Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 221 



in. in diam., with globose buds, 4-merotis ; pedicels longer than tbe 

 flowers. Oalyx much shorter than the oblong glabrous petals. Ovary 

 ovoid, slightly 4-augled, hairy, stipitate ; style stout, about as long as 

 the ovary. Fruit bi-oadly ovoid, blunt at each end, 1- to 2-seeded. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I., 504 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p, 524 : 

 Kurz For. Flora Burmah I, 188; Blume Bijdr. 139; DC. Prodr. I. 

 538 ; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 31. Murraya Burmanni, 

 Spreng. Syst. Yeg. ii. 315, Amyris sumatrana and punctata, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 250, 251. Cookia graveolens, W. & A. Prodr. 95 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8515. Gallesioa graveolens, Roem. Synops, fasc. i. 45. 



In all the provinces except the Andaman and Nicobar islands. 

 DiSTRiB. — British India, Malayan Archipelago, near the bases of hill 

 ranges. 



10. Triphasia, Lour. 



A spiny shrub. Leaves alternate, sessile, 3-foliolate ; leaflets obtuse, 

 crenate, the lateral smaller. Flowers solitary or in 3-flowered cymes, 

 axillary. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 3, free, imbricate. Stamens 6, inserted 

 round a fleshy disc ; filaments free, subequal, dilated at the base, 

 anthers linear. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled, narrowed into a slender deciduous 

 style ; stigma obtuse or capitate and 3-lobed ; ovules solitary in each 

 cell. Berry small, ovoid, 1-3-celled, 1-3 seeded. Seeds oblong, immersed 

 in mucilage, testa coriaceous ; cotyledons plano-convex, often unequal 

 or lobed. 



1. Triphasia trifoliata, DC. Prod. I, 536. A small glabrous spiny 

 shrub. Leaflets coriaceous with obscure nerves, crenulate, dissimilar ; 

 the terminal one shortly petiolate, ovate, obtuse, retuse, the base 

 cuneate ; the lateral smaller, oblique. Flowers about '5 in. long, white. 

 Petals linear-oblong. Fruit ovoid, apiculate, glandular-dotted. Hook, 

 fll. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 507 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. pt. 2. p. 519 ; Kurz For. 

 Flora Burmah, I, J91 : Blume Bijdr 132; Oliv. Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 

 Suppl. ii 26; W. & A. Prodr. 91 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl., Suppl. 12. 

 T. aurantiola, Lour. Fl. Fl Coch. I, 189; Wall. Cat. 6381. Limonia 

 trifoliata, Linn. ; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 35, f, 1. ; Bl. Bijdr. 132. L. diacantha, 

 DC. Prodr. i. 536. 



Nicobar Islands : Kurz. Distrib. British India and various tro- 

 pical countries, but often doubtfully wild. It is possible this may not 

 really be indigenous in the Nicobars, as these islands have for ages been 

 frequented by Malayan pirates, who may have inadvertently introduced it. 



11. Luvunga, Hamilt. 



Glabrous, climbing shrubs, usually armed with axillary (often 

 hooked) spines. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets coriaceous, quite entire, 



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