Acroni/cMa,'\ 



RUTACEiE. 



5.9 



4-celletl ; style terminal ; stigma 4-grooved ; ovules 2, superposed in 

 €ach cell. Fruit a i^-S-eelled drupe, or a 4-valved, loculicidal capsule. 

 Seeds often exserted, and pendulous from a slender funicle ; testa 

 black ; albumen copious ; embrj'o straight, ; cotyledons oblong, Hat. 



A. laurifolia, Bl. Bijd. 245 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 498. A. pedunculata, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 42. Ogminosma pedunculata, DO. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 .SuppL 17 ; Grab. Cat. Bo. PI. 36. Olausena simplicifoUa, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 30. Bhutali^ sonemau, K. 



Widely spread tlirougbout the tropics of the old world, ascending to 

 4000 ft. in the Himalayas. In moist forests on the North K^nara gh^lts ; 

 common on the hills near Kdrwar at about 1000 feet elevation. Flowers 

 during August. Fruit ripe in Nov. -Jan. 



A small or moderate sized tree. Bark grey, smooth, with a thin outer 

 corky layer ; inner bark brown with lines of white tissua 



5. GLYCOSMIS, Correa. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, l-5-£oliate, leaflets polymor- 

 plious, alternate. Flowers small, usually in axillary panicles. Calyx 

 4-5-partite. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Stameus 8-10, free, inserted 

 round a disk ; anthers often with an apical or dorsal gland. Ovary 

 2-5-celledj style short, persistent. Berry white, fleshy, 1-B-seeded. 

 Seeds oblong ; testa membranous ; cotyledons equal ; radicle very short. 



G. pentaphylla, Corr. in Ann. Mus. VI. 384 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 499 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 29 ; Brandis For. FL 49 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 43. Kir- 

 mird, Vem. ; Manihyan, K, 



Tropical and sub-tropical Himalaya, ascending to 7000 ft. Assam, E 

 and W. Peninsulas, Malacca, China and Ceylon; extends to the Malay 

 Archipelago and Australia ; very common throughout the moist forests of 

 the Konkan and N. Kanara ; often near streams and water-courses ; never 

 arborescent in N. Kanara. Flowers throughout the year. Wood hard, 

 close-grained. Fruit edible. 



6. MTJRRAYA, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate. Flowers solitary 

 or in terminal corymbs or axillary cymes. Calyx 5-divided. Petals 

 5, imbricate, free. Stamens 10, inserted around an elongated disk. 

 Filaments alternately shorter. Ovary 2-5-celled ; ovules solitary or 

 2, superimposed or collateral in each cell; style elongate, deciduous; 

 stigma capitate. Berry 1-2-seeded. Seeds with a woolly or glabrous 

 testa, exalbuminous ; cotyledons equal. 



Leaves 3-8-foliate. Corymbs few-flowered ... 1. M. exotica. 



Leaves 10 -20-foliate, Oor^'inbs many- flowered ...2. M. Koenigiu 



1. M. exotica, Linu. ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 503 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 44 ; Brandia 

 For. FL 48. M, panioulata, ^'Ack. Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 29. Kuntiy 

 chalajuti, marcliulajuti, Vern. ; Fandry, K. 



