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XXXI. RUTACE^. 



^Merrillia. 



(i) M. Caloxylon Sw'ing!e, Phil. Journ. Sc. xiii. S37- Murraya 

 Caloxylon Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 50, p. 113. 



Leaves thin light green, 8 in. long; leaflets 13 on a winged 

 green rachis, ba^e triangular, 3 to 3-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Flowers 

 I in. long, light green. Sepals 'i in. long. Petals i in. long. Fruit 

 green turning yellow, 4 in. long, 3 in. through, rind -5 in. thick, 

 pulp olive green. Seeds grey. Hab. River-banks and in forests. 

 Pahang near Gunong Tahan (Robinson) ; Bentong (Foxworthy). 



Kenerint 



Fig. 36. — Merrillia Caloxylon. 

 (Robinson), Patani. Disirib. S. Siam. Native 



Perak, 



name : Katinga. Use : Very highly valued for its ornamental 



wood of a pale yellow with dark brown streaks. 



This plant is intermediate between Limonia and Murraya, having the 

 disc and style of the latter and the foliage and fruit of Limonia. Mr. Swingle 

 has named the genus after Mr. Merrill, a Philippines botanist. 



11. LUVUNGA, Ham. 



Glabrous lianes with axillar}' straight or hooked spines. Leaves 

 trifoliolate ; leaflets coriaceous, entire. Flowers in axillary fascicled 



