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Xcronychia:\ xxxiii. RUTACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 499 



"Pexaxg, Porter Malngay {Kew distrib. 280) ; Malacca, Griffith 

 L -^1 • -^'S«*o^<2 i in. ; leaflets 3-6 in., usually shortly acuminate, quite gla- 

 T^^^ r*^""®' ^""^^^^ beneath slender, spreading. Cyme's 3-4 in.; peduncle and 

 ' FU ^'■'^"'^.'^^8 ^tout, more or less boary; bracts and bracteoles small, persistent, obtuse. 

 «wr''*7l-'?' , ™ ' ^"^^ tV in-, puberulous. Sepals 4, fleshy, obtuse. Pttah broad, 

 W> f Pilvinate, bright yellow, glabrous. Filaments with dilated bases. Ovary 



, nlrf 1 7 ^^-^'i " '"'""**'. rudimentary, connate. I>rupe j in. diam., nearly globose, 

 uuiusely 4-angled, minutely pitted, 4-celled, cells 2-seeded. Seeds subcollateral, oblong- 



' Make P''^"°:^°"^ex; testa black, brittle.— The above description of the flowers is 



■ . . u very much from Maiugay's ms. which was drawn up from fresh specimens. 



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11. SXLXMMXA, Thunb. 



omall glabrous strong scented sbrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, 



Quit ?^^^^^^^ strong scented sbrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled, si 

 4 te entire. Flowers crowded, in terminal panicles, vvnite, polygai 



mo us. 



^aiyx 4-5-lobed, imbricate. Peiak 4-5, obiong, valvate or slightly imbri- . 

 0^ 1. 1 *^^^J^^^^?- Stamens 4-5, hypogynous, imperfect in the ? flower. iT' 



fvary obovoid, (of 1-5 rudimentary carpels in the c^ flower) 2-5-celled ; 

 ° y^^ stout, terminal, or 0, stigma capitate 2-5-lobed ; ovules solitary, pen- 

 umous from the top of each cell. Drupe ovoid, fleshy, with 2-5 carti- 

 f*mK^^^^ l~seeded stones. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous, albumen fleshy ; 

 ^^ryo straight, cotyledons oblong flat, radicle short.— Disteib. Species 4, 

 amalayan and Japanese. 



or K^' ^^^J^eola, HooLf.; leaves oblong linear-oblong elliptic-lanceolate 

 oDovate obtuse acute or caudate-acuminate, flowers 5-merons. Limonia? 

 J;f ureola, DC. Prodr, I 536. L. Laureola, Wall PL As. liar, iil 23, t. 245 ; 

 'Hf' 6357. AnquetiHa Laureola, Daie, in Jacq. Voy. BoL 161, t. 161. Lau- 

 i-eoia fragrans, Moem, Symjys. fasc. i. 74. 



IC?"*"?^"^"^ the Temperate HiMALArA, from Marri to MisLmi, alt. 6-10,000 ft.; 

 .^AsiA Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft.— Distrib. AflgLanietan. 



W ] shrub branched from the base, 3-5 ft. high, evergreen, strongly aromatic; 



nches and foh'age very bright green. Leaves exceedingly variable in size and shape, 



jg l^'^^'% coriaceous, quite entire, nerves indistinct ; petiole short, stout. Panicles 



flno iJ*^''^^ dense-flowered, branched ; females smaller ; bracts and 2 bracteoles deci- 



0U8 Flowers about 4 in. diam., yellowish-white, inodorous, shortly pedicelled. 



m^ ^?^^11- Petals oblong, obtuse. Filaments stont, subulate. Ovary ovoid, mi- 



^\ conic and 4-cleft in the $ flowers. jFVwiY 4-| in. long ; ellipsoid, red, fleshy. 



ll^fl ' ^^hryo green.— Very similar to the Japanese jS. japonica, Thunb., but 



^^e "owers are 4-merou3 in that species. 



12. GXiYCOSmiS, Correa. ftt^^ u^^CtZo^ 



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jj.p "^"ned shrubs or trees. Leaves 1-foliolate or imparininnate ; leaflets 

 leroate. Flowers small, in axillary rarely terminal panicles. Cali/z 4-5- 



ffpL • ' segments broad imbricate. Fetals 4-5, imbricate, iitwmm 8-10, 

 wJh! ^"I^^tid round a disk, filaments subulate dilated below ; anthers small, 

 Derlf ^."^ * dorsal or apical gland. Ovai;y 2-5-ceIIed j style very sliort, 

 LVn "*'^*^S"^a simple ; ovules solitary and pendulous in each cell. I^erry 

 lednnL ^y S"" ^esby, i-3-seeded. Seeds oblong, testa membranous ; coty- 

 ^ons equal, radicle very short.— Disteib. Species 5, Asiatic and Australian. 



OenJl^'^/pllowed Professor Oliver in the limitation of the forms of this troublesome 

 . ^Iiich might very well be included in one species. 



ht]^,' P^^^^P^yllet, Correa ill Anr}::Mus.yi. 384: leaves 3-5 rarely 

 **^uoJate, leaflets polymorphous usuallj elliptic-lanceolate, ovary 5- rarely 



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