182 XXXII. EUTACE.E. 



Berry small, 1-2-celled, oblong or ovoid, 1-2-seeded. Seeds with a woolly 

 or glabrous testa; cotyledons equal. — Distkib. Tropical Asia; species 

 about 5. 



Flowers few; kcaflets 3-7 1. M. exotica. 



Flowers numerous ; leaflets 11-25 2. M. Kmiigii. 



1. Murraya exotica, Linn. Mantlss. v. 2 (1771) p. 503 {Murr(ea) ; 

 VAB. 2, Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 503. A small evergreen tree; bark smooth, 

 yellowish-white; branches slender. Leaves imparipiuuate, 4-7 in. long; 

 petioles glabrous : leaflets 3-7, alternate, l|-3 by ^-Iv ii^- (the terminal 

 leaflet the largest), ovate-elliptic, obovate or rhomboid, usually acuminate 

 with a notched tip, entire, glabrous and shining, base acute, oblique ; 

 petiolules g-.| in. long. Flowers very fragrant, campanulate, solitary 

 or in terminal and axillary corymbs. Sepals small, glandular, oblong, 

 obtuse. Petals white, |-| in. long, oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, erect 

 at the base, the upper half spreading. Filaments flat, linear, tapering 

 beneath the anther. Ovary 2-celled. Berry g-^ in. in diam., oblong 

 or ovoid, pointed, smooth, 1-celled, 2-seeded, red when ripe. G-rah. 

 Cat. p. 24 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xliv, et Anal. Gen. 

 t. 7, fig. 2; Trmi. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 219"; Engler, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 187, fig. 108, a-g : Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 31 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 267; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 288. Mwraj/a panimlata, Jack, in Mai. Misc. 

 V. 1, p. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 29. — Flowers : June-Oct. Vern. Kiinti ; 

 Chula-juti. 



Prettj' common on the higher Ghats ; frequently grown in gardens throughout the 

 Presidency. Konkan: Stocks I; Ghats, Talhof ; Eohe, BahcU ^- Gibson. Deccan : 

 Khandala, Woodrow ; Mahableshwar and Matheran, H. M. Birdwood ; Lanoli, 

 Kanitkarl S. M. Country: Ramghat, Ritchie, 80! Kanaka: Kiila nadcli, Ritchie, 

 89 ! ; Ghats of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distiiib. China, Australia and the Pacific 

 Islands, Ceylon. 



2. Murraya Koenigii, Spreng. Si/st. Veg. v. 2 (1825) p. 315. 

 A hinall tree with dark grey bark. Leaves imparipinnate, up to 12 in. 

 long ; petioles terete, pubescent ; leaflets 11-25, alternate, 1—2 by |-1 in., 

 obliquely ovate or somewhat rhomboid, acuminate, obtuse or acute, tip 

 usually notched (the lower leaflets often suborbicular or obovate, much 

 smaller than the upper), irregularly crenate-deutate, glabrous or nearly 

 so above, pubescent benealh, sprinkled with black dots ; ])etiolules very 

 short. Flowers white, in much-branched terminal peduncled corymbose 

 cymes ; peduncles and pedicels pubescent. Calyx pubescent ; lobes sub- 

 acute, triangular. Petals | in. long, linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, 

 gland-dotted. Filaments dilated at thn base. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 

 solitary (rarely 2), in each cell. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, \-~ in. in 

 diam., apiculate, rough with glands, black, 2-seeded. Fl. B. I. v., 1, 

 p. 503 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xliv ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 v. 1, p. 220 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 31 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 207 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 288. Bergera 

 Kcen'igii, Linn. Mantiss. p. 503 ; Grab. Cat. p. 24 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 29. 

 — Flowers : Feb.-Apr. Veun. Kadhi-nim. 



Common all along tlio line of tlie Ghats. IConkan : Law], Storks'. ; on the Ghats, 

 common, Ihilzcll cf- Gibaoyi. Deccan : Maliablcsliwar, coninu)n, Cookel; hills near 

 Fooiiu, Woodrow ! S. M. Countuy : Hill of JJackur, 5 miles west of Uelgauni, Ritchie, 



