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Atalantia.\ xxxi. rutace^e. 
wide; petioles ’2 to *3 in. long. Racemes or cymes about 1 in. 
or less long, puberulous longer than the flowers. Flowers white, 
'35 to *5 in. long. Calyx irregular lobed, edges scarious. Petals 
oblong obtuse. Stamens 8 or fewer, bases joined in a tube, tips 
free. Ovary sessile on an annular disc. Berries globose, green, 
-6 to *8 in. through. Hab. Open country near the sea in the north. 
Kedah, Pulau Song-Song. Lankawi, Terutau island (Curtis). 
Perils, Chupeng. Distrib. India. Native names : Akar merlimau ; 
Empenai. 
(2) A. cuspidata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 174. 
A prickly bush. Branchlets pubescent, spines short blunt, 
straight. Leaves ovate-elliptic cuspidate blunt, base round, 
pubescent on the back thin-textured not coriaceous, midrib sunk 
above; nerves about 6 pairs very fine, forked at tip, 2 to 3 in. 
long, *5 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long, pubescent jointed in the 
middle. Flowers solitary; pedicels ‘25 in. long. Calyx-lobes 
round, pubescent. Petals 5 linear-oblong, -4 in. long, white. 
Stamens linear-oblong, white. Ovary cylindric, hairy ; style 
short, glabrous. Stigma round orbicular. Fruit ovoid blunt, 
■8 in. long, rind thin. Seeds 2 large, flattened, pulp very little. 
Hab. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Ridley). Bindings, Lumut (Ridley). 
(3) A. Roxburghiana Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 513; King, l.c. 225. 
Sclerostylis Roxburghii Wight, Jc. t. 7 2. 
A shrub unarmed 6 to 10 ft. tall. Leaves dark green thinly 
coriaceous, elliptic tapering to both ends, blunt not refuse; nerves 
fine 10 to 14 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 
*25 in. long. Racemes short, few-flowered. Flowers nearly *5 
in. long. Calyx-lobes 4, obtuse. Petals 4, obovate. Stamens 8; 
anthers oblong-ovoid; filaments free, short. Ovary 2-celled, 
sessile. Berry globose, *6 to *8 in. through, sparsely pitted, green¬ 
ish yellow. Hab. Open country and limestone hills. Malacca 
(Griffith); Malacca town; Ayer Panas. Negri Sembilan, Seremban; 
Tampin (Goodenough) . Perak, Goping, limestone hills, to 1000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Pahang, Kwala Lipis (Machado). Native 
name : Limau Pagar. Use : As a fence plant. 
(4) A. hispida Guillaumin, in Lecomte Not. Syst. i. 182. 
Slender hairy climbing shrub. Thorns recurved -25 in. long. 
Leaves alternate thin coriaceous, oblong or oval acuminate, base 
round much reticulate with large glands beneath, midrib strongly 
elevate, 2-5 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. 
Flowers solitary, axillary. Sepals 5 oblong acute, velvety outside. 
Petals 5, elliptic slightly velvety outside, *3 in. long. Stamens 10; 
filaments velvety. Disc forming a cylindric gynophore, velvety. 
Fruit ‘25 to *5 in. through, globose or 2- to 5-lobed according to 
the number of seeds, red. Hab. Open country. Kelantan, 
Tumpat, Kota Bharu (Ridley). Distrib. Cochin-China. 
