Iriphsk.] xxxiii. RUTACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 507 



5e?°^'. *^^** coriaceous ; cotyledons plano-couvex, often unequal or 



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sLf'-^^^^^Ji^^^' ^^' ^^^^^- J- 536; Oliv. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. V 



/W f or/^^^^v' ^^^^^- <^«^- *5381. Limonia trifoliata, Zm;2. ; Barm. Fl 



^ '^•^- L. diacantha, i>a Proc/r. L 536. ' X 



eardp^nJ^k^ Peninsula, apparently common, but said to be an escape ; common in 



Sb """^^"^ ^""^ '"^ ^^"''''^ tropical countries. 



slender st^^*^ ^Pi'io^s shrub, with straggling evergreen branches and leaves ; spinet 

 ^nuiual h^'+i . '^^^^ thick and soft, crenulate, coriaceous, almost nerveless, the 

 lateral srl 1 1 '^ petioled, f-l^ in., ovate with a cuneate base and rounded notched tip ; 

 Ion? wh!? V"'^' ^^^^ ronnded, oblique. Flowers very shortly peduncled, nearly \ m. - 

 dotted ^p' K ^-^^"'- PetaU\ linear-oblong. Fruit 4 in. long, fleshv, apiculate, gland- 

 ^Hich iR r^^M ^^ r^*' ^^™b. PI. 23) is probably mistaken in supposing that this, 

 lam not a 1? ^^ "^^"*^ ^*^. ^^ ''^ Chinese plant, is a native of the Southern Concan. 



aware, however, that it has anywhere been found in an indigenous state. 



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17. XilZHONIA 



racemed nrT • T^i 



Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate ( 

 B : Detiole winered. Flowers 



: Petals 4-5^ 



elevated disk, 



^^-celled f^.^l^*'® 5 anthers cordate or linear-oblong. Ovary oblong, 

 '"2 in pa^ 71 ^^^^*^^ stout, deciduous, stigma obtuse or capitate ; ovules 

 '^inucSi ^^^// globose, 1-4-celIed, 1-4-seeded. Seeih imbedded 



Asia. ^^ i cotyledons fleshy.— Distrib. Species 2-3, natives of Tropical 



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^^^ofthe (yvarij l-ovuled 



'• ^ acidissim 



Piii'uate ]p^fl I*^*™^' ^^'^"- / D^' Prodr. i. 536 ; spinous, glabrous, leaves 

 ^n^ed' : '^^^*s 2-4 pair sessile opposite obtuse crenulate, rachis broadly 



o^'^^} racemPQ qiiK,,,..t.„77„a^ Af. 4^ ur j^ a T>^r.J^ qo • 



owers 4-merous. W. & A. Prodr, 



JW r ^'1"^' ^^- 23; Balz. dh Gibs. Bomb. FL 29; Bedd. For. Flor. 

 ^C/lc .{rr^};^' L. crenulata, Poxb. Cor. PL t 86; FL Ind. ii. 381; 

 ^W^n a ^^^' ^^6^- Hesperethusa acidissima, crenulata and am- 



^^^'^' ^^f^^PS' fasc. i. ZS.~Rheede Uort 



'5^4000 f? ^%'^"^ P^'^ts of India, N.W. Himalaya in Simla and Kuroaon, ascend- 

 ^%Gh f ^Io"ghyr hills in Behar; Assam ; Western Peninsula, from the 



*^^pinona^ 1 '1"^ Coromandel southwards. Yunan, /. Anderson. 

 Hin. iZ ^**^^^o^^8 shrub or small tree, with rigid flexuous woody branches; spines 

 ^7 broadlv • ^'^ ^^' '°"S J petiole and rachis jointed, the former nan-owly the latter 



^ Pn._y ^^"ged; leaflets 1-9 ?n frnnP^mM-ovs ' ' . . 1 -. .1-- .•_ 



ot] 



ticulate ; joints of rachis obovate- 

 often leafy; pedicels slender. 



% 



ong. 7^1"; ^iani., tetramerous, whiterVrat^rant. ^pafo'small. i\;^aZ* elliptic or 



1-4-seeded 



'2, t 



'^Hairor?^?*®**'^^^' W^«^^- <7c??. 6365 (Limonia?); spinous, leaflets 



^^^te mi!i -^^i^^ broadly rhomboid or gyate obtuse quite entire or sinuate- 



Bi8)u beneath and winged costa pubeSfeeut.- *- '"■ •*' 





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