xxxiu. RUTACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [J/r 



cell, collateral or superposed. Fruit of 4 free spreading coriaceous carpels 

 dehiscing on the inner face ; endocarp more or less separating. ,bW* 

 oblong, funicle sometimes elongate, testa black brittle shining, albumen 

 fleshy and oily ; embryo with large oblong cotyledons and a short superior 

 radicle. DISTKIB. Chiefly Polynesian ; species about 15. 



1. M. indica, Wi<jht Ic. t. 1051 ; glabrous, leaves 1-foliolate, leaflets 

 elliptic or obovate acute, flowers 3-5 terminating long slender decurved 

 peduncles. Bld. Fin,-, tii/lcnt. A mil. 6V//. xl. t. vi. f. 1. 



NILGHIKI Mrs., in woods near the Avalanches, W!</1<t, <J(trdn< r. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches slender. Leaves glabrous ; petiole 4~H i n -> terete ; 

 le.illt-t 3-4 in., glal rous, shining, narrowed towards the ha- . ry slender. 



J'< dm ides 2-4 in., slender, oiten .'{-flowered. Fl<>ir,-rx ^ in. diani., on short stout pubes- 

 cent pedicels. C'ah/.i: divided nearly to the base into 4 orbicular coriaceous obtu> 

 J'dalx valvate, ovate, acute, glabrous, thick, longer than the stamens. 7-/V.- ol 

 Ovary-lobe* villous, free at the apex ; styles free below ; ovules subcollateraL -#</; 

 carpet* 4, in. long, turgid, apiculate, 1-seeded. veined. *bVt(/ oblong. 



2. ltt. 1 Helferi, /Ionic, f. ; quite glabrous, leaves 1-foliolate, petiole 

 short .stout, leaflet obovatc-laiiceolate obtuse, panicle rather longer than the 

 petiole few-flowered, petals valvate. 



TK.\A<SI-:I:IM or ANDAMAN NI.K-, Il-Ifer. 



Dioecious? Branches rather stout, bark wrinkled; whole plant yellowish when dried. 

 Petiole \-\ in., not acutely margined ; leaflet 4-& in., membranous, nei'ves hori/ontal, 

 very slen'der. Cymes 1-3 in., panicled, subi-rect ; peduncle rather stout, (juite glabrous; 

 branches \-} 2 in., few. Flowers (6) small, tascicl'-d : pedicels short, stout. Pitals val- 

 vate, longer than the stamens. l)ixk 6-lobed. Fruit not oeeu. 



8. ZANTHOXYLTJIVI, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees, often armed witli stout prickles. Leaves alternate, 

 3-foliolate or unequally pinnate ; leaflets opposite or alternate, entire or 

 e re n ate, often oblique, punctate. ]-'i<nr< rs small, in axillary or terminal 



peduncled broad or narrow cymes, white, pink, or greenish, often unisezuftL 

 ('<i/!/x 3-^-tid, rarely 0. /'tf>tt* :i-o, rarely (), implicate or induplicate- 

 vnlvate. /)i*k small or (il>sciire. Xlm< //x :j-~) honous or reduced to 



vnlvate. /)i*k small or (il>sciire. Xlm< //x :j-~), hypogynous or reduced to 

 scales in the ?. Oi<nri/ rudimentary in the ^, in the $ of 1-5 oblique 

 1-celled carpels ; styles suldateral, IVct- or connate above, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules 2 in eacli cell, usually collateral. /'///// of 1-5 globose coriaceon- or 

 fleshy 1 -seeded carpels, dehiscing ventrally, endocarp horny, separating ir 

 not. Seed oblong and compressed or globose, often hanging out of the 

 carpel, hilum broad, testa bony or crustaceous blue or black shining, 

 jillmmen fleshy; embryo axile, straight or curved, cotyledons flat, radicle 

 very short. DiSTKiB. About 80 species, all tropical and subtropical. 



SECT. 1. Cymes axillary, or axillary and terminal ; branches alternate. 



* Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole not winged, flowers pdypetalous. 



1. Z. oyalifolium, Wt. ILL i. 169; quite glabrous, unarmed or with 

 short straight prickles, leaflets elliptic-oblong or obovate crenulate tip 

 obtuse emarginate. Bedd. FLor. Sylvat. J //'//. 6V//. xlii. t. vi. f. 3; \VnlL 

 <'<if. 7469. Z. lucidum. Wall. Cat. 1212. Toddalia mitis, J/tV/. in lltrb. 

 llolwnack. 466. Limonia leptostachya, Jack according t ll< / -b. 



WKSTEHN PENINSULA, in Canara, Kurg and the Nil^hiri Mts., and near Madras; 

 KIIASIA MTS. ; ASSAM and MISIIMI Mis. ; SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



