruit is quite ripe, the | 8. In the same condition, the pulp 

 pulp is of a brownishred or reddish is of a reddish grey or flesh color, 

 yellow color, with a strong balsamic ' with a very agreeable and slightly 

 odour and sweetish taste. | aromatic odor and sub-acidj taste" 



(Moodeen Sheriff.) 



N. 0. SIMARUBE2E. 



243. Ailanthus glandulosa, Desf. ; ii.f.b.i., i. 518. 

 Eng. Syn. : — Japan Varnish Tree. 

 Habitat : — Northern India. 

 A lofty tree ; leaves pubescent or sub-glabrous ; leaflets very 

 coarsely toothed at base, very numerous, divided very unequally 



