SIMARUBE^. (SIMARUBA FAMILY.) 199 



_ T. sal§a, Stev. .1 to .2, branching from neck. Leaves pin- 

 natisect, the floral lobed at base. Flowers in spike-like, scorpioid ra- 

 cemes — Spring — Merj (Damascus). 



5. PEGA^UM, L. Peganum. BJiarmall. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent, open in bud. Petals 5, imbricated. Sta- 

 mens 12-15, inserted with petals at base of short disk, naked, dilated 

 at base. Ovary globular, 3-4-celled. Style triangular. Ovules nu- 

 merous, suspended at central angle by a short funicle. Capsule 3-valved, 

 loculicidal. Seeds angular, with a spongy shell — Erect herbs or shrul)S, 

 with irregularly dissected leaves, bristle-shaped, minute stipules, and 

 terminal white flowers opposite the leaves. 



P. Harniala, L. 2^ Ghalqat-ed-D%b. Kharjil. Haremldn. Hharmall. 

 .5 to 1, glabrous ; stems herbaceous, forked, branched, corymbose. 

 Lobes of leaves linear, acute. Petals oblong-elliptical, somewhat 

 shorter than calyx ; capsule erect, depressed at tip — Spring and early 

 summer. 



The order AfJRAKTIACEiE, although not indigenous in 

 Western Asia, is represented in cultivation in our district by the follow- 

 ing species, all originally from India. 



1. Citrus Aiiraiittum, L. Orange. Burteqdn (a corruption 

 of Bartuglinl, Portugal^ perhaps because some prized varieties were in- 

 troduced from that country). 



2. C Madarcnsis, L. Mandarin Orange. Yusuf EJfendL 



S, C. Kig^arada, Duh. Bitter Orange. Seville Orange. JVarinj. 

 Kiibheid. 



4. C. Eioionuni, Risso. Lemon. Leimun Tihamidh. Leimun 

 murdkabi. Leimiln 7ridlihh. 



5. C. Liimoiium, Var. dulcis. Sweet Lemon. Leimun Rhelu. 



6. C medica, Risso. Citron. Kibbdd. 



Ordbk XXVIII. SIMAKUBEJE, Rich. (Simaruba Family). 



Trees or shmhs, loith glmidless leaves, dia'cious, poly- 

 gamous, or hermctjphrodite jioicers^ cmi imh'icated, Z-^-lohed or 

 parted calyx, S-S petals, an anondar or elongated dish, 

 stamens as many as petals or double their momher, inserted 

 at hase of dish, and a 2-^-celled and lobed ovary — Ovules 

 solitary, anatropoiis, peiiclnlou^ beneath the apex of the cell, 

 with a ventral raphe and superior micropyle. Fruit variotlfe. 

 Seeds albuminous ; embryo ovT)id. 



BAL.AXITES, Del. Balanites. Zaqqiim. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, deciduous, concave. Petals 5, 

 oblong, imbricated. Disk 10-grooved, hollowed at apex. Stamens 5, 

 filaments naked. Ovary half-immersed in the cavity at the apex of the 



