Murraya.] xxxin. RUTACE^:. (J\ D. Hooker.) .503 



exotica and brevifolia, Thwaites Enum. 45. Common in Northern India ; Ceylon in 

 Gardens only. 



VAH. 2 ; arboreous, corymbs few-flowered or flowers subsolitary, ovary 2-celled. 

 M. paniculata, Jack in MaL Misc. i. 31 ex Hook. JBot. Misc. ii. 79 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 537 ; W.&A. Prodr. 94; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 29.. M. sumatrana, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 375; Wall. Cat. 6369. Chalcas paniculata, Linn. Ch. sumatrana, Roem. 

 Synops. fasc. i. 49 Chiefly in the Western Peninsula. Ceylon, ascending to 3000 ft. 



VAK. 3 ; ovary 4-5- celled. M. Glenieii, Thwaites Enum. 406 ; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 29. Trincomalee in Ceylon. Thwaites, I.e., gives Oliver as the 

 author of this species, but the latter quotes Thwaites' mss. as his authority. 



2. M. KLoenigii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. 315; leaves pubescent or glabrous 



-20-foliolate, leaflets small oblique, cymes terminal, ovary 2-celled. Oiiv. 



in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 29 ; Bedd. Flor. Syfa. Anal. Gen. xliv. ; 



Brandis For. Flor. 48. Bergera Koeni^ii, Linn.; W. & A. Prodr. 94; 

 Wight Ic. t. 13 ; Wall. Cat. 6370; Roxb. Cor. PI. ii. t. 112; Fl Ind. ii. 

 375 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 29. 



Along the foot of the Himalayas, from GARWHAL to SIKKIM, ascending to 5000 ft. ; 

 BENGAL, PEGU, and southward to TRAVANCOR and CEYI.ON; often cultivated. 



A small strong-smelling umbrageous tree, pubescent or tomentose, rarely glabrous, 

 deciduous. Leaves often 1 foot long, narrow; petiole slender, terete; leaflets petioled, 

 1-1 4 in., variable, usually obliquely ovate, obtusely acuminate, tip notched, crenulate, 

 sometimes suborbicular or lanceolate. Corymbs peduncled, many-flowered. Fiov 

 white, ^ in. long, subcampanulate, ebracteate. Sepals acute. Petals linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, dotted. Stamens alternately longer, filaments dilated belo-.v. Ovary 2-celled : 

 style cylindric, stigma capitate grooved; ovules solitary in each cell, or 2-b:iperpose-i. 

 Fruit ovoid or subglobose, g in. diam., black, rugose. /Seeds imbedded in mucilage. 

 Leaves much eaten in curries. 



3. XME. elong-ata, AlpJi. DC. mss. in Wall. Herb.; leaves glabrous 

 4-6-foliolate, leaflets 4-5 in. ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate tip notched coriaceous. 



BIKMA, at Taong-dong, Wallich. 



A very different looking plant from any of the forms of M. exotica. Bark on the 

 slender branches pale yellow. Petiole with rachis 3 in., angular; leaflets pale brisrht- 

 brown when dry, much longer and more lanceolate than in any form of M. exotica. 

 Fruit | in. long, narrowly ellipsoid, as in the last-named species, of which it may be 

 a form. 



15. CLAUSENA, Burm. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate, usually deciduous, 

 leaflets membranous. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary cymes panicles 

 or lax racemes. Calyx 4-5-lobed or partite. Petals 4-5, free, membranous, 

 margins imbricate. Stamens 8-10, inserted round an elongated disk, the 

 alternate shorter, filaments usually dilated or arched and concave below 

 the subulate tip ; anthers short. Ovary stipitate, 4-5 (rarely 2-3-) celled ; 

 style usually distinct, deciduous, stigma obtuse entire or 2-5-lobed ; 

 ovules 2, collateral or superposed in each cell. Berry small, ovoid, oblong 

 or globose, 2-5-celled. Seeds oblong, testa membranous ; cotyledons 

 equal, plano-convex. DISTEIB. Species about 14, chiefly tropical Asiatic, 

 with a few African and Australian. 



* Inflorescence terminal, panided. 



1. C. pentaphylla, DC. Prcdr. i. 538 ; tomentose above, leaves 

 3-7-foliolate, leaflets 5-9 in. ovate acuminate tomentose or glabrate beneath, 

 flowers 4-nierous, ovary hairy, style very short glabrous. Don Gen. Syst. i. 



