-Murraya.'] Rlttacece. 



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beneath ; fl. \-\ in., very shortly stalked, arranged in terminal 

 and axillary, spreading, pubescent, dichotomous, corymbose 

 cymes, bracts small, opposite at the bifurcations; cal. -lobes 

 broad, triangular, pubescent ; pet. oblong-linear, spreading, 

 pubescent ; ov. oblong, very hairy, style rather longer, very 

 thick, stigma capitate; berry | in. long, oblong-ovoid, pointed, 

 rough with glands, glabrous, yellow. 



Low country, especially in the dry region ; rather common. Fl. Oct.- 

 Feb.; white, strong-smelling. 



Also in E. Bengal, Malay Peninsula and Islands, China, and Pacific 

 Islands ; but not in S. India. 



The scent of the leaves is faintly aromatic. 



Apparently very variable in foliage and amount of pubescence, and 

 easily confounded with Murraya Koenigii and Claitsena indica. In its 

 lobed calyx and long style our plant differs from the Malayan type of the 

 species, and if considered a distinct species will take the name M. zey- 

 lamciaii, as suggested by Wight (1. c). 



7. MUXIRAVA,* L. 



Small trees or shrubs ; 1. imparipinnate, inflor. cymose ; 

 sep. 5, small, nearly distinct; pet. 5, imbricate or valvate ; 

 stam. 10, alternate ones usually shorter ; ov. with or without 

 a short gynophore, 2- or 5-celled, with 2 or i ovules in each 

 cell, style long, deciduous, stigma capitate ; fruit a 1-2- or 

 5-celled berry ; seeds i -several, cotyledons plane-convex. — 

 .Sp. 5 ; 3 in FL B. Ind. 



Fl. few ; pet. oval, imbricate ; ov. on a short gynophore. 



Rachis glabrous ; fruit I -celled . . . . i. M. exotica. 



Rachis pubescent ; fruit 5-celled . . . . 2. M. Gleniei. 

 Fl. numerous ; pet. linear, valvate ; no gynophore 



but a fleshy disk {Bergera) 3- M. KOENuai. 



I. m. exotica, L. Mant. ii. 563 (1771). Etteriya, 6". 

 Moon Cat. 34. Thw. Enum. 45. C. P. 1199. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 502. Wight, Ic. t. 96. 



A small, graceful tree, with smooth, yellowish - white, 

 fibrous bark and slender, somewhat drooping branches ; 

 1. imparipinnate, 4-7 in., rachis glabrous, Iflts. 3-7, on short 

 stalks, alternate or sub-opposite, oval or rhomboidal-oval, 

 acute at base, obtuse, emarginate, glabrous and shining, the 

 terminal one the largest ; fl. \-\ in. diam,, campanulate, on 

 short ped., 1-4 in short, cymose clusters from the axils of the 

 upper leaves, drooping ; sep. very small, triangular, obtuse, 



* Commemorates Johann Andreas Murray, Prof. Bot. at Gottingen, 

 who died in 1791. 



