2 14 Rutacece. iZantJioxyhim. 



I. EUODIA, Forst. 



Trees ; 1. opposite ; fl. unisexual, in axillary panicles ; 

 sep. 4 (or 5), imbricate ; pet. 4 (or 5), valvate ; stam. 4 (or 5) ; 

 disk large, 4-lobed ; ov. deeply 4-lobed, 4-celled, with 2 ovules 

 in each cell ; fruit of 4 (or less by abortion) distinct, coriaceous 

 cocci, splitting into 2 valves, with a separate horny endocarp ; 

 seed solitary in each coccus, embryo straight, in fleshy endo- 

 sperm. — Sp. 22 ; 10 in Fl. B. Ind. 



E. Rozburg-hiana, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 59 (1861). Xiunu- 

 ankenda, .S. 



Fagara Litiiu-aukemia, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 334. ZaniJioxyluin scylani- 

 cum., DC. Prod. i. 728. Fagara tripliylla., Ro.xb., Moon Cat. 11. Xan- 

 thoxyiinn tripJiyllitiii, Juss., Thw. Enum. 69. Fuodia trip/iylla, Tlivv. 

 Enum. 409 (? DC). C. P. 538. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 487. Wight, Ic. t. 204 ( X. triphyllum). 



A small tree with opp. branches, bark grey, smooth, young 

 parts finely tomentose ; 1. opp., 3-folioIate, petiole as long as 

 Iflts, Iflts. 2-^-4 in., nearly sessile, oval or obovate-oval, tapering 

 at base, shortly acuminate, entire, emarginate, glabrous when 

 mature, pale beneath, lat. veins prominent, nearly horizontal ; 

 fl. very small, on very short ped., densely crowded in small 

 clusters at end of opp. branches of axillary, pubescent panicles 

 much shorter than 1. ; sep. minute, rounded, pubescent ; pet. 

 ovate-oblong, acute ; male fl. : — stam. rather exceeding pet., 

 disk large, 4-lobed, pubescent ; fem. fl. : — stam. shorter than 

 pet., ovary pubescent, style much longer than pet.; ripe carp. 

 1-4, globular-ovoid, ] in., finely modulated, brown ; seed hemi- 

 spherical, smooth and shining, blue-black. 



Moist country, 2000-6000 ft. ; common, and at lower elevations, rarer. 

 Fl. April- May ; greenish-yellow. 



Also in the mountains of India, the Malay Peninsula, .Sumatra, and 

 Java. 



At the lower elevations the leaves are larger and less obovate ; a 

 variety with five leaflets occurred at Ratnapura, and is var. f5. of Thw. 

 Enum. 



Wood soft and li^ht. 



2. ZANTHOXVX.VIVI, L. 



Trees or climbing shrubs ; 1. alternate ; fl. unisexual, in 

 axillary and terminal panicles ; sep. 4 ; pet. 4, valvate ; 

 stam. 4 ; disk small ; ov. divided into 4 almost separate carp., 

 each with 2 ovules, style capitate ; fruit of 4 (or less by 

 abortion) coriaceous cocci dehiscent into 2 valves ; seed 



