. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 122 XXV. EUTACEJl [Paramignya free, autliers linear. Berry ovoid, oftea contracted at base, rind thick, seeds 1-5. Species 6, tropical and subtropical Asia. 1. P. monophylla, Wight 111. t. 42. Vern. Kurwa tvagutti. Mar. A large climbing thorny shrub, spines sharp, recurved. L. coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 in. long. Petals f in. long, calyx and outside of petals woolly pubescent, calyx lobes 5, short, rounded, fila
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 122 XXV. EUTACEJl [Paramignya free, autliers linear. Berry ovoid, oftea contracted at base, rind thick, seeds 1-5. Species 6, tropical and subtropical Asia. 1. P. monophylla, Wight 111. t. 42. Vern. Kurwa tvagutti. Mar. A large climbing thorny shrub, spines sharp, recurved. L. coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 in. long. Petals f in. long, calyx and outside of petals woolly pubescent, calyx lobes 5, short, rounded, fila- ments slightly hairy. Berry pyriform, 1 in. long or more. Sikkim, Bhutan, Eha&i hills, Tenasserim. Western G-hats, in evergreen forest, n. Ceylon, Philippines. 2. P. grandiflora, Oliver; Tenasserim; erect, spines I in., calyx campantilate, lobes rounded, petals | in., ovary pilose. 3. P. armata, Oliver ; Bedd. Ic. t. 275. Western Ghats, Andamans, Ceylon, scandent, leaver. Fia. 59.—Paramignya monophylla, Wight. J. candate-aeimiinate, calyx-segments broadly triangular, petals J in., lower | of filaments thick, woolly. The following species have smaller flowers: 4. P. longispina, Hook. iiL (P. angidatctj Kiirz), erect, spines in pairs below petioles, J-l^ in. long, petals J in., berries 3~5-lobed, angular. 5, P. Griffltliii, Hook. fil.; Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula; scandent, spines J in., calyx small, cup-shaped, with 5 sharp teeth, ovary tomentose. 6. P. citrifolia, Hook. fil.; Ghittagong, Andamans; scandent, petals J in. 16. CITRUS, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. i. 514 Evergreen shrubs or trees, generally armed with axillary thorns, wood close- and even^grained. L. coriaceous, simple, petiole often winged. Fl. white, or tinged with red, scented, sometimes unisexual. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-clef t. Petals 4-5, rarely more, thick, gland-dotted, imbricate in bud. Stamens 20-60,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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