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XXXI. RUT ACE AS. 
[Paramignya. 
(1) P. Griffiths Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. S™- _ _ , 
Shrubs shortly spiny, glabrous or pubescent. Leaflets cori¬ 
aceous, elliptic or oblong, short blunt acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, 
i'5 to 2'3 in. wide, base rounded. Flowers solitary or fascicled 
axillary or slender, -3 in. long, white fragrant. Calyx acutely 
5 -lobed. Petals oblong -3 in. long, blunt. Stamens 10; filaments 
hairy, longer than the linear-oblong anthers. - Ovary 5 celled, 
ovules 2 in each cell. Hab. Singapore (Hullett). Malacca 
(Griffith). Disirib. Burma. 
This has been made a variety of the Indian and Chinese P. cilrifolia, and I 
doubt if it is specifically distinct. 
(2) P. longispina Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 511; King, l.c. 224. 
A low spiny shrub, 75 to 1*5 in. long. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acute or obtuse; nerves indistinct, 2'5 to 4-5 in. long, ri to > 175 
in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers white, *35 in. long, axillary, 
solitary or 2 or 3 on a 1 in. long pedicel. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 
oblong obtuse. Stamens 10 glabrous, equal; anthers as long 
as the filaments, apiculate. Ovary on the disc, bruit ovoid, 
triquetrous, apiculate, 1-25 to 175 in. long, green or brown, 
resinous, 3- or 4-celled. Seeds compressed, beaked. Hab. Common 
in tidal river mud, but it does not seem to flower often, Singapore, 
Turong- Kranii. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Kunstler). D istrip. 
Burma. Native name: Limau Lelang. Use: Fruit used in 
medicine. 
13 . ATALANTIA, Correa. 
Shrubs or small trees armed or not. Leaves umfoliate cori¬ 
aceous. Flowers axillary, fascicled or in short racemes or panicles. 
Calvx 3- to 5-lobed or irregularly split. Petals 3 to 5 free or adnate 
to the stamens forming a tube. Stamens 6 to 8, rarely 15 to 20, 
inserted round a cupular or annular disc; filaments free or connate, 
anthers ovate-oblong or cordate. Ovary 2 to 4, rarely 3- to 5-celled , 
ovules 2 or 1 in each cell. Berry globose 1- to 5-celled, 1 t 
5-seeded with thick rind. Species about 10, tropical Asia. 
Thorny, leaves coriaceous, tip refuse. 
Stamens connate 
Thorny bush; leaves thin cuspi late 
Unarmed; leaves thinner, tip blunt. 
Stamens free .... 
Thorny climber; stems velvety. 
Stamens free .... 
(1) A. monophylla 
(2) A. cuspidata 
(3) A. Roxburghiana 
(4) A. hispida 
(1) A. monophylla Correa, Ann. du Mus. v i. 383; Hook fil. 
F.B.I. i. 5ii ‘ King, l.c. 225. A. floribunda Wight, Ic. t. ion. 
A shrub or treelet about 20 ft. tall, with short sharp spines. 
Leaves lanceolate to ovate, tip obtuse usually notched, edges 
entire, base cuneate or rounded, 1*25 to 2-5 in. long, *6 to 1 4 in. 
