xxxii. rutace.t;. 177 



p. 17; Woodr. in Jourii. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 267.— Veen. 

 Satdjp, 



Cultivated for its medicinal properties in gardens throughout India. Below the 

 Ghats it is largely grown, "being much used by the Konkan people as a fumigation in 

 infant catarrh " (Dalzell & Gibson). Consult Watt, Dictionary of Economic Products 

 of India, v. 6, part 1, p. 593. — Distkib. Westward to the Canary Islands. 



2. Ruta tuberculata, Forslc. Fl. JE(jypt.-Amh. (1775) p. 86. Stem 

 erect or ascending, terete, branched, woody, minutely glandular, glaucous, 

 glabrous. Leaves g-l in. long, linear-oblong or somewhat spathulate, 

 obtuse or subacute, pustular and pubescent, base narrowed into the 

 petiole. Cymes dichotomously branched ; flowers \ in. across, the 

 central one of each cyme sessile, the others shortly pedicelled. Sepals 

 small, broadly elliptic, about ^^ in. long. Petals g-^ in. long, yellow, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, concave, entire, glabrous. Filaments dilated and 

 haiiy at the base. Capsules 5-lobed, 5-celled, tubercled, often with 2 

 seeds in each cell. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 485 ; AVoodr. in Jouru. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 267 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 594. 

 Ilaplophiillum tuberculatum, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. l,p.939. — Flowers: Dec. 



SiND : Boogta hills, Ficar^ ! ; Sibi, CooAe !, Woodrowl — Dlstrib. Egypt and Algeria. 



2. EVODIA, Forst. 



Trees cr shrubs, unarmed. Leaves opposite, simple or 1-3-foliolate 

 or imparipinnate ; leaflets pellucido-punctate, quite entire. Flowers 

 small, in axillary paniculate cymes, unisexual. Sepals 4-5, imbricate. 

 Petals 4-5, sessile, valvate or slightly imbricate. Disk 4-5-lobed. 

 Stamens 4-5, inserted at the base of the disk ; filaments subulate ; 

 anthers oblong. Ovary deeply 4-lobed, 4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 collateral or superposed ; style basilar. Fruit of 4 coriaceous 2-valved 

 1-seeded cocci ; endocarp horny, elastically separable, 2-lobed. Seeds 

 oblong ; testa bony or crustaceous, shining ; hilum linear ; albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo straight ; cotyledons ovate. — Disthib. Tropical Asia, 

 Malaya, the Mascarene and Pacific Islands and Australia ; species 22. 



1. Evodia Roxburghiana, Benth. Fl. Hongl-. (1861) p. 59. A 

 small soft-wooded tree, about 30 ft, high ; bark coi*ky ; branches 

 opposite. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles 1^-4 in. long, terete, glabrous ; 

 leaflets 2-5 by 1^-2^ in., oblong, acuminate, closely pellucid-dotted, 

 with slightly repand margins, glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, 

 base narrowed, the lobes sometimes unequal ; petiolules \-h in. long. 

 Flowers dioecious, small, in dense axillary bracteate cymes ; pedicels 

 short, more or less glandular-pubescent ; bracts minute, broadly ovate, 

 acute. Sepals minute, broadly elliptic or suborbicular. Petals white, 

 j3L in. long, ovate, acute, reflexed. Male flowers : Stamens 4 ; fila- 

 ments glabrous ; anthers elliptic. Disk pulvinate, pubescent. Female 

 FLOWERS: Ovary pubescent; style short, thick; stigma obsoletely 

 4:-lobed. Staminodes 4, with small barren anthers. Cocci the size of a 

 peppercorn, 2-valved. Seeds black, globose, polished, shining. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 487 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 214 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 30 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 267; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 3, p. 305. Xanthoxylon triphyllum, Wight, Icon. t. 204 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 36 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 45.— Flowers : May. 



