N. 0. RUTACEÆ.
279
" From its greater abundance and cheapness, the Wood-apple (Feronia elephantum) is occasionally substituted for the Bael-fruit in the bazaar when the latter is sold in large quantities, but there will be no difficulty in distinguishing them from each other, if the following distinctions be attended to (Moodeen Sheriff.) : —
| Bael- fruit of both varieties. | Wood-apple. |
|---|---|
| 1. Generally roundish, ovoid or obovate, and sometimes oblong. | 1. Almost always round or spherical |
| 2. Generally about the size of a large orange, often as big as a large pomegranate, and sometimes attains
the size of a small child's head. |
2. Generally about the size of an orange, and often as large as a pomegranate. |
| 3. Greenish or yellowish brown in color, smooth and slightly shining. | 3. Greenish white or ash colored, neither smooth nor shining. |
| 4. Rind very hard, woody and thin. | 4. Rind hard, woody, and though somewhat thicker, yet more easily broken. |
| 5. In the centre of the pulp there are from five to eighteen small cells, each of which contains some mucus,
and from one to twelve or more seeds. (In the small variety of bael-fruit, the seeds are often absent in some cells.) |
5. No cells at all, and the seeds are numerous and embedded in the pulp. A fruit contains about 500 seeds.
|
| 6. The seeds are oblong, flat or compressed, woolly, and about the size of a lime-seed. | 6, The seeds are generally about the same shape, but onehalf smaller in size. |
| 7. The mucus is thick, very tenacious, transparent, and strongly terebinthinate in smell and taste. | 7. Contains no mucus, but is acid from the presence of citric acid. |
| 8. When the fruit is quite ripe, the pulp is of a brownish red or reddish yellow color, with a strong balsamic odour and sweetish taste. | 8. In the same condition, the pulp is of a reddish grey or flesh color, with a very agreeable and slightly aromatic odor and sub-acid taste" |
N. 0. SIMARUBEÆ
243. Ailanthus glandulosa, Desf. ; h.f.b.i., i. 518.
Eng. Syn. : — Japan Varnish Tree.
Habitat : — Northern India.
A lofty tree ; leaves pubescent or sub-glabrous ; leaflets very coarsely toothed at base, very numerous, divided very unequally
