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XXIII. MALPIGHIAOE.^ 



[Aspklopterya 



ovate, sliortly acumin- 

 ate, silky ben e at h, blade 

 4-10, petiole 1--2 in. 

 Wings of fruit broad- 

 ovate, 1™!^ in. long. 



Sikkim, a&condmg to 

 3,900 ft., As^anij Manipnr. 

 Upper Burma. Fl. July- 

 December. 6. A. hirsuta, 

 A. Ju&&. (Hlvcea hir^ufa^ 

 Wall. PI. A.^. Ear. t. 13). 

 Irawaddi valley, from 

 Prome upwards. Branch- 

 lets and inflorebcence hir- 

 sute with long tawiiy 

 hairs, leaves obovate, on 

 both sides clothed with 

 long soft hairb, flowers 

 white, petals nearly \ in. 

 long, wings of fruit ob- 

 long 1^ by \ in. 



7. A. Wallichii, 



Hook. fil. — Syn. A. 



lamtginohci^ A. Juss. ; 



Brandis, P. PL 44. 

 A large climber. 



Young shoots, tinder 

 side of leaves and inflorescence clotked with soft wbite or grey tomentum. 

 Leaves ovate from a cordate or rounded base, acuminate, blade 4-5, petiole 

 J in. Panicle graceful, lax, pendulous, petals I in., ovax-y clothed with long 

 white hairs. Wings of fruit oval, 1^ in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Dehra Dun to Nepal, ascending to 4,000 it. Fl. E. S. 

 8. A. cordata, A. Juss. Western coast and Western Grhats, from Bomba^^ southwards. 

 Young shoots, under side of leaves and inflorescence clothed with whitish appressed 

 hairs. Leaves cordate, acuminate, blade 3-7, petiole 1-2 in. Wings of fruit nearly 

 orbicular. Of A. fomentosa, A. Juss., a native of Java, given by Kurz (F. Fl. i. 175) 

 from Martaban, I have seen no Burma specimens. 



Fig. 58. — Aspidopterys nutans, Hook fil. I. 



Orbee XXIV. GERANIACEiE. Gen. PI. i. 269. 



Tribe Oxalklece {OxaUclaceam, a distinct order in Engler u. Prantl iii. 

 4. 15). Mostly perennial herbs, rarely trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, gene- 

 rally compound. FL bisexual^ regular, sepals 5, imbricate in bud, persistent, 

 petals 5, free or slightly connate at base. Stamens 10, the 5 outer opposite to 

 petals, shorter and at times sterile, filaments slightly connate at base. Ovary 

 5-celled, styles 5 distinct. 



AVERRHOA, Linn.; FL Brit. Ind. i. 439. 



Trees, Leaves impaiipinnate, sensitive, leaflets nearly opposite, stipules 0. 

 FL in cymose panicles, ovules numerous in each cell. Fr. oblong, fleshy, 

 indehiscent. Embryo straight, with thin foliaoeous cotyledons in a fleshy 

 albumen. Species 2, cultivated in the tropics of the old and new world, 

 native country unknown. 



1. A. Carambola, Linn. Sans. Karmara, Vern. Kamrak^ Kamaranya^ 

 Hind, ; PuUchf^ MaL ; Sating gya^ Burm. 



