AURANTIACEiE. IV. SCLEROSTYLIS. V. COOKIA. VI. MUREAYA. VII. MICROMELUM. VIII. AGLAIA. 



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Leaves impari-pinnate. 



4 S. PENTAPHY'LLA (Blum. 1. c.) unarmed ; leaflets 5, rarely 

 7, oval-oblong, obtuse ; racemes axillary, very short ; berry 

 globose, fj . S. Native of Java. Ovary 3-celled; cells 1- 

 seeded. 



Five-leaved Sclerostylis. Shrub. 



5 S. ? MACROPHY'LLA (Blum. I. c.) unarmed ; leaflets usually 

 5, rarely twin or ternate, ovate-oblong, obtusely acuminated, 

 quite entire ; racemes divaricate, axillary, very long, tapering 

 to both ends. Tj . S. Native of Java. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Perhaps Glycosmis pentaphylla. 



Long-leaved Sclerostylis. Shrub. 



Cult. Loam and peat will be a good mixture for these shrubs, 

 with the addition of a little rotten dung, and ripened cuttings 

 will root if planted in a pot of sand placed under a hand-glass, 

 in a moist heat. 



V. COO'KIA (in memory of the celebrated circumnavigator, 

 Captain James Cook, R. N., who was killed in the Sandwich 

 Islands in 1779). Sonner. voy. 2. p. 130. t. 131. D. C.prod. 

 1. p. 537. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 

 5, navicular, villous. Stamens 10, with free linear filaments and 

 roundish anthers. Ovary villous. Fruit baccate, somewhat 

 globose, 5-celled, or 1-2-celled from abortion ; cells 1 -seeded. 

 Small trees with impari-pinnate leaves ; leaflets alternate, un- 

 equal at the base or oblique. 



1 C. PCNCTA'TA (Retz. obs. 6. p. 29.) leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, hardly unequal at the base. Tj . G. Native of 

 China and the Moluccas. Jacq. schcenbr. 1. t. 101. Lam. 

 ill. t. 354. Quinaria Lansium, Lour. coch. 272. Rumph. amb. 

 1. t. 55. A middle-sized tree bearing eatable fruit about 

 the size of a pigeon's egg, yellow on the outside ; pulp white, 

 rather acrid but sweet. Flowers small, white, disposed in race- 

 mose panicles. There are 2 other figures of Lansiums in Rumph. 

 amb. which are probably varieties of this plant or perhaps dis- 

 tinct species. The fruit is sold in the markets at Canton. 



Dotted Wampee-tree. Clt. 1795. Tree 20 feet. 



2 C. FAICA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 537.) petals with 4 furrows 

 on the inside ; leaflets lanceolate, falcate. Tj . G. Native of 

 Cochin-china. Aulacea falcata, Lour, cochin. 273. Branches 

 spreading. Flowers small, white, in terminal racemes. 



<SjcWe-leaved Wampee-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



3 C. CYANOCA'RPA (Blum, ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 665.) 

 leaflets oblong, acuminated at both ends, bluntish ; corymbs 

 solitary, axillary, and terminal. 17 . S. Native of Java. Gly- 

 cosmis cyanocarpa, Spreng. syst. app. p. 161. Leaflets 5-7, 

 alternate. Calyx 5-leaved. Petals 5, oval, concave, connivent. 

 Stamens 10, awl-shaped, free, equal, compressed. Anthers cor- 

 date. Ovary girded by a tumid disk, 5-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. 

 Stigma obtuse, sessile. Berry oval, dry, 1 -seeded. Cotyledons 

 obvolute. 



Blue-fruited Wampee-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. CHLOROSPE'RMA (Blum. 1. c. p. 664.) leaflets oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, obtusely acuminated ; racemes compound, terminal, and 

 axillary. Tj . S. Native of Java. Glycosmis chlorosperma, 

 Spreng. Leaflets 5-7, alternate. Calyx 5-leaved. Petals 

 elliptic. Stamens for the most part 9, free, awl-shaped, com- 

 pressed, unequal. Anthers cordate. Ovary tumid at the base, 

 5-celled; cells 1 -seeded. Style almost wanting, crowned by an 

 obtuse stigma. Berry coriaceous, globose, 1 -celled, 1-3-seeded. 

