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XXV. EUTACEJl 



[Paramignya 



free, autliers linear. Berry ovoid, oftea contracted at base, rind thick, seeds 

 1-5. Species 6, tropical and subtropical Asia. 



1. P. monophylla, Wight 111. t. 42. Vern. Kurwa tvagutti. Mar. 



A large climbing thorny shrub, spines sharp, recurved. L. coriaceous, 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 in. long. Petals f in. long, calyx 

 and outside of petals woolly pubescent, calyx lobes 5, short, rounded, fila- 

 ments slightly hairy. Berry pyriform, 1 in. long or more. 



Sikkim, Bhutan, Eha&i hills, Tenasserim. Western G-hats, in evergreen forest, 

 n. Sept.-March. Ceylon, Philippines. 2. P. grandiflora, Oliver ; Tenasserim; erect, 

 spines I in., calyx campantilate, lobes rounded, petals | in., ovary pilose. 3. P. 

 armata, Oliver ; Bedd. Ic. t. 275. Western Ghats, Andamans, Ceylon, scandent, leaver 



Fia. 59. — Paramignya monophylla, Wight. J. 



candate-aeimiinate, calyx-segments broadly triangular, petals J in., lower | of filaments 

 thick, woolly. The following species have smaller flowers: 4. P. longispina, Hook. 

 iiL (P. angidatctj Kiirz), erect, spines in pairs below petioles, J-l^ in. long, petals 

 J in., berries 3~5-lobed, angular. 5, P. Griffltliii, Hook. fil. ; Assam, Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula ; scandent, spines J in., calyx small, cup-shaped, with 5 sharp teeth, 

 ovary tomentose. 6. P. citrifolia, Hook. fil. ; Ghittagong, Andamans ; scandent, petals 

 J in. 



16. CITRUS, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 514 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, generally armed with axillary thorns, wood close- 

 and even^grained. L. coriaceous, simple, petiole often winged. Fl. white, 

 or tinged with red, scented, sometimes unisexual. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-clef t. 

 Petals 4-5, rarely more, thick, gland-dotted, imbricate in bud. Stamens 20-60, 



