184 XXXII. nuTACE.E. 



Fl. "B. I. V. 1, p. 506 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 30 ; Bedd. For. Mau. in Flor. 

 Sylvat. p. xlv, et Aual. Gen. t. 7, fig. 3 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 1, p. :222 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 32; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 267.— Flowers : Feb. 



KoN'KAN : Stocks I S. M. Country : Ramgliat, FUchic, 1644 ! ; Ghorla Gliat, DaLeU 

 tf- Gibson. Kanaka: Stocks! ; Hatkumba (N. Kanara), Ritchie, 1644!; Ghats of 

 N. Kanara in evergreen forests, Talbot.— 'Dxsthi'r. Moluccas, Ceylon. 



Clausena Wampi, Oliver (CooJcia punctata, Sonuerat), a native pro- 

 bably of China, is often grown in gardens. Its fruit is about as large 

 as a marble and is used for tarts and preserves. Grah. Cat. p. 24 ; 

 Dalz. Sf Gibs. Siipj)!. p. 12. 



9. TRIPHASIA, Lour. 



A spiny shrub. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 

 usually crenate, the lateral smaller. Flowers solitary or in 2-3-flowered 

 cymes, axillary, white, odorous. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 3, free, imbri- 

 cate. Stamens 6, free, subequal ; filaments subulate, dilated at the base ; 

 anthers linear. Disk fleshy, annular or stipitiform. Ovary seated on 

 the disk, ovoid, 3-celled, narrowed into the style ; ovule 1 in each cell ; 

 style slender, at length deciduous ; stigma obtuse or capitate and 3-lobed. 

 Berry small, ovoid, 1-3-celled, 1-3-seeded. Seeds oblong, immersed in 

 mucilage ; testa coriaceous ; cotyledons plano-convex, often unequal 

 and lobed. — Distbib. A native of China, cultivated in the tropics ; 

 species 1. 



1. Triphasia Aurantiola, Lour. FL Cocldncli. v. 1 (1790) p. 153. 

 A spinous straggling shrub ; branches terete ; spines axillary, straight, 

 slender. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets thick and soft, |-1| by |-g in. 

 (the terminal leaflet much the largest, the lateral ones more rounded 

 and oblique), ovate-elliptic, tip rounded, notched, crenulate, closely gland- 

 dotted, glabrous, base cun^ate ; petiolules short. Flowers fragrant, 

 solitary or in 2-3-flo\vered peduncled cyuies ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx 3-lobed ; lobes broadly ovate or suborbicular, ciliolate. Petals 3, 

 linear-oblong, rounded at the tip, h in. long, white. Fruit ellipsoid, 

 I in. long, fleshy, apiculate, gland-dotted. Triphasia trifoUata, DC. 

 Prod. v. 1 (1824) p. 530; Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 507; Grah. ' Cat. p. 23; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl.p. 12; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 32; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 267; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 0, part 4, 

 p. 88. — Veen. Chin-ke-limbu. 



A native probably of Cliina, grown in gardens tlirougliout India. Tlie fruit is used 

 in preserves and piuklos, being a coininun ingredient in Ciiinese preserved fruits. 



Graliam is in error in stating tliat the plant is a native of the S. Konkan. Dalzell 

 and Gibson (Suppl. to Bo. Fl. p. 12) correct a similar error. 



10. LIMONIA, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees, often spiny. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate or 

 imparipiniiate ; petiole winged ; leaflets opposite or alternate. Flowers 

 paniculate, racemose or fascicled. Calyx 4-5-lobed or -partite ; lobes 

 eqtial. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Disk annular or stipiriform. Stamens 

 8-10, free, subequal; filaments subulate; anthers cordate or linear- 



