156 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Murraya. 



In almost all Districts, especially in the hills ; common 

 in underwood and especially in ravines ; often planted in 

 gardens. 



A large shrub or small tree with scented flowers. Wood 

 very hard, resembling boxwood. Vern. Hind. Marchula ; 

 Tel. Naga golunga. 



2. MURRAYA KONIGII, Spreng. ; F. B. I. i. 503. Berg era Konigii, 

 Linn. ; W. & A. 94 ; Wt. Ic. t. 13. 



In most Districts, chiefly in the N. Circars and Deccan, 

 less frequent on the W. Coast, but nowhere very common. 

 A small tree with very aromatic leaves which are eaten in 

 curries. Wood greyish-white, softer than that of the last. 

 Vern. Hind. Katnim ; Tel. Karepaku ; Tarn. Karivempu, 

 Katta veppilei ; Kan. Kari bevu. 



12. Triphasia, Lour. 



A shrub, armed with strong straight spines. Leaves alternate, 

 sessile, 3-foliolate ; leaflets small, obtuse, crenate, the lateral ones 

 smaller than the terminal. Flowers solitary or in 2-3-flowered 

 cymes, axillary, sweet-scented. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 3, free, im- 

 .bricate, oblong. Disk fleshy. Stamens 6, free, inserted round the 

 disk; filaments long, subulate, dilated below; anthers oblong. 

 Ovary seated on the disk, ovoid-oblong, narrowed into the articu- 

 late style ; stigma capitate, 3-lobed ; cells 3 ; ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Fruit an ovoid fleshy gland-dotted berry 1-3-celled and -seeded. 

 Seeds ovoid-oblong, immersed in mucilage ; testa coriaceous ; 

 albumen ; cotyledons flattened, plano-convex, often unequal or 

 lobed; embryo minute. 



TRIPHASIA AURANTIOLA, Lour. T. trifoliata, DC. ; F. B. I. 



i. 507 ; W. & A. 91. 



Cultivated and found run wild as at Madras and Cochin ; 

 apparently introduced from China. 



13. Limonia, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees, often armed with spines. Leaves alter- 

 nate, 3-foliolate or imparipinnate with usually opposite leaflets ; 

 petiole and rhachis winged. Flowers in fascicles racemes or 

 panicles. Calyx 4-5-lobed or -partite. Petals 4-5, imbricate. 

 Disk annular or stipitiform. Stamens 8-10, free, subequal, in- 

 serted round the disk ; filaments subulate ; anthers cordate or 



