EUTACE,E. 51 



Murraya Lixn. 



Murraya omphalocarpa IL^yata sp. nov. Frutex ? ; rami glabri, 

 cinerascentes. Folia alterua piuuata 3-5-foliolata, foliolo terminali majore 

 obovato 7 cm. longo 4 cm. lato apice cuspidato breve acuto ad summum 

 obtuso vel retuso basi cuneato-acuto coriaceo, (costa supra late sulcata subtus 

 elevata, venis utraque pagine tenuiter elevatis utroque latere 7-8 rectis aj^ice 

 furcato-ramosLs), in exsiccato utrariue pagine pallido margiue subintegro vel 

 remote vel obscm-e crenato, petiolulo brevissimo 3 mm. longo intus sulcato, 

 foliolis lateralibus alternis terminali conformilus sed minoribus, petiolis com- 

 muuibus 5-6 cm. lougis iutus plauis extus convexis. Flores pseudo-umbellati, 

 umbellis quasi-terminalibus sessilibus 5-6-radiatis, radiis 1-1| cm. longis, 

 floribiLS l^ cm. lougis. Calyx basi campauulatns alte 5-partitus, sepalis 

 oblongo-linearibus 2^ mm. longis Ij- mm. latis apice crassiuscuHs tenuiter 

 pubescentibus. Petala 5, oblongo-lanceolata 23 mm. longa 8 mm. lata, apice 

 obtasa vel acutiuscula, basi attenuata, basi 1 mm. lata margine deorsum 

 integi-a sm-sum crenulato-repanda. Stamina 10, altra longiora 14 mm. longa, 

 altra 11 mm. longa, tilamentis complanatis, antlieris reniformibus utriuque 

 emarginatis. Discus iucrassatus pulviniformis. Ovarium oblongo-cylindiicum 

 circ. 3 mm. longum 1 ram. latum, subglabrum vel basi tenuissime hirsutum, basi 

 ad stipitem brevem attenuatum, apice ad stjlum abeuns, stylo 1 cm. lougo 

 glabro, stigmate subj)eltato integro vel obscme 2-lobato. Bacca ovoidea 

 2 cm. longa, 1-1 j cm. lata, rubra, longe rostrata, basi contracta ad stipitem 

 brevem 1-2 mm. longum abeuns, 2-Iocularis, loculis 1-spermis, pericarpio rubro 

 glauduloso-iiuuctato crasso. Semiua oblonga, tenuiter complauata, 12 mm. 

 longa, dense fibroso-barbata, barbis 7 mm. lougis, testa tenui, cotyledonibus 

 oblongis, radicula minutissima. 



H-iB. Ivotosho et Kwashoto. 



Near M. exotica, but differs from it by tlie larger rostrate fraits and 

 petals witli attenuate base. 



