510 XXXTII. RUTACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Paramignya. 



* Flowers nearly 1 in. long. Calyx ciijmlar with broad lobes. 



1. P. monophylla, Wi(/ht III. i. 109, t. 4-2 (Micromelum ?) ; spines 

 recurved, leaflet oblong or elliptic with an abruptly acute tip, flowers 1-4 

 equalling or exceeding the pedicels, calyx cupular broadly 4-5-Iobed, 

 stamens 10-12, ovary-cells 3-5 2-ovuled. Oliv. in Journ. Linn. tioc. v. 

 Suppl. ii. 41. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-5000 ft., /. D. H. ; BHOTAN, Sooth; KHASI.V Mrs., alt. 

 2-4000 ft. ; TKNASSKIUM, Lubb : \\'I-:STI-:L:X PKM.NSUI.A, common ; the U'e.stern Forests, 

 from the CONCAN southward : < 'i;vi.<>.\. 



A stout climbing evergreen shrub, with strong green flexuous woody brand: 

 hooked axillary spines sometimes nearly an inch lung; tips of young shouts and petioles 

 often pubescent. Leaflets 2^-5 in., usually elliptic and rounded at both ends, rarely 

 somewhat obovate, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate and acute or caudate-acuminate, 

 ceous, bright green ; nerves numerous, spreading: petiole J, ; in. Fluti-crx 1 in.diam., 

 white, fragrant. Petals linear-oblong, very imbricate. ]'"tl<iii>nitx linear, 11. -r 

 glabro'.s and hairy. Ovary hairy or glabrous; style glabrous al>o\e; ovules rarely 

 solitary. Berry ovoid or obovoid, size of a nut or larger, yellow, odour heavy, 

 compressed. 



2. P. grandiflora, ()l'u\ in .l<i,-n. Linn. S<,<\ v. Xuj^J. ii. 42 ; spines 

 short recurved or (i, branches and leaves hem-al h pubescent, leaflet elliptic or 

 ovate-oblong abrui)tly obtusely acuminate, flowers usually solitary shorter 

 than or equalling the slender pubescent or glabrate pedicel, calyx 

 cupular, filaments villous, ovary-cells 5 usually 2-ovuled. Limonia gnu id i- 

 flora, Wall. Cat. (i:i(il. 



Tr.NAssKKiM, at Tavoy, ]l'<t!lich, Ifi-Ifcr ; Sineapore, Lull). 



A small tree ! ,11 '"II ''</< ). r,r<nn-h,:x ^l^]Id.^, terete, sometimes glalirate. Leaflets 

 2^-4 in., thinly coriaceous, base rounded. Flowers 1 in. long, as larg- as thoM- of 

 P. monojih //I/'/ : pedicel sometimes longer, with a. pair of basal bracteoles. Calyx-lube* 

 rounded, tiliate. /', tal* linear-ublong. 



* Flowers about \ in. l<mij. C<t?.'/.i' simtll, iviflt cnt,' teeth. 



3. P. Griffithii, Ifook. /. ; spines short, branches and leaves glabrous 

 or pubescent, leaflet elliptic or oblong abruptly obtusely acuminate, 

 flowers 1-3, pedicels very short, calyx acutely f> lobrd, lihunents lon.uvr 

 than the linear-ob long anthers, ovary-cells 5 2-ovuled. P. citrifolia, (J/n>. 

 in Journ. Linn. S<; v. Sn/>i>l. ii. 4-2 (not Limonia citrifolia, l!j:l>.}. Citrus 

 scandens, Griff. XnlnL iv. 4!)5 ; /<: J'/. Iil. Or. t. <>7, f: 1. ? Limoniii 

 oblonga, Walt. Cat. 6359; and L. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6358 D. & F. 



PMKMA, at tho Serpentine Minos and Malacca, Urijjitli ; Mnkee hills in ASSAM, Masters; 

 Pj;t;r, M'L<lhni<l. r I'I-;N AM; and Siuir.r, WaUii-lt. 



1 '.ranches and foliage like that of P. monophyjfo, but the flowers are very different, 

 .'. [ in. long, with a small acutely-lobed calyx. Fruit, unknoxvn. (Jriflith's figi; 

 great exaggeration, as his specimens prove. Wallich's 0358 D and F are referable to 

 this or the following. 



4. P. citrifolia, Hook.f. (not of Oliver}; glabrous, spines short, leaflet 

 elliptic ovate acute, flowers 1-3, pedicels very short, calyx acutely 5-lobed, 

 filaments much shorter than the linear elongate anther, ovary-cells 5 

 2-ovuled. Limonia citrifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 379. 



CHITTAGOXG, Roxburgh. 



Young shoots polished. Leaflet 4-5 by 2-3 in., quite entire. Flowers white, about 

 in. diam. Petals oblong. Filaments quite free. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 5-grooved; 

 style short, thick ; stigma subpeltate. Berry ovoid, pointed, of the colour and appear- 

 ance of a Lime, even to the little green cells in the cortex. Seeds 1-4, separated by a 



