Glycosmis EUTACE^ 183 



(1896) & Urb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xxL 611 (1896). Limonia 

 pentaphylla Betz. Obs. v. 24 (1789). L. citrifolia Willd. Enum. 

 Hort. Berol. 448 (1809); Mac/. Jam. i. 124. L. parviflora Sims 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2416 (1823). Toluifera cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. 262 (1790). 



Naturalized ; Macfadyen ! St. Mary, McNab I J.P. 1065, Morris 1 King's 

 House grounds, J.P. 1107, Hart 1 Gordon Town, 900 ft. ; Hope grounds ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6125, 6657; 6982, 9036.— Native of East Indies to Australia. 



Shrub or tree, 6-10 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 1-foliolate or impari- 

 pinnate, narrowly elliptical to lanceolate, entire (rarely crenulate), narrowing 

 to apex and base, sometimes shortly acuminate, more or less unequal-sided 

 at the base, 8-19 cm. 1. Calyx about 1 mm. 1., margin fringed. Petals 

 white, elliptical to oblong-elliptical, 3-3 "5 mm. 1. Berry pale pink (or 

 white), 7-9 mm. in diam.} 



[TRIPHASIA Lour. 



Spiny shrub. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate, with numerous 

 pellucid dots, lateral leaflets smaller. Flowers solitary, axillary, 

 white, fragrant. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 3, free, imbricate. 

 Stamens 6, free. Ovary sessile on the disk, 3-celled ; ovules one 

 in each cell. Berry 1-2-celled, with 1 or 2 seeds. Seeds without 

 endosperm. 



Species 1, native of China, cultivated and naturalized through- 

 out the tropics. » 



T. trifolia P. Wih. in Torreya ix. 33 (1909) k in N. Amer. Fl. 

 XXV. 221. T. aurantiola Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 153 (1790); Bisso 

 Orang. 209, t. 108 ; Engl, in Engl.-Prantl Pflzfam. Hi. pt. 4, 190, 

 /.no. T. trifoliata DC. Prodr. i. 536 (1824) ; Mac/. Jam. i. 124. 

 Limonia trifolia Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 103, t. 35, /. 1 (1768) (the 

 petals are incorrectly shown as 5 instead of 3). L. trifoliata 

 L. Mant. 237 (1771) ; Jacq. Ic. PI. Bar. t. 463. Loureyro's type 

 is in Herb. Mus. Brit. A specimen named by Linnaeus is in 

 Herb. Linn. 



Chinese Lemon. 



Naturalized ; Parnell ! White Horses, near Yallahs Point, Harris dt 

 Britton ! Fl. Jam. 10,592. — Distribution as of genus. 



Risso (loc. cit.) says of this species : " Nous en possddons un 6chantillon 

 recueilli dans le jardin botanique de Jamaique." 



Shrub 5 or 6 ft. high. Spines slender, straight, in pairs in the axils of 

 the leaves. Leaflets thick, ovate to elliptical, apex obtuse, emarginate, 

 crenulate, 1-5-3 cm. 1. Calyx puberulous, 1-5 mm. 1. Petals linear- 

 oblong, white, 1-1 "5 cm. 1. Berry globular, red, 1-1 '5 cm. in diam., rind 

 marked with glandular pits.] 



[CITRUS L. 



Trees and shrubs, usually spiny. Leaves 1 -foliate, the petiole 

 generally margined or winged ; leaflet with pellucid dots. 



