Limonia. decandria monouynia. 377 



tolerably smooth above, and somewhat villous under- 

 neath, differing in size, the exterior or largest above six 

 inches long and two broad. Pefiolets and petioles round, 

 and a little villous. Corymbs terminal, decompound, 

 large, ramifications villous, Flowera short pedicelled, 

 erect, numerous, white, emitting a strong, heavy, offen- 

 sive smell, ^racfes very minute. Permw/^ five-toothed. 

 Petals five, lanceolate, expanding. Stamens alternately 

 longer. Gt'rm superior, oval, resting on a fleshy receptacle. 

 Style clavate. Stigma subrotund. Berry the size of a large 

 pea, oval, when ripe yellow. Seed solitary, nearly as 

 large as the berry. 



LIMONIA. Sckreb. gen. 7i. 720. 



Calyx four or five- toothed. Corol four or five-petalled. 

 Germ from two to five-celled ; cells from one to two seed- 

 ed, attachment interior. Berry superior, few-seeded. 

 Embryo inverse, without perisperra. 



1. L. bilocularis. R. 



Shrubby, armed. Leaves elliptic, emarginate, glossy. 

 Flowers axillary, and terminal, subsessile, decandrous. 

 Germ and berries two-seeded. 



A very ramous, well armed, rigid shrub, very like Li- 

 monia monophylla, but always smaller; a native of Coro- 

 mandel. Flowers in June; the seed ripens in September. 



Spines axillary, solitary, long, strong and sharp. Leaves 

 alternate, short petioled, reflexed, elliptic, somewhat 

 crenulate, emarginate, firm and glossy, abounding in 

 minute cells, and odorous like the leaves of the orange, 

 &c. when bruised ; about an inch and a half long, and three 

 quarters of an inch broad. Stipules axillary, solitary, by 

 the base of the spines, subulate. Flowers axillary and 

 terminal, in little, subsessile clusters, small, pure white. 



Bractes minute, subulate. Calyx cup-shaped, five-tooth- 



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