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21. 11UTACE2E. 



[Paratnigni/a, 



11. PABAMIGNYA, Wgt. 



Erect shrubs or often armed climbers. Leaves 1-foliate, quite 

 entire, coriaceous. Flowers rather large, axillary, solitary or fasci- 

 cled. Calyx cupular, lobed. Petals 4-5, usually free^ imbricate. 

 Stamens 8-10, filaments equal or nearly so, inserted around a columnar 

 disk. Ovary 3-5-celled, cells 1-2-ovuled ; style elongate, deciduous. 

 Berry ovoid, contracted at the base, 1-5 -seeded ; seeds large, compress- 

 ed ; testa membranous ; cotyledons fleshy, equal. 



P. monophylla, Wgt. 111. I. 109 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 510 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 30. Kurwa-wagutti, M. ; Banyeedy Vern. j Kan-nimbe 

 KanhancM-hally, K. 



Sikkim Himalaya, ascending to 5000 ft., Malay Peninsula, W. 

 Peninsula from the Konkan to Ceylon. Very common throughout 

 the evergreen forests of the Konkan and Korth Kanara. Fl. H. S. 

 Fr. R. & 0. S. Stems 3 in. in diameter. Bark grey, corky and scaly ; 

 inner bark white, fibrous. Wood yellow, soft or moderately hard, 

 sometimes with dark irregular patches. Pores large, numerous 

 in short lines on a radial section. Medullary rays fine, numerous. 

 Annual rings distinct. Weighs about 42 lbs. to the cubic ft. The 

 root and bark are used in native medicine. 



12. ATALANTIA, Corr. 



Spinous shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, coriaceous. Flowers 

 axillary or terminal. Calyx 5 -lobed or irregularly split. Petals 3-5. 

 Stamens 6-8, rarely 15-20 ; anthers broader linear-oblong; filaments 

 usually connate. Disk annular or cupular. Ovary sessile or stipi- 

 tate, 2-5-celled ; style deciduous ; stigma capitate. Berry globose, 

 rind leathery ; seeds oblong ; cotyledons fleshy^ plano-convex. 



Calyx irregularly split to tlie base on one side. 



Flowers fascicled or racemose ; pedicels long. ... 1. A* monophylla. 



Calyx regularly or sub-regularly 4-5-lobed. Pedicels short. 



Spines short. Racemes 1-3 in. Fruit "5 in. in diam. 2. A, racemosa. 



Spines long. Racemes very short. Fruit. '75 in, in diam, 3. A, ceylanica, 



1. A. monophylla, OorreaDO. Prod. 1. 535 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 511 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 28. Ban or MaJcur limbUf M. ; Adwi-nimbe, K. The 

 Wild Lime. 



Silhet at the foot of the Khasia Mountains, W. Peninsula from the 

 Konkan southwards to Ceylon. Flowers Oct.-Feb. Fr. April- June. 

 A large shrub or small tree. Wood yellow, hard, close-grained, with 

 numerous white concentric lines ; weighs 66 lbs. to the cubic ft. ; recom- 

 mended as a substitute for boxwood. Very like the next species, but 

 differs in the fascicled, long pedicelled flowers and the split calyx. 



2. A. racemosa, W. & A. Prod. 91; Fl. Br. I. 1. 512; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 46. Sclerostyiis atalantioides^ Wgt. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 29, 

 Kan limbu or Ban limbu. Vern. 



