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Ovary 2-celled, Flowers nearly i in. long '. ... 1. if, exotica. 



wary -celled. Flowers numerous, not 3 lines long 2. 3L cremdata. 



^ 1. M. exotica, Linn.; OUv, in Joum. Linn, Soc, v. Suj)j)L 28. A shrub 



or siuall tree, glabrous, or the young branches and petioles pubesceuti 

 ■Leaflets usually 5 to 7, from ovate, cuneate-obovate, or almost rhomboidal to 

 ovate-lanceolate, f to 2 in. long, coriaceous and shining when full-grown. 

 blowers white, veiy fragrant, in compact, terminal, sessile corj^mbs, or few 

 together in the common varieties. Petals nearly ^ in. long, erect at the base, 

 spreading in the upper half. Ovary 2-celled. Berry globidar or almost 

 ovoid, usually 2.seeded.^Wight, Ic, t. 96. 



N, Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown. 



V^eensland, Scrub near Eockhampton, Thozet. These specimens are past flower and 

 Have only a few young fruits, which are more ovoid than they generally are iu the spe- 

 cies, but in other respects they appear to belong as well as Brown's to the few-flowered 

 var. ^ of Oliver, or M, pa7iiculaia. Jack. The species is coiuniou from N.W. India lo the 

 New Hebrides. 



' 2- M. crentdata, OUv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. 29 ? A glabrous 

 shrub or tree. Leaflets usually 7 to 11, very oblique, from oval-oblong to 

 oblong-elliptical, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 2 to 3 in, long, entire or ob- 

 scurely crenulate. Flowers (in the^Philippine specimens) in terminal corymbs, 

 oiuch more numerous and much smaller than those of if. exotica. Petals 2^ 

 to nearly 3 lines long. Fruit depressed-globular, 5 or 6 lines diameter, 

 5-celled, but with 3 or 4 cells abortive. Seeds 1 or 2 ; cotyledons plano- 

 convex, thick and ^eshy.—Glycosmis crennlata, Turcz. in Bull Mosc. 1858, 

 1. 250. 



9^®®**sland. Eastern subtropical Australia, Herb. Mueller. The specimens arc iu 



mi only, but the foliage, the inflorescence, and calyx are so precisely those of the Phih'ppine 



Jsiand ones that there is little doubt that they belong to the same species. The structure of 



^he fruit is quite that of Murraya ; the cotyledons of the %e^^ very readily distinguish it 



rom Micromehim, which in many respects has a similar habit and iafiorescence. 



27. CLAFSENA, Barm. 



Calyx 4- or 5-cleft. Petals 4 or 5, broad, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 

 ^or 10; filaments dilated at the base or in the middle; anthers short. 

 t)vary 4- or 5-celled, or rarely 2- or 3-celled; style deciduous, with an entire 

 or lobed stigma ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral or supei-posed. Berry ovoid 

 oblong or globular. Seeds with a membranous testa; no albumen; cotyle- 

 dons plano-convex. — Unarmed trees or shnibs. Leaves pinnate, with alter- 

 i^ate, usually oblique leaflets. Flowers small, usually clustered In terminal 

 or axiUaiy panicles or racemes. Berries small. 



The genus, although not large, comprises more species than any other one of the tribe 

 i^^rauiiea, and extends over tropical Asia and Africa : the only Australian species known 

 18 endennc. 



1. C. brevistyla, OVw. in Joimi. Linn. Soc. v. Sifppl. 31. Apparently 

 a shrub, glabrous, or the young branches and petioles slightly jjubescent. 

 i-eaflets 10 to 15, very obliquely ovate or somewhat rhomboidal, shortly and 

 ohtusely acuminate and emarginate, mostly 2 to 4 in. long, membranous, 

 often obscurely sinuate-dentate, on petiolules of about 2 lines. Flowers 



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