 Cotyledons usually lobed. Perhaps a genus allied to Glycosmis. 



Green-seeded Wampee-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 

 Cult. The species of Cook ia thrive very well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat ; ripened cuttings, not deprived of any of their 

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leaves, will root in a pot of sand plunged under a hand-glass, in 

 a moist heat. 



VI. MURRA'YA (in honour of John Andrew Murray, a 

 Swedish botanist, once Professor of Medicine and Botany in 

 the university of Gottingen, a pupil of Linnaeus, and editor of 

 some of his works, especially an edition of his Systema). Keen, 

 in Schreb. gen. no. 717. D. C. prod. 1. p. 536 Marsana, 

 Sonn. voy. ind. 3. t. 139. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla campanulate, 5-petalled. Stamens 10, with linear-awl- 

 shaped filaments, and roundish anthers. Fruit baccate, fleshy, 

 2-celled, but usually 1 -celled from abortion ; cells 1 -seeded. 

 Seed pendulous, with a thick woolly covering. Auricles of 

 cotyledons small (Mirb.). Trees with impari-pinnate leaves, 

 and white, sweet-scented flowers. Fruit eatable. 



1 M. EXO'TICA (Lin. mant. 563.) leaflets 7-9. obovate, obtuse ; 

 peduncles many-flowered, corymbose ; berries roundish, usually 

 1-seeded. f? . S. Native of the East Indies. Ker. hot. reg. 

 434. Murr. comm. goett. 9. p. 186. t. 1. Lam. ill. t. 352. 

 Chalcas Japonensis, Lour. coch. 271. Marsana buxifolia, Sonn. 

 itin. ind. t. 139. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 29. t. 18. f. 2. Fruit red. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented. 



Exotic Murraya. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1771. Shrub 10 ft. 



2 M. PANICULA^TA (Jack. mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 31.) leaflets 

 . ovate, acuminated ; flowers terminal and axillary, usually pani- 



cled ; berries oblong, usually 2-seeded. fy . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Hook, exot. fl. t. 79. Chalcas paniculata, Lour, 

 cochin. 270. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 26. t. 17. Flowers white, 

 with the scent of jasmine. Fruit about the size of a small 

 Capsicum, red, with a strong scent like the gooseberry. 

 Panicled Murraya. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 



3 M. LONGIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 

 665.) leaflets 3-5, oblong, acute at the base ; racemes terminal. 

 Tj . S. Native of Java. Petals 5, linear, spreading. Anthers 

 ovate. Ovary tumid at the base, 3-celled ; cells 3-seeded. 

 Stigma obtuse, sessile. 



Long -leaved Murraya. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult . These shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of turfy 

 loam and peat, and ripened cuttings, not deprived of any of 

 their leaves, will root in sand under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 



VII. MICROME'LUM (from /iiicpoc, micros, small, and 

 P.TJ\OV, melon, apple ; fruit small). Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea. 1. p. 665. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolate, entire, 

 permanent. Petals 5, linear, spreading. Stamens 10, free ; 

 filaments awl-shaped, alternate ones shortest; anthers roundish, 

 didymous. Ovary 5-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Style thick, 

 crowned by an obtuse stigma. Berry dry, with 5 papery, twisted 

 dissepiments inside, lamellate, 1 -2-seeded. Cotyledons leafy, 

 twisted. This genus is nearly allied to Murraya and Cookia. 

 A tree with impari-pinnate leaves and alternate oblique leaflets, 

 and terminal corymbs of flowers. 



1 M. PUBE'SCENS (Blum. 1. c.) leaflets 7-9, ovate, obtusely 

 acuminated, puberulous beneath as well as the branches and 

 corymbs. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Pubescent Micromelum. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. To be cultivated and propagated in the same manner 

 as that recommended for Murraya. 



VIII. AGLAPA (from ayXcua, aglaia, one of the Graces, 

 which expresses beauty ; given to this genus, which is remark- 

 able for its beauty and the sweet scent of the flowers). Lour, 

 coch. p. 21 6. D. C. prod. 1. p. 537. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Pentdndria. Calyx 5-parted. 

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