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AURANTIACEJS. III. LIMONIA. IV. SCLEROSTYLIS. 



The species of this genus have the appearance of the citron as 

 well as its acid fruit). Lin. gen. no. 524. D. C. prod. 1. p. 536. 

 LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 

 Petals 4-5. Stamens unconnected, equal or double the number 

 of petals. Fruit baccate, pulpy, 4-5-celled; cells 1 -seeded. 

 This genus includes an heterogeneous mass of species. . 



* Leaves simple. The genus to which these plants should be 

 referred is doubtful, owing to the parts of fructification being 

 insufficiently known. 



1 L. IU'CIDA (Forst. prod. no. 191.) leaves simple ; peduncles 

 axillary. Tj . S. Native of the island of Mallicolla in the South 

 Seas. Flowers white. 



Shining-leaved Limonia. Shrub. 



2 L. LAURE'OLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves simple; 

 flowers terminal, in corymbose heads, fj . G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Leaves exactly like those of Daphne laureola. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals and stamens 5. Flowers white. 



Spunge-Zare/-leaved Limonia. Shrub. 



3 L. RETU SA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 224.) leaves elliptical, 

 blunt at the apex, and emarginate, acute at the base ; petioles 

 semi-cylindrical ; peduncles usually solitary, 1 -flowered, one- 

 half shorter than the leaves. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul at Siri- 

 nagur. Flowers white ? 



Retuse-leaved Limonia. Shrub. 



* * Leaves trifoliate. Shrubs with the habit of Toddalia. 



4 L. CITRIFOLIA (Willd. enum. 448.) leaves simple and tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated ; pedicels axillary, 

 shorter than the petioles. T? . G. Native of China. Flowers 

 small, white. Berry red. 



Citron-leaved Limonia. Fl.year. Clt. 1800? Shrub 5 ft. 



5 L. ? DIACA'NTHA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets oval, somewhat emarginate ; spines axillary, twin, straight. 

 T; . S. Native of Pondicherry. Flowers small, white, pen- 

 tandrous ? 



Tmo-spined Limonia. Shrub. 



6 L. ? HO'RRIDA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1 . p. 

 663.) leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, bluntish, obsoletely crenulated, 

 intermediate one stalked and larger than the rest ; spines twin, 

 infra-axillary, divaricate, straight. T? . S. Native of Java. 

 Perhaps the same as L. diacdntha. 



Horrid Limonia. Shrub. 



7 L.? DU'BIA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 665.) 

 leaflets 3, sessile, oblong, tapering to the base, retuse at the 

 apex, quite entire, lateral ones small ; common petiole marginate. 



tj . S. Native of Java. Young branches spinose ; spines ax- 

 illary, twin, straight. 



Doubtful Limonia. Shrub. 



8 L. ? MAURITIA'NA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 517.) leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets oval, somewhat mucronate ; panicles axillary ; spines 

 none. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Flowers white, quad- 

 rind, octandrous. 



Mauritian Limonia. Shrub. 



Leaves impari-pinnate, with wingless petioles. Thorns 

 wanting. 



9 L. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 517.) leaves pin- 

 nate, with 4-5 alternate, lanceolate, toothed leaflets ; panicles 

 short, axillary. Ij . S. Native of Madagascar. Flowers white. 



Madagascar Limonia. Shrub 6 feet. 



10 L. PARVIFLORA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2416.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of elliptical-lanceolate, quite entire leaflets ; corolla cam- 

 panulate ; fruit ovate-spheroid, oblique. T; . G. Native of 

 China. Flowers white. 



Small-flowered Limonia. Fl. year. Clt. ? Shrub 6 feet. 



1 1 L. MINU'TA (Forst. prod. no. 1 90.) leaves pinnate ; ra- 

 cemes corymbose, terminal. Tj . S. Native of the Friendly 

 Islands. Flowers white. 



Minute Limonia. Shrub. 



Leaves impari-pinnate, with winged petioles. 

 True Limonia. 



Spines 

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axillary. 



12 L. ACIDI'SSIMA (Lin. mant. 380.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 obovate, somewhat emarginate leaflets ; spines solitary ; fruit 

 egg-shaped, f? . S. Native of the East Indies. Rumph. 

 amb. 2. t. 43. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, whitish. Filaments 

 10. Fruit about the size of a nutmeg, yellowish, but reddish 

 when perfectly ripe. Pulp flesh-coloured, very acid, and is used 

 by the inhabitants of Java instead of soap. 



Very-acid-fruited Limonia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



13 L. CRENULA'TA (Roxb. cor. 1. t. 86.) leaves pinnate, with 

 2 or 3 pairs of oblong-elliptical crenulated leaflets ; spines soli- 

 tary ; fruit globose. Jj . S. Native on the Coromandel coast. 

 Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 4, white. Stamens 8. Rheed. mal. 4. 

 t. 14. Fruit about the size of a large pea, when ripe black. 

 It is much used on the coast of Malabar as a medicine. 

 Flowers sweet-scented. Petioles with broad wings. 



Crenulate-leaved Limonia. Fl. July. Clt. 1808. Shrub 6 

 to 1 feet. 



14 L. AMBI'OUA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 536.) leaves pinnate ; 

 spines in pairs ; leaflets roundish-oval. Tj . G. Cultivated in 

 Eastern Florida? L. acidissima? Nutt. in Sillim. journ. amer. 

 5. 1822. p. 295. Perhaps a variety of L. acidissima or L. cre- 

 nuldta. 



Ambiguous Limonia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. The species of Limonia will thrive well in a mixture 

 of loam and peat, with the addition of a little rotten dung ; 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in a moist 

 heat. 



IV. SCLERO'STYLIS (<7<r\,poc, scleros, hard, and arv 

 \of, stylos, a style ; in allusion to the style being thick and hard). 

 Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 665. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 

 Petals 4-5, connivent or spreading. Stamens free, double the 

 number of the petals ; filaments awl-shaped, flat, alternate ones 

 for the most part longest ; anthers cordate. Ovary 1-3-celled. 

 Style short, thick, crowned by an obtuse stigma. Berry dry, 

 1-2-celled, 1-2-seeded. Auricles of cotyledons inconspicuous. 

 Shrubs with simple or impari-pinnate leaves. This genus is 

 nearly allied to Triphasia. 



* Leaves simple. 



1 S. SPINOSA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaaa. 1. p. 664.) 

 spinose ; leaves oblong, acutish, rounded at the base, obsoletely 

 crenulated; peduncles 1 -flowered, solitary or crowded; ovary 

 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Tj . S. Native of Java. Liraonia 

 spinosa, Spreng. syst. append. 162. 



Spinose Sclerostylis. Shrub. 



2 S. LANCEOLA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, bluntish at the apex ; racemes axillary, short, fy . S. 

 Native of Java. Glycosmis simplicifolia, Spreng. Ovary 2- 

 celled; cells 1 -seeded. 



Lanceolate-leaved Sclerostylis. Shrub. 



* * Leaves simple and trifoliate. 



S S. TRIFOLIA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves simple or tri- 

 foliate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse ; racemes axillary, very short. 

 Tj . S. Native of Java. Glycosmis trifoliata, Spreng. Ovary 

 3-celled; cells 1- seeded. 



Trifoliate Sclerostylis. Shrub. 



