Atalantia] 



XXV. EUTACE^ 



121 



oblong. Ovary 2-'5-celled, style deciduous. Berry large, l~5-seeded, rind 

 tiiick, cotyledons fleshy, plane-convex, albumen 0. Species 13, Indo-Malayan 



region. 



A. Filaments connate into a tube. 



1. A. monophylla, Correa; Bedd. PL Sylv. Manual t. vii. f. 5.~-Syn. A. 

 floribunda^ Wight Ic. t. 1611; Livionia monophylla^ Linn.; Roxb, Cor. 



PL t. 83. Vern. Edn Limhu^ 

 Makitr Limbu, Mar. ; Kafa 

 Narunga^ Uriya ; Katta nar- 

 agam, Tarn, ; Adivi nimma^ 

 Yerra monu kudu, Tel. 



A glabrous shrub or small 

 tree, wood yellow, hard, and 

 close-grained, branches nu- 

 merous, rigid, the older armed 

 with short spines. L. 1-3 in., 

 obtuse, generally notched at 

 the tip. n. white, J-} in. 

 long, in axillary corymbs, 

 pedicels slender, {-h in. long. 

 Calyx rupturing irregularly, 

 petals 4, anthers 8, elliptic, 

 inserted on the triangular 

 teeth of the staminal tube, 

 style long, cylindrical. Ovary 

 on a short annular disk. Fr. 

 1 in. diam., 1-seeded. 



Kanara. Western districts 

 of Mysore, Nilgiris. Hills of 

 the northern Circars, the Ceded 

 districts and the Karnatik. 

 Sriliarikota. Khasi hills, Andamans, Burma. M. Oct -Dec. Ceylon, Malay Penin- 

 sula. A. macrophylla^ Kurz, is a variety -with larger leaves and fruits. 2. A. racemosa, 

 W. et A. (Sderostylis atalantioidesy Wight Ic. t. 71). Tam., evergreen forests of the 

 Western G-hats, from Khandala southwards, differs hy sliort pedicels, ii. in racemes 

 up to 3 in. long, calyx regularly 3-4-lohedj antlier-cells divergent at base, disk incon- 

 spicuous. Possibly not specifically distinct. 



B. Filaments free, 



3. A. missionis, Oliver.— Syn. Limonia missmiis, Wight Ic. t. 175, 

 A small thorny glabx^ous tree. L. ovate, apex obtuse or rounded. FL 

 numei^ous, | in. long, 4-5-merous, in erect panicles 1-3 in. long, stamens 8 or 

 10, filaments slender, quite distinct, anthers linear-oblong, ovary 4-5-celled, 

 naiTowed into a short stalk, 2 collateral ovules in each cell. Fr. globose, 1 in. 

 diam., seeds numerous, globose, embedded in glutinous mucilage. 



Evergreeji forests of the Western Ghats, from North Kanara southwards. Hillb of 

 the Karnatik. PL Dec .-April.— Ceylon. 4. A. ceylanica, Oliver ; Nilgiris, Anamalais, 

 Ceylon. PL in short racemes, calyx 4-lobed, ovary 2-celled. 5. A. caudata, Hook, fil., 

 Khasi hills, a glabrous, unarmed shrub, branches slender. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 caudate acuminate, tip broad, 2-lobed. PL J-J in. diam., white, fragrant, in short 

 slender racemes. 



Pig. 58. — Atalantia monophylla, Oorrea. |. 



15. PARAMIGN YA, Wight ; FL Brit. Ind. L 509. 



Erect or climbing evergi-een shrubs, often with axillary spines. L, 

 1-foIiolate, quite entire. FL axillary, solitary or fascicled. Petals 4-5* 

 Stamens 8-10, inserted* at the base of a columnar disk (gynophore), filaments 



