584 AURANTIACEÆ. 
The species of this genus have the appearance of the citron as 
well as its acid fruit). Lin. gen. no. 524. D. C. prod. 1. p. 536. 
Lin. syst. Octo-Decándria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 
Petals 4-5. Stamens unconnected, equal or double the number 
of petals. Fruit baccate, pulpy, 4-5-celled; cells 1-seeded. 
This genus includes an heterogeneous mass of species. 
* Leaves simple. The genus to which these plants should be 
referred is doubtful, oning to the parts of fructification being 
insufficiently known. 
1 L. tu'crpa (Forst. prod. no. 191.) leaves simple ; peduncles 
axillary. hk. S. Native of the island of Mallicolla in the South 
Seas. Flowers white. 
Shining-leaved Limonia. Shrub. 
2 L. LauRrE oLa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves simple; 
flowers terminal, in corymbose heads. h.G. Native of Nipaul. 
Leaves exactly like those of Daphne lauréola. Calyx 5-parted. 
Petals and stamens 5. Flowers white. 
Spunge-laurel-leaved Limonia. Shrub. 
3 L. retusa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 224.) leaves elliptical, 
blunt at the apex, and emarginate, acute at the base; petioles 
semi-cylindrical ; peduncles usually solitary, 1-flowered, one- 
half shorter than the leaves. h. G. Native of Nipaul at Siri- 
nagur. Flowers white ? 
Retuse-leaved Limonia. Shrub. 
Shrubs with the habit of Toddalia. 
4 L. crrriorra (Willd. enum. 448.) leaves simple and tri- 
foliate; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated ; pedicels axillary, 
** Leaves trifoliate. 
shorter than the petioles. h.G. Native of China. Flowers 
small, white. Berry red. 
Citron-leaved Limonia. Fl]. year. Clt. 1800? Shrub 5 ft. 
5 L.? praca’ntua (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves trifoliate ; 
leaflets oval, somewhat emarginate ; spines axillary, twin, straight. 
hk. S. Native of Pondicherry. Flowers small, white, pen- 
tandrous ? 
Two-spined Limonia. Shrub. 
6 L.? no’rriwa (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 
663.) leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, bluntish, obsoletely crenulated, 
intermediate one stalked and larger than the rest; spines twin, 
infra-axillary, divaricate, straight. kh. S. Native of Java. 
Perhaps the same as L. diacdntha. 
Horrid Limonia. Shrub. 
7 L.? pusu (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 665.) 
leaflets 3, sessile, oblong, tapering to the base, retuse at the 
apex, quite entire, lateral ones small ; common petiole marginate. 
h.S. Native of Java. Young branches spinose ; spines ax- 
illary, twin, straight. 
Doubtful Limonia. Shrub. 
8 L.? Mavriria‘na (Lam. dict. 3. p. 517.) leaves trifoliate ; 
leaflets oval, somewhat mucronate; panicles axillary; spines 
none. h.S. Native of the Mauritius. Flowers white, quad- 
rifid, octandrous. 
Mauritian Limonia. Shrub. 
** * Leaves impari-pinnate, with wingless petioles. Thorns 
wa nting. 
9 L. Mapacascarie Nsis (Lam. dict. 3. p. 517.) leaves pin- 
nate, with 4-5 alternate, lanceolate, toothed leaflets ; panicles 
short, axillary. h.S. Native of Madagascar. Flowers white. 
Madagascar Limonia. Shrub 6 feet. 
10 L. parvirrora (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2416.) leaves with 2 
pairs of elliptical-lanceolate, quite entire leaflets ; corolla cam- 
panulate; fruit ovate-spheroid, oblique. h.G. Native of 
China. Flowers white. 
Small-flowered Limonia. Clt. ? 
Fl. year. Shrub 6 feet. 
III. LIMONIA. 
IV. ScLerosty Lis. 
11 L. minu'ra (Forst. prod. no. 190.) leaves pinnate; ra- 
cemes corymbose, terminal. h. S. Native of the Friendly 
Islands. Flowers white. 
Minute Limonia, Shrub. 
** ** Leaves impari-pinnate, with winged petioles. 
Spines 
axillary. True Limonia. 
12 L. acrpr’ssma, (Lin. mant. 380.) leaves with 2 pairs of 
obovate, somewhat emarginate leaflets ; spines solitary ; fruit 
egg-shaped. h. S. Native of the East Indies.—Rumph. 
amb. 2. t. 43. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, whitish. Filaments 
10. Fruit about the size of a nutmeg, yellowish, but reddish 
when perfectly ripe. Pulp flesh-coloured, very acid, and is used 
by the inhabitants of Java instead of soap. 
Very-acid-fruited Limonia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. — 
13 L. crenuta'ra (Roxb. cor. 1. t. 86.) leaves pinnate, with 
2 or 3 pairs of oblong-elliptical crenulated leaflets ; spines soli- 
tary; fruit globose. h.S. Native on the Coromandel coast. 
Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 4, white. Stamens 8.—Rheed. mal. 4. 
t. 14, Fruit about the size of a large pea, when ripe black. 
It is much used on the coast of Malabar as a medicine. 
Flowers sweet-scented. Petioles with broad wings. 
Crenulate-leaved Limonia. Fl. July. Clt. 1808. 
to 10 feet. 
14 L. amprova (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves pinnate ; 
spines in pairs; leaflets roundish-oval. h. G. Cultivated in 
Eastern Florida? L. acidissima? Nutt. in Sillim. journ. amer. 
5. 1822. p.295. Perhaps a variety of L. acidissima or L. cre- 
nulata. 
Ambiguous Limonia. Shrub 6 feet. ; 
Cult. The species of Limònia will thrive well in a mixture 
of loam and peat, with the addition of a little rotten dung; 
ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in a moist 
heat. 
Shrub 6 
IV. SCLERO’STYLIS (cxAnooc, scleros, hard, and orv- 
doc, stylos, a style; in allusion to the style being thick and hard). 
Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 665. 
Lin. syst. Octo-Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 
Petals 4-5, connivent or spreading. Stamens free, double the 
number of the petals; filaments awl-shaped, flat, alternate ones 
for the most part longest ; anthers cordate. Ovary 1-3-celled. 
Style short, thick, crowned by an obtuse stigma. Berry dry, 
1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded. Auricles of cotyledons inconspicuous. 
Shrubs with simple or impari-pinnate leaves. This genus !S$ 
nearly allied to Triphàsia. 
* Leaves simple. 
1 S. spinosa (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 664.) 
spinose; leaves oblong, acutish, rounded at the base, obsoletely 
crenulated ; peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or crowded ; ovary 
3-celled; cells 2-seeded. h. S. Native of Java. Limonia 
spinosa, Spreng. syst. append. 162. 
Spinose Sclerostylis. Shrub. 
2 S. LANCEOLA`TA (Blum. 1. c.) unarmed; leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, bluntish at the apex; racemes axillary, short. R- 
Native of Java. Glycésmis simplicifdlia, Spreng. Ovary 2- 
celled; cells 1-seeded. 
Lanceolate-leaved Sclerostylis. Shrub. 
* * Leaves simple and trifoliate. 
3 S. rrirorra‘ra (Blum. 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves simple or tri- 
foliate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse ; racemes axillary, very short. 
h. S. Native of Java. Glycésmis trifoliata, Spreng. Ovary 
3-celled; cells 1-seeded. 
Trifoliate Sclerostylis. Shrub. 
