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ORDER XXIII. RUTACE.E. 



A large Order, containing however few trees of any size, but generally shrubs or 

 climbers, which are aromatic with gland-dotted leaves. 

 The Order is divided into 4 Tribes, viz. : 



Tribe I. Rutese .... Only herbs such as the garden Rue, 



and the Bonninghausenia, so 

 common in Himalayan forests. 



II. Xanthoxyleai . . . JSvodia, Melicope and Xan- 



thoxyltan. 



III. Toddulieae . . . Toddalia, Acronyclda and 



Skimmia. 



IV. Aurantiese .... Glycosmis, Micromelum, Murraya, 



Clausena, Triphasia, Limonia 

 Luvunga, Paramignya, Atalan. 

 tia, Citrus, Feronia and Aegle- 



Melicope contains two shrubs : M. indica, Wight ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 492, Beddome 

 xl., of the higher ranges of the Nilgiri Hills ; and M. Helferi, Hook, f ., of the Andaman 

 Islands and Tenasserim. Acronychia laurifolia, Bl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 498 ; Kurz 

 i. 184; Gamble 14 (A. pedunculata, DC.; Beddome xlii.) Vern. Paoiolay, Nep.; 

 Loajam, Ass., is a small tree of the Sikkim Himalaya, Khasia Hills, Assam, 

 Chittagong, South India and Burma. G-lycosmis pentaphylla, Correa ; Hook. Fl. Ind, 

 i. 499; Beddome xliii. ; Brandis 49; Kurz i. 186; Gamble 14. Vern. Ban-nimbu, 

 potali, pilrti potala, girgitti, Hind.; Kirmira, Bombay; Taushouk, Burin., is a 

 common evergreen shrub, with very variable leaves and fruits, found in most part of 

 India. Micromelum contains 2 species: M. pubescens, Bl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 501 ; 

 Beddome xliii. ; Kurz i. 186 ; Gamble 14. Vern. Lasmani, IN ep. ; Kambrong, Lepcha ; 

 Tanycnghpo, Burm., is a small tree of the Eastern Himalaya, Assam, Eastern Bengal, 

 South India and Burma, with a rather heavy, close-grained, yellowish white wood ; and 

 M. hirsutum, Oliv. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 502; Kurz. i. 187., a small Burmese shrub. 

 Clausena contains 9 species, chiefly shrubs, the chief of which are C. pe)itaphylla y 

 DC. ; Brandis 49. Vevn. Rattanjote, surjmukha, teyrur, Hind., a deciduous shrub 

 of the Sub-Hiinalaj T an tract from the Jumna to Nepal ; and C. Willdenovii, W. and 

 A. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 606 ; Beddome xliv. ; Gamble 15. Vern. Mor kurangi, Kaders ; 

 Afadanay, Nep. ; Terhilnyok, sidemnyok, Lepcha, a small tree of the Sikkim 

 Himalaya, Western Ghats and Ceylon. Triphasia trifoliata, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 507 ; Kurz i. 192, is a small spinous garden shrub of South India and Burma. 

 Limonia contains 4 shrubs of India and Burma, of which L. acidissima, Linn.; 

 Hook. Fl ind. i. 507; Beddome xlv ; Braudis 47; Kurz i. 192 (L. crenulata, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 381) Vern. Beli, Hind. ; Tor-elaga, Tel. ; Kawat, Mar. ; Theehaya-z<r, 

 Burm. a spinous shrub of dry hills in various parts of India, with a hard close- 

 grained wood, is the most common. Luvunga has 2 climbing shrubs, one of Eastern 

 Bengal and Burma, the other of Southern India. Paramignya, has 5 shrubs or climbers 

 of Eastern Bengal and Burma, of which the most common is P. monophylla, 

 Wight; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 510; Kurz i. 193; Gamble 15. Vern. Natkanta, Nep.; 

 JJinnok, Lepcha, an erect or climbing shrub extending from Sikkim down to Tenas- 

 serim. Citrus contains 3 well-known fruit trees C. Aurantium, Linn. Vern. Narangi, 

 naringi, Hind. ; Kumla nebu, Beng. ; Suntala, Nep. ; Kitchli, Tarn. ; Kittali, Tel., 

 the Orange, cultivated in most parts of India, but especially in Sikkim and Sylhet 

 (Skinner, No. 48, gives W. = 49, P = 717); C. medica, Linn., the Citron, Lemon and 

 Lime, cultivated all over India ; and C. decumana, Wild., the Shaddock or Pumelo. 



The Rotacea have a very uniform structure. The wood is close and 

 even-grained, generally white, with a yellowish tinge. The pores are small, 

 uniformly distributed, with a tendency to form radial lines. The medul- 

 lary rays are fine, uniform and equidistant. The wood of Skimmia is 

 anomalous, being distinguished by extremely small pores, arranged in 

 oblique wavy tails, and by very fine, very numerous medullary rays. The 

 wood of most species is marked by white concentric lines, which are 

 generally at unequal distances and often run into each other. 



