502 xxxiu. RUTACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Microim-lnm. 



T^-g in. ; bracts minute. Flowers variable in size, ^-4 in. cliam., heavy-scented ; buds 

 oblong. Petals narrow-oblong, subacute, finely pubescent. Stamens alternately longer ; 

 anthers didymous. Ovary usually hairy ; 2-7- but usually 5-celled. _Z>e/r// <<vuid or 

 oblong, as large as a large pea, yellow. Seed nearly as long. There is a specimen from 

 N. W. India in Royle's Herbarium, but probably from a garden, as he makes no mention 

 of it in his Illustrations of Himalayan Plants. The following varieties are established 

 by Prof. Oliver : 



VAR. 1 ; leaflets 2J-34 by 1-1 4 in., calyx subentire, style equalling or exceeding the 

 ovary. Bergera villosa, Wall. Cat. 6372. Cookia punctate, lla**k. ; Miq. Fl. 1, 

 i. pi. 2, 524. Penang (Java, Philippines). , 



YAK. 2 ; leaflets 34-6 by 1-1^-2 in., cymes broader, flowers larger, calyx with trian- 

 gular lobes. B. integerrima, abxb. I.e.: DC. Prodr. \. 537. B. viUoea, Wall. Cut. 

 6372. Sikkim, ascending to 4000 ft. ; Nipal, Assam, Uirma. 



VAK. 3 ; leaflets narrower 14-34 by 4-14 in., calyx lobulate, style often cx< 

 the ovary. Ceylon. 



2. 1H. hirsutum, Otic. in. Jouri>. LwfcSoc. v. X///iy/. ii. 40; tomentosc, 



leaflets 1< >->.) ob.scurely toothed, cymes densely tomentose almost hirsute, 

 ovary 5-celled, stigma about as broad as the style, berry very hairy. 

 Aurantiacea, Wall. Cat. 8516. 



PENA.V ;,./'"/, J'ortt r, c. ; Si\r.\i'<>i;i:, W< illicit ; I'KCU, McLdlund; TINA 

 ('I'iftitlt, 7/< //;/. DisiiMii. Philippine Kids. 



V( -ry like .)/. jtitiexcens, and probably only a variety of that plant, but more tomrn- 

 :!y tbe infloivseence, wlii.-h is alnio.st hirsute, as is the berry. The flowers 

 are as small as the smallest var. of M. ^ 



14. MURRAVA, Linn. 



Unarmed shrubs or small trees. Lt-fiws pinnate ; leaflets alternate, 

 })Ctioled, base oblique or cuncatc. Flnwrn solitary and axillary, or in 

 terminal cnrymlis or axillary cymes. Calt/.i; ,0-lid or -partite. Petals 5, 

 free, imbricate. ,sV'////o/.s in, inserted round an elongate disk, filaments 

 linear-subulate, the alternate shorter ; anthers short, small. Ocary 

 2-5-celled, narrowed into a long deciduous style, stigma capitate; ovules 

 solitary or 2 superimposed or collateral in eaeh cell, terrry 1 -^-celled, 

 oblong or ovoid, 1-2 seeded. ,sv,-// with a woolly or glabrous : 

 cotyledons equal. DISTRLB. {Species 4, tropical Asiatic. 



1. XH. exotica, Linn. ; lea,ves glabrous 3-8-foliolate, leaflets oblique, 

 cymes terminal corymbose. OH'', in J<mrn. Linn. tine. v. >S'/y>/,/. ii. 2s; /,',./ -ft. 

 f'l.Jnd. ii. 374 : Watt. Cat. C3G8 ; Tkw<iit>-x frntnn. 45; \Yiijht l<\ t. ( JC ; 

 Jlr,ltl. Fl',,-. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. xliv. t. 7, f. 2 ; Brandu Fr. Fl<,r. 48. 

 Chalcas intermedia am/ C. iianiculata, llm-m. tiuiutj*. fasc. i. 48 and 49. 



Throughout the hotter parts of INDIA, from GAKWHAL to ASSAM and DIKMA, and 

 southward to ( 'iin'i .\ia>.\c, TIIAVANCOII, and CEYLON. DISTRLB. Eastward to China, 

 Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 



A very variable cvcrgivt-n plant, of which two forms occur a bushy and a snb- 

 arboreous. Branches slender, young parts pubescent. Leaves 4-5 in. ; h all. is 

 shortly petioled, 1-3 in., ovate or obovate, or rhomboid, obtuse or obtusely acuminate 

 and often notched at the tip, usually very oblique at the base, shining above, quite 

 entire, newer slender. Corymbs terminal and axillary, few- or many-flowered Flowers 

 campanulate, .J, in. diam., pure white, very fragrant. ti< i><ds glandular, acute. Petals 

 oblong- lanceolate, spreading above. /Stamens alternately longer. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 style slender, stigma capitate ; ovules solitary in each cell or 2 superposed. Berry .{, in., 

 apiculate, globose or ovoid, 1-2-seeded. 



VAK. 1 ; shrubby, corymbs many-flowered, ovary 2-celled. M. exotica, Aud. M. 



