XXXI. RUTACEAS. 
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Citrus.] 
broad, oblong, blunt. Fruit obovoid, tubercled, i - 25 in. long, 
base narrowed, yellow. Hab. Pahang, Temerloh. Perhaps wild. 
var. Liman Peru/. Spiny. Leaf ovate blunt, base round; 
petioles round or obovate as large or even larger than the leaflet, 
i in. long, '5 in. across. 
var. Limau Susu. Spiny. Leaves elliptic-oblong, tip round, 
base shortly narrowed, 3 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. 
Flowers large, -5 in. long in sub-terminal cymes of several flowers. 
Petals broad blunt, oblong. Fruit about 2 in. long, globose beaked, 
beak thick and blunt, yellow rind thin, pulp abundant, very 
acid. Only used in washing clothes. A variety from Telok 
Pinang, Perak, had spines 1 in. long. Leaves *5 in. long. Fruit 
lanceolate in outline. Flowers as big as the other form or a little 
bigger. 
{3) C. malaccensis Ridl. 
Unarmed tree. Leaves mostly i-foliate, some trifoliate; 
leaflets sub-coriaceous elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 
blunt, base narrowed ; nerves about 14 pairs sunk above, elevate 
beneath, 7 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles slender, 1*5 in. long, 
grooved not jointed. Flowers in axillary cymes of 4; pedicels 
•25 in. long. Sepals 5 lanceolate acuminate acute, free nearly to 
base. Petals 5, linear-oblong, slightly dilate upwards, -5 in. long. 
Stamens few and free; filaments linear; anthers oblong. Ovary 
cylindric stalked; style thick. Stigma large capitate. Fruit 
oblong over 4 in. long and 3 in. through, rind rather thick. Seeds 
very numerous, obcuneate, apex round base narrowed to an acute 
point nearly 1 in. long. Hab. Malacca, Nyalas (Goodenough); 
Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Native name : Limau Bantu. 
I am dubious as to the genus of this plant, it may be a Limonia. 
15. FEHONIA, Gaertn. 
A spiny tree. Leaves alternate imparipinnate; leaflets oppo¬ 
site, sessile entire; petioles often winged. Flowers in terminal 
panicles or racemes. Calyx small, flat 5-toothed. Petals 5 ( or 4 
to 6). Stamens 10 to 12 inserted round a short disc; filaments 
dilated, sides and front villous; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 
oblong 5- to 6-celled; ovules many in many series on 5 to 6 parietal 
placentas; style none. Stigma oblong, fusiform. Fruit large, 
globose, i-celled, many-seeded, rind woody. Seeds embedded in 
pulp. Species 1, India and Java. 
(1) F. elephantum Correa, Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 225; Roxb. 
Corom. PL t. 141; Wight , Ic. t. 15; Hook. fit. F.B.I i. 516. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall, deciduous, glabrous. Leaves smelling 
of aniseed, 3 in. long ; leaflets obovate, base cuneate 1 in. long, 
*4 in. across. Panicles 1*5 in. long. Flowers '2 in. across, dull red, 
unisexual ■ pedicels pubescent. Fruit 2-5 in. through. Hab. Open 
country, orchards, Perlis at Kanga. Distrib. India, Malay Islands. 
