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in spine axils before Is. Fruit 1 1, like a small orange in colour and shape. China 

 and Japan. (Fig. 3 A.) 



Choisya ternata. Mexican Orange Blossom. 10. June-November. E. Ls. 

 opposite, 3-fol., stalk grooved; Iflts. obov., oblanc, 3, entire, hairless, stalkless, or 

 nearly so, aromatic when crushed. Fls. i, white, fragrant, in terminal clusters. 

 Mexico. (Fig. i e.) 



*CoRREA SPECIOSA (magnifica). 4. August-October. E. Branchlets and under 

 side of Is. covered with brown scurf. Ls. opposite, roundish ov., i, entire, gland- 

 dotted, dark green above, tawny below. Fls. i, yellowish white, K4, C4, A8; 

 solitary at end of shoot. Australia. (Fig. 66 c.) 



EVODIA. Small trees with smooth bark. Ls. opposite, pinnate; Iflts. ov., 5, 



entire or with faint signs of teeth, pointed, stalkless or nearly so. Fls. very small, 



creamy white, fragrant, in terminal panicles. Seed-pod ^, with short hooked beak. 



E.Daniellii. 30. August. D. Lflts. with long hairs on midrib below, stalkless. 



North China. (Fig. 7 a.) 

 E. hupehensis. 30. August. D. Lflts. with short hairs on midrib below, or 

 none; distinctly stalked. West China. 

 Orixa JAPONICA. 10. April-May. D. Ls. alternate, ov., 4, entire or very faintly 

 toothed, short-stalked, spicy odour when crushed. Fls. |, unisexual, greenish, 

 K4, C4, sexes on different plants; male fls. in short racemes on previous year's 

 wood, female solitary. Fruit f , brown, of four flattened i -seeded carpels. Japan. 

 (Fig. 116 F.) 



PHELLODENDRON. Ls. opposite, pinnate, aromatic. Bud completely 

 enclosed in base of 1. -stalk. Fruit a black berry. 



P. amurense. Amur Cork Tree. 30. June. D. Bark corky. Lflts. ov., 4I, 

 entire or very faintly toothed, long-pointed, margin fringed with hairs, 

 dark green and glossy above, nearly hairless below. Fls. small, yellowish 

 green, inconspicuous, in terminal panicles, sexes on different trees. 

 Berry \, smelling of turpentine when crushed. North China. (Fig. 7 D.) 

 P. japoniciim. 20. June. D. Like above, but bark thin and lflts. hairy below, 

 and not glossy. Japan. 

 Ptelea trifoliata. Hop Tree. 15. June. D. Bark fawn-coloured. Ls. alter- 

 nate, 3-fol. ; lflts. ov., 4, faintly toothed, dark green and glossy above, pale and downy 

 below, stalkless or nearly so. Fls. small, greenish white, in terminal branched 

 clusters at end of short side shoots. Fruit i, winged (elm-like), 2-seeded. U.S.A. 

 (Fig. 2 c.) 



RuTA graveolens. Common Rue. 3. July- August. D. Ls. alternate, 4, 

 2-pinnately dissected, bluish green, hairless, aromatic. Fls. f, dull yellow, 

 petals concave with fringed margins, in terminal branched clusters. Seed-pod 

 4-5-lobed, many-seeded. South Europe. (Fig. 36 f.) 



SKIMMIA. Ls. alternate, entire, leathery, hairless, aromatic, grouped radially. 

 Fls. small, in terminal panicles. Fruit a red berry. 



S. Fortunei. 2. April. E. Ls. lane, 4, pointed, dark green above. Fls. \, 

 white. Berry dull crimson. China. 



Variety argentea. Ls. with white margin. 

 S.japonica. 4. April. E. Ls. ov., 4, bright green above. Fls. |, yellowish 



