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[Toddalia 



Fig, 57. — Toddalia aciileata, Pers J. 



in axillary panicles 

 longer than petiole. Fr. 

 globose, I in. diam., 

 orange-c o 1 o u r e d, 3-5- 

 celled. 



Outer Himalaya, from 

 Ktimaoneastw ard, ascend- 

 ing to 5,000 ft. Kliasi 

 liills. Burma Western 

 Penm&ula. Fl. October- 

 January. — Ceylon, China. 



2. T. 'bilocxilaris, W. et A. ; 

 Bedd. Ic. Ind. Or. t. 167. 

 "Western Ghats, Anama- 

 lais, Tinnevelli hills, Tra- 

 vancore, a tree, with dense 

 dark green foliage, 

 unarmed, leaflets (always 



3, not 6-10, PL Brit. Ind.) 

 quite entire, shining, 6-10 

 in. long. PL 2-3-merous. 



Triphasia trifoliata, DC, 



is a small glabrous spiny 

 shrub, the original home 

 uncertain, frequently 

 grown in gardens, often 

 runs wild. L. trifoliolate, 

 leaflets crenulate, the 

 lateral smaller, oblique. 

 PL white, fragrant, J in. 

 long, axillary, solitary, 

 or in few-fld. cymes. 

 Calyx 3-lobed, petals 3 

 imbricate, stamens 6. 

 Berry ovoid, J in. long, 

 seeds 1-3. 



13, LUVUNGA, Hamilton ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 508. 



Glabrous, climbing shrubs, nsnally armed with strong axillaiy spines. 

 L. 3-foliolatej leaflets coriaceous, quite entire. Calyx cup-shaped, entire or 

 irregularly 4-6-lobed. Petals 4-5, thick, imbricate. Stamens 8 or 10, inserted 

 around a cupular £eshy disk, filaments subulate. Ovary 2-4-061^, style stout, 

 deciduous, ovules 2, superposed in each cell. Berry large, rind thick, very 

 resinous, seeds 2-3, cotyledons fleshy, albumen 0. Species 4, tropical Asia, 



1. L, eleutherandra, Dak. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 224. 



Branches long flexuose, set v^ith stout, sharp, woody, often deflexed thorns 

 1 in. long, bark yellowish-white. Leaflets 3-8 in., elliptic or elliptic-oblong. 

 PL white, fragrant, in glabrous axillary fasciculate racemes, fl, just before 

 opening |-| in., filaments free. Berry globose, f in. diam. 



Western Ghats, evergreen forest, from the Konkan south wardb. PL H. S, 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. Closely allied, and perhaps not specifically distinct : 2. L. 

 scandens, Ham. Assam, Silhet, Burma, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 

 leaflets 5-12 in., elliptic-lanceolate, filaments more or less connate. 



14. ATALANTIA, Correa ; PL Brit. Ind. i, 511. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, mostly spinescent. L. 1-foliolate, coriaceous. 

 PL in. racemes or corymbs, calyx 3-5-lobed, petals imbricate, free or adnate to 

 stamens. Stamens 6-10, rarely more, filaments free or connate, anthei^s 



