Clausem.] 



21. RUTACE7E. 



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evergreen forests. Fl. Feb.-May. Fr. ripe from June onwards. Beddome 

 describes the fraifc '* As largo as a cherry, as succulent as a grape, and 

 somewhat of the flavour of the black currant."' 



8. LUVUNGA, Hamilt. 

 Climbing spinous shrubs. Leaves trifohate. Flowers in axillary, 

 fascicled or panicled racemes. Calyx eupular. Petals 4-5, free, 

 thick. Stamens 8-10, inserted around a eupular disk. Filaments free 

 or connate. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style decidu- 

 ous; stigma capitate. Berry large, ellipsoid ; rind thick, tubercled. 

 Seeds large, ovoid ; testa membranous^ nerved ; cotyledons equal, oblong, 

 fleshy. 



L. eleutherandra, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jo urn. Bot. II. 258. Fl. Br. 

 I. 1. 509 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 30. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon, 3 — 5000 ft. 

 Flowers Dec.-Jany. Fruit ripe hot season. 



9. TRIPHASIA, Lour. 



A spiny, glabrous, evergreen shrub. Leaves alternate, sessile, 

 trifoliate ; leaflets crenate. Flowers solitary or in 3-flowered cymes. 

 Calyx 3-divided. Petals 3. Stamens 6, inserted around a fleshy 

 disk ; filaments dilated at the base. Ovary 3-celled, ovoid, narrowed 

 into a slender deciduous style ; stigma obtuse or capitate, 3-lobed ; 

 cells 1-ovuled. Berry small, 1-3-seeded. Seeds immersed in muci- 

 lage ; testa coriaceous ; cotyledons plano-convex, often unequal or lobed. 



T. trifoliata, DO. Prod. 1. 536; Fl. Br. I. 1. 507; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 12. China liwihu. Cultivated in gardens throughout 

 the Presidency. 



10. LIMONIA, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves 3-foliate or imparipinnate, petiole 

 and rachis winged. Calyx 4-5 divided. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10, 

 inserted around an annular or stipitate disk. Ovary oblong, 4''5- 

 celled j ovules 1-2 in each cell ; style short, stout, deciduous ; stigma 

 obtuse or capitate. Berry globose. Seeds imbedded in mucilage; 

 cotyledons fleshy ; albumen 0. 



L. acidissima, Linn.; Fl. Br. L 1. 507 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 29 ; 

 Bedd. For. Fl. 45 ; Brandis For. Fl. 47. Naihullal, K.; Tondsha^ M. 



Dry hills in various parts of India, N.-W. Himalaya, Assam, Behar, 

 "W. Peninsula, Bombay and Madras, in the dry districts ; common in the 

 Belgaujn District on the Lower Cuddapah series of rocks (Gokak, Sut- 

 guttee) ; also in the dry plains at the foot of the Bababuden hills of 

 Mysore. Fl. April-May. Fruit Aug. -Sept. A small spinous tree. 

 Bark corky, cincrous, rugose. Wood hard, close-grained, suitable for the 

 lathe. Fruit black, very bitter, exported to Arabia, where it is used as 

 a condiment ; said to be used in Sind as a remedy for diabetes. 



