32 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
parvis, calyce lobato-dentato; ovario 5—4—-3-2-loculari, stigmate stylo paulo latiore capitato; bacca 
oblonga obtusissima.—M. pubescens var. glabrescens, Oliver, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. v. Suppl. p. 40. 
M. glabrescens, Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 219. Limonia minuta, Forst. Prodr. n. 190; 
Icon. Ined. t. 155. Glycosmis subvelutina, F. Muell. Frag. Phyt. Austr. vol. i. p. 25. Nomen 
vernac. Vitieuse, “ Qigila;" teste Williams:—Taviuni and other parts of the group (Seemann! n. 57; 
U. S. Expl. Exped.; Milne!). Also gathered in the Tongan Islands (Forster! Harvey! Barclay !), 
New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray! Anderson !), Amsterdam Island (Forster !), tropical Australia (Bidwill ! 
Cunningham !). 
T think Oliver goes rather too far in uniting this, the true Limonia minuta, Forst., and several allied 
plants under M. pubescens. The leaves, almost membranaceous, distinguish it from M. coriaceum, Seem.* 
L. lucida, Forst. Prodr. n. 191, is identieal with Murraya exotica, Linn., as already suggested by 
Oliver. The diserepancy between Forster's descri ption (foliis simplicibus) and the plant is explained by a 
close inspection of Forster's original specimen, the uppermost leaves of which are simple or rather 1-folio- | 
late, as they occasionally are in this species; and all the other leaflets having fallen off, make the petioles 
look like branches to which alternate leaves are attached. It was collected by Forster in Mallicollo, and 
in Aneitum and Eromanga by M‘Gillivray. : 
IV. Citrus, Linn. Gen. n. 1218; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 905. Calyx cupularis v. urceo- 
latus, 3-5-fidus. Petala 4-8, lineari-oblonga, crassa, imbricata. Stamina 20—60, filamentis basi 
compressis varie connatis v. polyadelphis; antherz oblong. Discus magnus, cupularis v. annularis. 
Ovarium oo-loculare ; stylus teres, deciduus, stigmate capitato lobato; ovula in loculis 4-8, 2-seriata. 
Bacca globosa v. oblonga, corticata, carnosa, cc-locularis, septis membranaceis, loculis cellulis trans- 
versis succosis repletis oligospermis. Semina horizontalia v. pendula, interdum 2-embrya v. poly- 
embrya, testa coriacea v. submembranacea; cotyledones carnos:, plano-convexe, sæpe inzequales ; 
radicula parva, supera.—Arbores et frutices sepissime spinosi; foliis 1-foliolatis, petiolo spe elato, 
integerrimis v. crenulatis, coriaceis, persistentibus; floribus albis, suaveolentibus, axillaribus, soli- 
tariis fasciculatis v. breviter paniculatis ; baccis magnis.— Sarcodactylis, G:ertn. Fruct. vol. iii. t. 185. 
The Fijian generic name for Citrus is * Moli." : 
l. C. Limonum, Risso, Ann. Mus. vol. xx. p. 201; petiolis subalatis, foliolis oblongis acutis 
dentatis; floribus 35-andris sepe agynis; fructuum oblongorum cortice tenuissimo; pulpa acidis- 
sima.— Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Moli Kara;" * Lime" of the white settlers.— Cultivated and 
naturalized in many parts of the group. 
This is the Lime, rather than the Lemon; it has a thin, smooth rind, and was introduced in 1823 by 
Mr. Vanderford, from Tahiti. Juice employed by the white settlers for making lemonade, punch, etc., as 
in other countries ; the natives do not seem to make any use whatever of it. 
2. C. Aurantium, Risso, Ann. Mus. vol. xx. p 18k. ff bet 2: petiolis subnudis, foliolis 
ovato-oblongis acutisque; floribus 20-andris; fructuum globosorum cortice tenui, pulpa dulci.— 
Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Moli ni Tahiti;” “Orange” of the white settlers.— Very generally culti- 
vated in the islands. à; 
Introduced with the foregoing species from Tahiti (hence the native name “Tahitian Orange") by Mr. 
Vanderford in 1823. It is not the common round ordinary-sized orange, and must not be confounded with 
the C. Aurantium Otaitense, Risso, Orang. t. 27. It succeeds well in the islands, and cargoes have occa- 
sionally been shipped to New Zealand. 
3. C. vulgaris, Risso, Ann. Mus. vol. xx. p. 190; petiolis alatis, foliolis ellipticis acutia crenu- 
* Micromelum coriaceum, (sp. nov.) Seem.; ramis petiolisque glabris, verrucoso-punctatis; foliis 
alternis imparipinnatis glaberrimis, foliolis 5-9 petiolulatis oblique ovatis acuminatis, basi acutis, minute 
crenulatis, coriaceis pellucido-punctatis, supra atro-viridibus, subtus pallidioribus ; cymis panieulatis termi- 
nalibus; pedunculis pedicellis calycibusque minute tomentellis; calyce 5-lobulato ; petalis puberulis; ovario 
g'abro; stigmate stylo paulo latiore capitato.—Isle of Pines, off New Caledonia (W. Anderson! Capt. 
Cook!) Leaflets 2-21 inches long, 1-1} inch brons: Petiole, petiolule, and veins of leaves tinged with red. 
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