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xxix. oxalid agile. [Averrhoa. 
name: Bilimbi, not known wild anywhere, but recorded for Goa, 
with the name Balimba, by Garcia in 1593. 
(2) A. Carambola Linn. Sp. Pl. 428. 
Leaflets 2 to 5 pairs ovate, glaucous beneath. Flowers in tufts 
on branches. Fruit 4 in. long acutely and deeply 4-angled, yellow, 
acid or sweet. Origin unknown. Native name: Kembola. 
I have found one or more old trees in abandoned village sites in Pahang 
at Temerloh. 
4. CONNAROPSIS, Planch. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves 1- to 3-foliolate; leaflets coriaceous 
entire. Flowers small white or lavender in terminal or axillary 
panicled cymes. Sepals 5 imbricate connate at the base. Petals 5 
imbricate. Stamens 10; filaments united at base alternate shorter. 
Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled; styles subulate 5 more or less united; 
ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit a berry (5-lobed when dry) 1- to 
2-celled, 1- to 2-seeded. Species 5, Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 
Leaves trifoliate ...... 
Leaves simple. 
Leaves ovate, glaucous beneath .... 
Leaves lanceolate; panicle erect, 3 in. long . 
Leaves lanceolate, 4*5 in. long; panicle very lax; 
branches short ...... 
Leaves oblong, 6 to 12 in. long, stiff; flowers -2 in. 
long, glabrous ...... 
Leaves oblong 7 in. long, thinner; flowers ‘15 iri. 
long; calyx silky ..... 
Leaves oblong, 4 in. long; calyx mealy 
(1) C. Griffithii 
(2) C. monophylla 
(3) C. glabra 
(4) C.laxa 
(5) C. macrophylla 
(6) C. sericea 
(7) C, simplicifolia 
(1) C. Griffithii Planch. .in F.B.I. i. 440; King, l.c. 200. 
Tree. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets cori¬ 
aceous, glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, narrowed to base, 
sub-glaucous beneath; nerves 4 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long, ‘5 to 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles *6 in. long; petiolules *2 in. long. Panicles terminal 
and axillary pubescent dense, 1 in. long to lax, spreading, 4 in. 
long. Flowers ‘2 in. long, red. Hab. Malacca (Griffith, Mainga}^). 
(2) C. monophylla Planch, in F.B.I. i. 440; King, l.c. 200. 
(Fig. 34, p. 333.) 
A medium or small tree 20 to 50 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. 
Leaves i-foliolate, glaucous beneath, coriaceous, glabrous ovate- 
acuminate, base rounded or cuneate; nerves 6 pairs, 2 to 3*5 in. 
long, ’8 to 1 in. wide; petioles ’6 to *8 in. long. Panicles terminal 
or axillary, tomentose erect; branches '2 in. long, dense-flowered. 
Flowers claret colour, *1 in. long, puberulous or glabrescent. Fruit 
globose, red. Hab. Open country; Johor. Malacca, Selangor, 
Perak, Dindings, Negri Sembilan. Native names: Pupoi; Be- 
limbing Besih; B. Bulat; B. Keris or B. Kra; B. Penjuru or 
B. pipit. Use : Fruit eaten, usually cooked. 
( 3 ) C. glabra Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 75, p. 9. 
Tree, glabrous. Leaves simple, thinly coriaceous oblong 
