<^lauscna?^ RutacecB. 



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obtuse or emarginate, irregularly crenate, smooth above, 

 pubescent beneath, the lower ones smaller and more rotun- 

 date ; fl. about i in., on short ped. in much-branched, flat- 

 topped, corymbose, terminal cymes, bracts minute ; sep. tri- 

 angular, subacute, pubescent ; pet. linear, erect, glabrous, 

 valvate, gland-dotted ; stam, inserted on a fleshy disk, fil. 

 narrowed at top ; ov. glabrous, without a gynophore, 2-celled, 

 with I (rarely 2) ovule in each cell, style long, stigma large ; 

 berry :|-| in., nearly globular, apiculate, rough with glands, 

 black, 2-seeded. 



Low country, especially in dry region ; rather rare. Badulla; 

 Maturata. Very much cultivated. Fl. Dec, August ; white, scented. 



Also in India. 



This is the familiar ' curry-leaf,' a constant ingredient in cuiTies and 

 mulligatawny. Its scent is pungent and slightly aromatic. Wood hard, 

 close-grained, smooth, pale brownish-yellow, durable. 



Extremely like the small-leaved form of AlicroDieliiiii pubesccns^ from 

 which it may be distinguished by its more numerous more pubescent and 

 smaller leaflets, and more compact corymbose terminal inflorescence. 



This is the type of Bergera, Koen. It does not well agree with 

 the other members of Jfurraja, and should perhaps be retained as a 

 distinct genus. 



8. CIiAUSENA, Burw. 



Small trees or shrubs ; 1. imparipinnate ; fl. in racemes or 

 panicles; sep. 4-5, small; pet. 4-5, imbricate; stam. 8-10; 

 ov. on a short gynophore, 2-4-celled, with 2 ovules in each 

 cell, style short, deciduous; fruit a 1-2-seeded berry, coty- 

 ledons plane-convex. — Sp. 14 ; g in Fl. B. Lid. 



Fl. 5-merous, in terminal panicles . . . . i. C. INDICA. 



Fl. 4-merous, in axillary racemes . . . . 2. C. Willdenovii. 



I. C. indica, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Siipp. ii. 36 (1861). 

 Migron-karapincha, 5., Fannai, Furankainari, T. 



Thw. Enum. 406 and {Bergera nitidd) 46. C. P. 2421, 1203. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 505. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. t. 2 {Piptosty/is indica). 



A small tree or shrub, young parts pubescent ; 1. impari- 

 pinnate, large, 6-12 in., rachis glabrous or puberulous, Iflts. 

 7-13, distant, alternate, shortly stalked, ii-3| in., very unequal 

 at base, ovate or lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, very faintly 

 crenate, wavy, glabrous on both sides, shining ; fl. small, 

 \-\ in., shortly pedicellate, laxly arranged in a short, strictly 

 terminal panicle ; sep. ovate-triangular, ciliate ; pet. oval- 

 oblong ; fil. slightly dilated in middle ; ov. 2-celled, glabrous, 

 glandular, on a short, broad gynophore, stigma capitate ; 



