124 THALAMIFLORJE. 



usually very distinctly marked. Embryo straight : 

 cotyledons thick, fleshy : plumule conspicuous. — De 

 Cand. and Lindl. 



Almost all the plants belonging to this tribe are natives of 

 the East. Several species, liovvever, have been very generally- 

 cultivated, and are now naturalized in diffei'ent tropical coun- 

 tries. The wood is universally hard; all parts abound in a 

 volatile fragrant oil ; and the pulp of the fruit is more or less 

 acid. 



I. Triphasia. 



Flowers with the proportion of the parts ternary. 

 Stamens 6, free, rarely 5 and then the fifth opposite 

 to a petal larger than the rest. Anthers subsagittate. 

 Fruit 3-celled, o-seeded. Embryos several in each 

 seed. — De Cand. 



1 . Triphasia trifoliata. Three-leaved Triphasia. 

 Leaves 3-foliate. 



Limonia trifoliata, Linn. mant. 237. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 463. 

 — T. trifoliata, De Cand. Prod. 1. 536. 



HAB. Cultivated. 



FIj. Throughout the year. 



This is a very common shrub in our gardens. It generally 

 receives the name of the Chinese lemon. The fruit is red and 

 juicy, the size of a small gooseberry, of an oval shape, and of 

 an insipid taste with an aromatic flavour, by no means palata- 

 ble, it is furnished with straight axillary spines, and, were it 

 not so slow in its growth, it might be employed to make a strong 

 and beautiful fence. It is a native of China, Cochin-China, and 

 India. 



II. Limonia. 



Flowers wdth the proportion of the parts quater- 

 nary or quinary. Calyx 4-5-partite. Petals 4-5. 

 Stamens free, double the number of the petals, some- 

 times equal. Fruit berried, pnlpy, 4-5-celled : cells 

 1 -seeded. — De Cand. 



Name, from lymoun, the general designation in Arabic for 

 the orange tribe. 



1 . Limonia citrifolia. Lemon-leaved Limonia. 

 Leaves simple and trifoHate, leaflets ovato-oblong 



