AURANTIACE2E. I. ATALANTIA. II. TRIPHASIA. III. LIMONIA. 



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leaves, indusium of fruit, stamens, filaments, petals, and calyx 

 abounding in transparent reservoirs of odoriferous oil, which are 

 the most obvious characters. This oil possesses powerful tonic 

 and stimulating properties. The flowers are fragrant, and the 

 fruit in all cases fleshy, and generally eatable. The well known 

 orange, lemon, lime, and shaddock are the representatives of this 

 order. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 ATALA'NTIA. Parts of flower quaternary. Stamens 8, 

 monadelphous, but free at the apex. Anthers terminal. Fruit 

 4-celled, 4-seeded. Leaves simple. 



2 TRIPHA'SIA. Parts of flower ternary. Stamens 6, free, 

 rarely 5 or 8. Anthers rather sagittate. Fruit 3-celled, rarely 

 2-4. Cells 1-seeded. Leaves simple or ternate. 



8 LIMONIA. Parts of flower quaternary or quinary. Stamens 

 free, 8-10, rarely 4-5. Fruit pulpy, 4-5-celled. Cells 1-seeded. 

 Leaves simple or trifoliate. 



4 SCLEROSTYLIS. Parts of flower quaternary or quinary. 

 Stamens 8-10. Anthers cordate. Fruit dry, 1-2-celled ; cells 

 1-2-seeded. Leaves simple, trifoliate or pinnate. 



5 COOKIA. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free. 

 Anthers roundish or cordate. Fruit baccate, subglobose, 5- 

 celled ; cells 1-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 



6 MURRA V YA. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free. 

 Anthers roundish. Fruit fleshy, 1-2-celled; cells 1-seeded. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



7 MICROME'LUM. Calyx entire. Petals 5. Stamens 10, 

 free. Anthers roundish, didymous. Fruit dry, 5-celled ; cells 

 1-2-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 



8 AGLAI^A. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 5, monadel- 

 phous, with the anthers inclosed. Fruit baccate, 1-seeded. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



9 BERGE'RA. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free. 

 Anthers roundish. Fruit baccate, usually 1 -celled, 1-seeded. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



10 CLAUCE'NA. Parts of flower quaternary or quinary. Sta- 

 mens 8-10; filaments dilated at the base, and conniving. An- 

 thers ovate-roundish. Fruit nearly dry, 1 -celled, 1-seeded from 

 abortion. Leaves pinnate. 



11 GLYCO'SMIS. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, flat. 

 Anthers elliptical. Fruit fleshy, 1-2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



12 FERONIA. Parts of flower quinary. Stamens 10, free, 

 dilated and villous at the base. Anthers oblong. Fruit bac- 

 cate, many-celled ; cells many-seeded. Leaves pinnate. 



13 jE'GLE. Parts of flower ternary or quinary (f. 101. &.). 

 Stamens 30-40, free (f. 101. c.). Anthers long, linear, mucro- 

 nate. Fruit baccate, woody, turbinately-globose, many-celled 

 (f. 101. rf.) ; cells many-seeded. Leaves trifoliate. 



14 Ci TRUS. Parts of flower usually quinary. Calyx 3-5- 

 cleft. Petals 5-8. Stamens 20-60 ; filaments compressed, 

 more or less connected at the base into many bundles. Fruit 

 baccate, 7-12-celled ; cells many-seeded, pulpy. Leaves simple, 

 with a flat or winged petiole. 



I. ATALA'NTIA (from Atalanta, the daughter of Schaneus, 

 so swift that she promised to marry him who outran her, but 

 was overtaken by Hippomanes by casting three golden apples in 

 her way. The fruit of this tree is of a golden-yellow colour.) 

 Corr. ann. mus. 6. p. 383. D. C. prod. 1. p. 535. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Octdndria, Calyx 4-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 4. Stamens 8, monadelphous at the base, but are uncon- 

 nected at the apex. Anthers terminal. Pistil villous. Fruit 

 spherical, 4-celled, 4-seeded. A thorny shrub, with simple 

 leaves. 



1 A. MONOPHY'ILA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 535.) Tj. S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Limdnia monophylla, Roxb. cor. 1. p. 59. 

 t. 83. Leaves ovate -oblong, emarginate at the apex. Spines 

 small, simple. Racemes axillary. Flowers small, white. Fruit 

 yellow, about the size of a nutmeg, very like a lime, and is called 

 by the Hindoos wild lime. 



One-leaved Atalantia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. Shrub 8 ft. 



Cult. Atalantia will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and ripened cuttings planted in sand under a hand-glass 

 will root readily, in heat. 



II. TRIPHA'SIA (from rpKpatrtof, triphasios, triple ; in 

 allusion to the calyx being 3-toothed, and the 3 petals.) Lour, 

 fl. coch. 1. p. 189. D. C. prod. 1. p. 535. 



LIN. SYST. Hexa-Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 3-toothed. 

 Petals 3. Stamens 6, unconnected, rarely 5 or 8 ; filaments 

 awl-shaped, flat. Anthers somewhat sagittate. Fruit 1-3- 

 celled; cells 1-seeded, filled with mucilage. Embryos many 

 in the seed. Shrubs, furnished with straight axillary spines, 

 and with simple or trifoliate leaves. 



1 T. MONOPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves simple, ob- 

 long. Tj . S. Native in the island of Timor. Leaves almost 

 sessile, blunt. Racemes small in the axils of the spines, shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers small, white. Fruit unknown. This 

 shrub has the habit of Atal&ntia, but with the flower of Tripha- 

 sia. Fruit 5-celled ? 



One-leaved Triphasia. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 T. SARMENTOSA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 

 663.) arboreous ; stem prickly ; branches sarmentose, hooked ; 

 leaves ternate and simple ; leaflets oblong, acuminated, quite en- 

 tire, stalked ; corymbs axillary. Tj . S. Native of Java. Calyx 

 3-4-toothed. Stamens 8. Fruit egg-shaped, 2-3-celled, 2-3- 

 seeded, full of mucilaginous pulp. 



Rambling Triphasia. Tree. 



3 T. TRIFOLIA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves 3-foliate ; 

 leaflets ovate, retuse, emarginate at the top, the lateral ones 

 smallest. I? . S. Native of the East Indies, Cochin-china, 

 and China. Limonia trifoliata, Lin. mant. 237. Jacq. icon. rar. 

 t. 463. Andr. bot. rep. t. 143. T. Aurantiola, Lour. p. 153. 

 Leaves on short petioles, trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, terminal one 

 usually emarginate. Flowers white, sweet smelling. Stamens 

 6. Fruit of a red-bay colour, soft, the size of a hazel-nut. 

 The pulp is colourless, very sweet, with a slight taste of turpen- 

 tine ; before it is ripe glutinous, and tasting strong of turpen- 

 tine. Loureiro says, that the berry is red, and ovate like those 

 of coffee, but only half the size, covered with a thin pellicle, and 

 containing\a clammy, sweet, inodorous, eatable pulp, and a single 

 ovate seed. \ 



Trifoliate Tjiphasia. Fl. May, July. Shrub 5 feet. 



Cult. The species of Triphasia will grow well in a mixture 

 of turfy loam and peat ; but care must be taken not to sodden 

 them with water during winter. Cuttings not too ripe, but 

 ripened at the base, will root readily in sand under a hand-glass, 

 in heat. 



III. LIMO'NIA (Lymoun is the Arabic name of the citron. 



