AcEONYCHiA,] RUTACEM. 135' 



2. TODDALIA, Juss. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 497. 



Usually subscandent or sarmentose prickly shrubs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, 1-3-f oliolate ; leaflets sessile. Flowers small, in axillary or 

 terminal cymes, unisexual. Ca^ya? 2-5-lobed. Petals 2-^. Stamens 

 2, 4 or 5 (or 8 with the alternate ones imperfect), inserted at the base 

 of the conspicuous disk. Ovary 2-7-(rarel7 1-) celled ; style short or 

 ; 5fi^ma capitate ; ovules 2 in eacli cell. Fruit subglobose or lobed, . 

 2-7-celled ; cells usually 1-seeded. Seeds angled, reniform, testa coria- 

 ceous, albumen fleshy. — Natives of tropical and subtroxncal parts of 

 Asia and Africa, also in Australia. 



T. aculeata, Tevs. Syn.i, 249; W. Sf A. Prod. 149 ; RoyU III. 158; 



D. Sc G. Bomb. Fl. 44; Brand. For. Fl. 46 ; F. B. I. t. 497. Watt F. B, . 



Scopolia aculeata, Sm. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i, 616. Limonia oligandra Dalz. ; 



D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 28. Verti. Kanj, dahan and lahan (Eajputana). 



A rambling sarmentose usually prickly shrub. Leaflefs sessile, 1-3 in. 

 long, elliptic, obovate, ohlong or lanceolate, crenulate, acute, obtuse or 

 notched at the apex. Oymes axillary, longer or shorter than the leaves. 

 jPiowers small, cream-coloured. Petals 5, imbricate, ^tcini ens exceeding 

 the petals. Ovary usually .5-celled; style f^hort;. stigma 5-lobed ; ovules 

 2, superposed in each cell. Berry 5-celled, 5-grooved, size of large pea, 

 orange- coloured. Seeds solitary in each cell. 



Shady ravines and.^^swampy places in Dehra Dun, Merwara. Disteib. : 

 Subtrop. Himalaya from Garhwal eastward to Bhutan, ascending to 

 6,000 ft. ; Khasia Hills and south to Ceylon ; also in Sumatra, Java, China 

 and the Philippines, Flowers February to April, fruit ripens July to 

 September. The whole plant is pungently aromatic, and is highly valued 

 for its medicinal properties, which resemble those of Berberis. The root- 

 bark yields a yellow dye, and the ripe pungent berries are sometimes 

 pickled. 



3. ACRONYCHIA, Forst. J Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 498, 



Trees. Leaves opposite or alternate. 1- rarely 3- foliolate ; leaflets 

 quite entire. Flowers peduncled, in axillary and terminal corymbs, 

 polygamous. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes imbricate. Petals 4, spreading, 

 revolute, valvate. Stamens 8, inserted under a thick 8-angled tomen- 

 tose disk ; filaments subulate, the alternate longer ; ovary inserted 

 in the hollow tip of the disk, tomentose, 4-celled ; style terminal ; 

 stigma 4iL-gvoo\Qdi. ; ovules 2 in each cell, superposed. Fruit a 4'Celled 

 drupe (in the Indian species). Seeds often exserted and pendulous 

 from a slender funi(4e, testa black, albumen copious. — Species about 

 17, inhabiting tropical Asia and •Australia. 



A. laurifolia, Blume Cat. Gew. B^iitens. 27, 63 ; jP. B. I. i, 49S, Cymi- - 

 nosma pedunoulata, Roxh. Fl. Ind- ii, 239; W- Sf A- Prod. 147 ; D^ 



