AURANTIACEZ. I. Aratantta. 
leaves, indusium of fruit, stamens, filaments, petals, and calyx 
abounding in transparent reservoirs of odoriferous oil, which are 
the most obvious characters. This oil possesses powerful tonic 
and stimulating properties. The flowers are fragrant, and the 
fruit in all cases fleshy, and generally eatable. The well known 
orange, lemon, lime, and shaddock are the representatives of this 
order. 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
1 Arata’nT1A. Parts of flower quaternary. Stamens 8, 
monadelphous, but free at the apex. Anthers terminal. Fruit 
4-celled, 4-seeded. Leaves simple. 
2 Trirna'sia. Parts of flower ternary. Stamens 6, free, 
rarely 5 or 8. Anthers rather sagittate. Fruit 3-celled, rarely 
2-4, Cells 1-seeded. Leaves simple or ternate. 
3 Lrwonta. Parts of flower quaternary or quinary. Stamens 
free, 8-10, rarely 4-5. Fruit pulpy, 4-5-celled. Cells 1-seeded. 
Leaves simple or trifoliate. 
4 Screréstyuis. Parts of flower quaternary or quinary. 
Stamens 8-10. Anthers cordate. Fruit dry, 1-2-celled; cells 
1-2-seeded. Leaves simple, trifoliate or pinnate. 
5 Cooxia. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free. 
Anthers roundish or cordate. Fruit baccate, subglobose, 5- 
celled; cells 1-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 
6 Murra‘ya. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free. 
Anthers roundish. Fruit fleshy, 1-2-celled; cells 1-seeded. 
Leaves pinnate. 
7 Microme‘ium. 
free. 
Petals 5. Stamens 10, 
Fruit dry, 5-celled; cells 
Calyx entire. 
Anthers roundish, didymous. 
1-2-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 
8 Acuara. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 5, monadel- 
phous, with the anthers inclosed. Fruit baccate, 1-seeded. 
Leaves pinnate. 
9 Berce‘ra. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free. 
Anthers roundish. Fruit baccate, usually 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
Leaves pinnate. 
10 Cravce'na. Parts of flower quaternary or quinary. Sta- 
mens 8-10; filaments dilated at the base, and conniving. An- 
thers ovate-roundish. Fruit nearly dry, 1-celled, 1-seeded from 
abortion. Leaves pinnate. 
11 Gtyco’smis. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, flat. 
Anthers elliptical. Fruit fleshy, 1-2-celled; cells 1-seeded. 
Leaves pinnate. 
12 Feronra. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free, 
dilated and villous at the base. Anthers oblong. Fruit bac- 
cate, many-celled ; cells many-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 
13 Æ'cre. Parts of flower ternary or quinary (f. 101. b.). 
Stamens 30-40, free (£. 101. c.). Anthers long, linear, mucro- 
nate. Fruit baccate, woody, turbinately-globose, many-celled 
(f. 101. d.) ; cells many-seeded. Leaves trifoliate. 
14 Cirrus. Parts of flower usually quinary. Calyx 3-5- 
cleft. Petals 5-8. Stamens 20-60; filaments compressed, 
more or less connected at the base into many bundles. Fruit 
baccate, 7-12-celled; cells many-seeded, pulpy. Leaves simple, 
with a flat or winged petiole. 
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I, ATALA’NTIA (from Atalanta, the daughter of Scheneus, 
so swift that she promised to marry him who outran her, but 
was overtaken by Hippomanes by casting three golden apples in 
her way. The fruit of this tree is of a golden-yellow colour.) 
Corr. ann. mus. 6. p. 383. D. C. prod. 1. p. 535. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octéndria. Calyx 4-toothed. Pe- 
tals 4. Stamens 8, monadelphous at the base, but are uncon- 
nected at the apex. Anthers terminal. Pistil villous. Fruit 
spherical, 4-celled, 4-seeded.—A thorny shrub, with simple 
leaves. 
1 A. monopny’tia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 535.) h.S. Native 
of the East Indies. Limonia monophylla, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 59. 
t. 83. Leaves ovate-oblong, emarginate at the apex. Spines 
small, simple. Racemes axillary. Flowers small, white. Fruit 
yellow, about the size of a nutmeg, very like a lime, and is called 
by the Hindoos wild lime. 
One-leaved Atalantia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. Shrub 8 ft. 
Cult. Ataldntia will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and ripened cuttings planted in sand under a hand-glass 
will root readily, in heat. 
II. Tripwasta. TIL. Lrvonta. 
I. TRIPHA'SIA (from rpmpacwc, triphasios, triple; in 
allusion to the calyx being 3-toothed, and the 3 petals.) Lour. 
fl. coch. 1. p. 189. D. C. prod. 1. p. 535. 
Lin. syst. Hexa-Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 3-toothed. 
Petals 3. Stamens 6, unconnected, rarely 5 or 8; filaments 
awl-shaped, flat. Anthers somewhat sagittate. Fruit 1-3- 
celled; cells 1-seeded, filled with mucilage. Embryos many 
in the seed.—Shrubs, furnished with straight axillary spines, 
and with simple or trifoliate leaves. 
1 T. monorny’tra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves simple, ob- 
long. k.S. Native in the island of Timor. Leaves almost 
sessile, blunt. Racemes small in the axils of the spines, shorter 
than the leaves. Flowers small, white. Fruit unknown. This 
shrub has the habit of Ataldntia, but with the flower of Triphd- 
sia. Fruit 5-celled ? 
One-leaved Triphasia. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 T. sarmentosa (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 
663.) arboreous ; stem prickly; branches sarmentose, hooked ; 
leaves ternate and simple; leaflets oblong, acuminated, quite en- 
tire, stalked ; corymbs axillary. h.S. Native of Java. Calyx 
3-4-toothed. Stamens 8. Fruit egg-shaped, 2-3-celled, 2-3- 
seeded, full of mucilaginous pulp. 
Rambling Triphasia. Tree. 
3 T. rrirouia ta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves 3-foliate ; 
leaflets ovate, retuse, emarginate at the top, the lateral ones 
smallest. h. S. Native of the East Indies, Cochin-china, 
and China. Limonia trifolidta, Lin. mant. 237. Jacq. icon. rar. 
t. 463. Andr. bot. rep. t. 143. T. Aurantiola, Lour. p. 153. 
Leaves on short petioles, trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, terminal one 
usually emarginate. Flowers white, sweet smelling. Stamens 
6. Fruit of a red-bay colour, soft, the size of a hazel-nut. 
The pulp is colourless, very sweet, with a slight taste of turpen- 
tine; before it is ripe glutinous, and tasting strong of turpen- 
tine. Loureiro says, that the berry is red, and ovate like those 
of coffee, but only half the size, covered with a thin pellicle, and 
containing a clammy, sweet, inodorous, eatable pulp, and a single 
ovate seed. 
Trifoliate Triphasia. Fl. May, July. Shrub 5 feet. 
Cult. The species of Triphasia will grow well in a mixture 
of turfy loam and peat; but care must be taken not to sodden 
them with water during winter. Cuttings not too ripe, but 
ripened at the base, will root readily in sand under a hand-glass, 
in heat. 
III. LIMO'NIA (Lymoun is the Arabic name of the citron. 
