Glycosmis.] aurantiace.e. 51 



1. G. citrifolia, IAndl. in Tram. Hort. Soc. vi. 72. A tall glabrous 

 shrub. Leaves some simple, on short petioles, oblong-elliptical and obtuse, or 

 oblong-lanceolate and acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long ; others pinnate, with 2 or 3 

 rather smaller leaflets. Panicles dense, shorter or scarcely longer than the 

 petioles of the pinnate leaves. Flowers and ovary almost always 5-merous. 

 Berry globular, depressed and oblique, very pulpy, about i in. diameter. — 

 Limonia parvifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 2416. 



Rather scarce in Hongkong, Champion ; also Hance and Wright. In the adjacent parts 

 of S. China, in the Philippine Isles, and in Borneo, and probably a variety only of the 

 G. arborea, a species widely diffused over tropical Asia and Australia. 



4. ATALANTIA, Corr. 

 (Sclerostylis, Bl. Severinia, Ten.) 

 Calyx 4- or 5-cleft or lobed. Petals 4 or 5, free. Stamens 8 or. 10, or 

 rarely about 15 ; filaments free or united in a tube. Ovary of 2 or 4 cells, 

 with 1 or 2 collaterally pendulous ovules in each. Style short and thick, con- 

 tinuous with the ovary. Berry globular, usually with 1 or 2 seeds. — Shrubs 

 often thomy. Leaves simple. Flowers in axillary clusters or very short 

 racemes. 



A genus of several species, dispersed over tropical Asia and Australia. 



Stamens 10 1 . A. buxifolia 



Stamens about 15 2. A. Hindsii. 



1. A. buxifolia, Oliv. MS. A small shrub or dwarf tree, glabrous or 

 with the young branches pubescent, often armed with stout axillary thorns. 

 Leaves obovate-oblong. very obtuse or emarginate, 1 to 1^ in. long, narrowed 

 into a very short petiole, marked with numerous fine veins. Flowers sessile 

 or nearly so, solitary or 2 or 3 together in the axils of the leaves. Petals 5, 

 about 2 lines long. Stamens 10, free. Ovary 2-celled, with 1 ovule in each 

 cell. Berry nearly globular, depressed, black when ripe. — Limonia bilocularis, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 37 7. Sclerostylis atalantioides, W. and Am. Prod. Fl. Penins. 

 i. 93. Severinia buxifolia, Ten. Cat. Hort. Nap. 96. Sclerostylis buxifolia, 

 Benth. in Kew Jour. Bot. iii. 326 ; Seem. Bot. Her. t. 81. 



Abundant in the island, Champion and others. Also on the adjacent continent and north- 

 wards to Formosa, but not known out of S. China, the indications of the Indian Peninsular 

 station having probably originated in a garden mistake. 



1. A. Hindsii, Oliv. MS. A glabrous shrub, with stout axillary thorns. 

 Leaves oval-elliptical or oblong, obtuse, 2^ to 3 in. long, obtuse at the base, 

 on a short broad petiole, coriaceous, with fewer veins than the last species. 

 Flowers shortly pedicellate, in axillary clusters, usually 5-merous. Petals 

 about 3 lines long. Stamens about 1 5, irregularly united, but sometimes be- 

 coming quite free after the flower opens. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in 

 each cell. Style very short and thick. Berry globular, rather large, of an 

 orange-colour. — Atalantia monophylla, Benth. in Lond. Joum. Bot. i. 483, not 

 of DC. Sclerostylis Hindsii, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 328 ; Seem. Bot. 

 Her. t. 82. S. venosa, Champ. 1. c. (a slight variety, with the flowers occasion- 

 ally 4-merous). 



Common in Hongkong, Champion and others. Not known from elsewhere. The struc- 

 ture of the flowersras observed by Oliver, shows some approach to that of Citrus. 



E 2 



