Luvunga.] xxxin. RUTACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 509 



free, linear-oblong, thick, imbricate. Stamens 8 or 10, inserted around a 

 cupular annular or elevated disk ; filaments equal or not, linear-subulate, 

 free or cuneate ; anther linear or linear-oblong. Ovary 2-4-celled ; style 

 stout, deciduous, stigma capitate ; ovules 2 superposed in each cell. Berry 

 large, ellipsoid, with a thick rind, 2-3-seeded. /Seeds large, ovoid, testa 

 membranous, nerved ; cotyledons equal, oblong, fleshy. DISTKIB. About 

 4 species tropical Asiatic. 



1. Zi. scandens, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6382 ; leaflets 5-12 in. oblong 

 elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or oblanceolate tip rounded acute or acu- 

 minate, filaments more or less cuneate. Wight III. i. 108; Oliv. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. v. Suppl* ii. 43 ; Hot. Mag. t. 4522. Limonia scandens, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 380. 



EASTERN BENGAL, ASSAM, the KHASIA MTS., BIRMA, and MALACCA. 



A strong scanclent annual glabrous shrub, with woody flexuous branches, and re- 

 curved spines. Leaves very variable, thickly coriaceous ; petiole 2 5 in., stout, cylin- 

 dric ; leaflets smooth, shortly petioled, nerves very faint, spreading. Cymes panicled 

 or subracemose, short, shortly peduncled, few-flowered. Flowers about fin. diam., very 

 fragrant, white. Calyx with the margin truncate and lobed more or less. Petals 4, 

 fleshy, recurved. Stamens with the filaments sometimes united almost to the top. 

 Ovary 3-4- celled. Berry oblong, size of a pigeon's egg, yellowish, obscurely 3-lobed, 

 rind smooth, pulp resinous-odoriferous. Seeds 1-3, ovoid, pointed. The description of 

 the fruit is from Roxburgh. Malacca specimens have much broader and more obtuse 

 leaves than the Silhet and Assam ones. Beddome (Flor. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xlvii. in note) 

 says that this, as well as the following, is abundant in the Western side of the Madras 

 Presidency, but 1 have seen no specimens from thence. 



2. Zi. eleutherandra, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. ii. 258 ; leaflets 

 3-5 in. elliptic or obovate abruptly obtusely acuminate, filaments free. 

 Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppi. ii. 44; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 30. 

 L. Tayoyana, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 6383. L. scandens and eleutherandra, 

 Thwaites Enum. 47, 48, 406. ? Triphasia sarmentosa, Blume Bijd. i. 132. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, in forests from the Concan southwards; CEYLON, alt. 3-5000 ft., 

 Thwaites, &c. ; ? TAVOY, Gome'z. DISTRIB. Java. 



Perhaps only a variety of L. scandens, with smaller leaves and fruit and free sta- 

 mens. Kurz (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 69) doubts Blume's T. sarmentosa 

 being this ; but there is a Javan specimen so marked in the Herb, that altogether 

 resembles the Indian. Wallich's specimens of L. Tavoyana have the leaves even 

 larger than those of L. scandens. 



19. FARABXXGXtYA, Wight. 



Erect or climbing shrubs, unarmed or with axillary spines. Leaves 

 1-foliolate, the joint often obscure, quite entire, subcoriaceous, persistent. 

 Flowers rather large, axillary, solitary or fascicled. Calyx cupular or 

 small and 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, free, imbricate or rarely induplicate- 

 valvate. Stamens 8-10, inserted round a columnar disk, filaments free 

 linear equal or subequal; anther linear-oblong. Ovary 3-5-celled; style 

 elongate, deciduous ; ovules in each cell solitary or 2 obliquely super- 

 posed. Berry ovoid or subglobose, often contracted at the base, 1-5-seeded, 

 rind thick. Seeds large, oblong, much compressed, testa membranous ; 

 cotyledons fleshy, equal. DISTKIB. Species 4, tropical Indian. 



Kurz proposes to join this genus with Atalantia (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 

 ii. 69), observing that the shape of the anthers cannot be important, that A. mi#xnii* 

 has a columnar disk, and that the habit is the same in both genera. All the species of 

 both genera want a careful study and revisiou with better materials than I have. 



