Ckmsena] 



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A slinib or bmall treej leaflets 7-13, chartaceoxiSy alternate, 1.1-3 in. long, 

 base very obliqney edge wavy, shining, glabrous on both sides. FL 5-merou^, 

 greenish-white, laxly arranged in a terminal corymbose panicle, petals 

 glabrous, thin, \ in long. Ovary 2-5-celled, glabrous, tuberculate. Somewhat 

 resembles Mlcromelum jmhesceiis. 



Evergreen forests of the Western (rhat^, from North Kanara southwards. Fl. H. S. 



5. C. Willdenowii, W. et A. Prodr. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon, i. 222. Vern. 

 Kat Vejnllei, Tarn. ; Potti\ Mai. 

 A shrub or small tree, young shoots pubescent, leaflets 7-15, membranous, 



Fig. 55. — Clausena Willdenowii, "W. et A. J. 



1|-2| in. long. Fl. 4r-5-merous, white, in slender simple axillary x^acemes, 

 shorter than leaves. Ovary on a short narrow gynophore, slightly 4-5-lobed at 

 tip, 4-5-celled, fruit globose, J--| in. diam. 



Evergreen forebts of the Western Ghats from Sattara southwards, Sikkim, 

 Naga hills, Burma, Ceylon. El. H. S. Bedd. El. Sylv. Manual t. vii. p. 8, rejjresentb 

 the ovary as hairy. The following Eastern species with alternate leaflets belong to 

 this section— a. FL in terminal jjanides : 6. C. heptaphyna, W. et A. Lower Bengal 

 Khasi hills. Chittagong, Burma. Glabrous, leaflets 5-11, eq,ual or blightly oblique 

 at base, 2-6 in. long. 7. C. macropliylla, Hook. fiL Tenasserim. Softly villous, 

 leaflets equal or slightly oblique at base, 5-7 in. long. 8. C. WallicMi, Oliver. Burma, 

 Leaflets 13-17, glabrous, rhomboid, crenulate, 2-3 in. long. K 2/L in axiUary racemea : 

 9, a suffiniticosa, W. et A., Chittagong, Khasi hills, China. A low undershrub, softly 

 tomentose, leaflets 5-17, oblique, 8-4 in. long. 



