50 AURANTiACEiE. [Aurantiacea . 



Leaves pinnate or unifoliolate. Panicles small, mostly axillary. Ovule 



solitary. Stigma persistent 3. Glycosmts. 



Leaves simple. Flowers in small axillary clusters. Ovules usually 2, 



collateral 4. Atalantia. 



1. MUERAYA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-lobed or 5-cleft. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10, free. Ovary raised 

 on a short disk, 2-celled (sometimes 3- to 5-celled), with 2 ovules in each, 

 either superposed or rarely collateral. Style as long or longer than the ovary, 

 and continuous with it. Berry 1- or 2-seeded. — Unarmed shrubs or small 

 trees. Leaves pinnate. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. M. exotica, Linn. ; W. and Am. Prod. Fl. Penins. i. 94 ; Wight, Ic. 

 t. 96. A glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaflets 5 to 7, alternate, cuneate- 

 obovate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, f to 1^ in. long, coriaceous and shining. 

 Flowers of a pure white, very fragrant, in compact terminal sessile corymbs. 

 Petals near | in. long, erect at the base, spreading in the upper half. Ovary 

 2-celled. Berry globular, usually 1-seeded. 



In Hongkong, perhaps only where planted, Champion. Generally cultivated iu tropical 

 Asia, but believed to be a real native of S. China and N. E. India. 



2. CLAUSENA, Burm. 



(Cookia, Sonner.) 



Calyx 4- or 5-cleft. Petals 4 or 5, ovate, concave. Stamens 8 or 10. 

 Ovary raised on a short disk, 4- or 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, usually 

 superposed, rarely collateral. Style short, deciduous. Berry usually 4- or 5- 

 celled, with 1 seed in each cell. — Small trees. Leaves pinnate. Flowers in 

 terminal panicles or loose racemes. 



A genus of several species, from tropical Asia or Africa. 



1. C. Wampi, Oliv. MS. A tree, with the young branches, petioles, 

 and inflorescence covered with minute asperities, but otherwise glabrous. 

 Leaflets 7 to 9, usually alternate, very obliquely ovate, obtuse or obtusely acu- 

 minate, 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers small, white, crowded on the smaller branches 

 of rather large terminal broad panicles. Petals scarcely 2 lines long. Ovary 

 villous. Berry globular, at most 1 in. long. — Cookia Wampi, Blanco, Fl. Filip. 

 358. Cookia punctata, Betz; W. and Arn. Prod. Fl. Penins. i. 95. 



Cultivated in Hongkong, as in other parts of tropical Asia, for its fruit, known under the 

 name of Wharnpee ( Whung-Pi, Roxb.). It is believed, however, to be really native in S. China. 



3. GLYCOSMIS, Corr. 



Sepals usually 5. Petals as many, free. Stamens twice as many, free; 

 the anthers often tipped with a gland. Ovary raised on a short disk, usually 

 5-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell. Style conical, very short, thick, 

 continuous with the ovary and persistent. Berry 1- or 2-seeded, crowned 

 by the stigma. — Shrubs or trees, without thorns. Leaves pinnate and simple 

 (unifoliolate) on the same stem. Flowers small, in axillary or rarely terminal 

 short panicles. 



A small genus, dispersed over tropical Asia and Australia, with perhaps one African species. 



