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AURANTIACE^E. VIII. AGLAIA. IX. BERGERA. X. CLAUCENA. XI. GLYCOSMIS. 



Petals 5. Stamens 5-10, with the filaments as in the Meliacecz, 

 connected into an ovate tube or attached to an urceolate nectary, 

 with enclosed anthers. Stigma broad, sessile. Ovary 1-celled, 

 enclosing 2 ovulae. Berry 1 -seeded (mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 33.) 

 Shrubs or trees with impari-pinnate leaves and axillary panicles 

 or racemes of yellow flowers. 



1 A. ODORA'TA (Lour. coch. p. 173.) leaves pinnate, with 5 

 or 7 glossy leaflets. fj . G. Native of Cochin-china and China. 

 Opilia odorata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 766. Cumunium Sinense, 

 Rumph. amb. 5. p. 28. t. 18. The leaves have a bitter and 

 acrimonious taste. The flowers are small, yellow, and sweet- 

 scented, and are said to be used by the Chinese to scent their 

 teas. Berries small, red, eatable when ripe. 



Sweet-scented-fiowered Aglaia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



2 A. ODORATI'SSIMA (Blum, ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 250.) 

 leaflets usually 2 pairs, oblong, bluntish, beneath as well as the 

 panicles clothed with very fine scales ; panicles pyramidal, 

 fj . S. Native of Java. Flowers small, yellow, very sweet- 

 scented. 



Very sweet-scented Aglaia. Shrub 10 feet. 



3 A. FOLYSTA'CHIA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 429.) leaflets 

 of few pairs, oblong, lanceolate, acuminated, very smooth, ob- 

 lique at the base ; racemes panicled, axillary ; flowers nearly 

 sessile. T? . S. Native of Silliet in the East Indies. Panicle 

 composed of racemes of small, yellow, sweet-scented flowers. 



Many-spiked Aglaia. Tree 40 feet. 



4 A. SULI'NGI (Blum, ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaflets usually 2 pairs, 

 elliptical-oblong, bluntish, and are as well as the corymbose 

 panicles smooth. T? . S. Native of Java. 



Siding's Aglaia. Tree. 



5 A. ELLI PTICA (Blum, ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaflets usually 2 

 pairs, elliptic-oblong, clothed with rusty down beneath as well 

 as the loose elongated panicles. Jj . S. Native of Java. 



Elliptical-leaved Aglaia. Shrub. 



6 A. SPECIOSA (Blum, ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaflets usually 4 

 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, acute, clothed with brown scales be- 

 neath as well as the panicles. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Shewy Aglaia. Tree 20 feet. 



7 A. DEC A'NDRA( Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p.427.) leaflets usually 

 6 pairs, oblong, acuminated, pubescent on both surfaces as well 

 as the panicles, which are axillary ; flowers decandrous ; fruit 

 5-seeded. fj . S. Native of Nipaul. Flowers yellow, small, 

 sweet-scented. 



Decandrous Aglaia. Tree 50 feet. 



8 A. ARGE'NTEA (Blum, ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaflets many pairs, 

 cordate, oblong, acuminated, covered with silvery leprosy be- 

 neath ; panicles elongated, divaricating. J? . S. Native of Java. 



Silvery-\e&ved Aglaia. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. The species of this genus will thrive well in a mixture 

 of turfy loam and peat, and young cuttings, which are ripened 

 at the base, taken off at a joint, will root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. 



IX. BERGE V RA (in honour of C. J. Berger, once professor 

 of Botany at Kiel). Keen, in Schreb. gen. no. 718. D. C. pro.l. 

 l.p. 537. 



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

 rolla 5-parted. Stamens 1 0, with awl-shaped, compressed fila- 

 ments and roundish anthers. Style somewhat conical. Ovary 

 2-celled, 2-ovulate. Fruit baccate, usually 1-celled and 1- 

 seeded. Seed appendent with a membranaceous covering. Au- 

 ricles of cotyledons large (Mirb. 1. c.). This genus is perhaps 

 sufficiently distinct from Murraya. Trees with impari-pinnate 

 leaves ; leaflets alternate, acuminated, pubescent. 



1 B. KOJNI'GII (Lin. mant. 565.) leaflets serrated. T; . S. 



1 



Native of the East Indies. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1019 Rumph. 

 amb. 1. p. 149. t. 53. f. 1. Murraya Ksenigii, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 315. Racemes many, forming a corymb at the top of the 

 branches. Flowers small, whitish-yellow. Fruit the size and 

 form of a pigeon's egg, of a yellow colour. The pulp is easily 

 separated when ripe, and gives out a kind of white juice before it 

 is ripe when cut or broken, which blackens the skin as the outer 

 covering of walnuts does in Europe, but when ripe it is grateful 

 to the palate, and is much sought after by the inhabitants. The 

 taste resembles that of white currants. The wood is hard and 

 durable, and is used to make many implements of husbandry. 



Koenig's Bergera. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 ft. 



2 B. INTEGRLFOLIA (Roxb. ex Lamb. herb. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 537.) leaflets quite entire. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Panicle subcorymbose, terminal. Flowers whitish. 



Entire-leaved Bergera. Fl. Jun. Jul. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



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

 of turfy loam and peat ; and young cuttings, ripened at the 

 bottom, taken off" at a joint, will root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. 



X. CLAUCE'NA (meaning unknown). Burm. ind. p. 89. 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 538. 



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

 Petals 4-5, oval, concave, spreading. Stamens 8-10, with awl- 

 shaped filaments, which are excavated, dilated, and conniving at 

 their base, and ovate or roundish anthers. Ovary 4-celled ; 

 cells 1-2-seeded. Style short, cylindrical. Stigma obtuse. 

 Fruit almost dry, 1-celled, 1 -seeded from abortion. Seed ap- 

 pendent, with a membranaceous covering. Auricles of coty- 

 ledons large, retuse. Trees with impari-pinnate leaves, and 

 stalked pubescent leaflets. Flowers very small, disposed in lax 

 panicles. 



1 C. EXCAVA'TA (Burm. ind. t. 29.) leaflets 13 or 15, ovate, 

 acuminate, unequal-sided ; petioles and terminal panicles pu- 

 berulous. Tj . S. Native of Java. Murraya Burmanni, Spreng. 

 syst. 3. p. 315. C. Javensis, Rasusch. Flowers white, oc- 

 tandrous. 



Excavated-filamented Claucena. Tree 20 feet. 



2 C. PENTAPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 538.) leaflets 5 or 7. 

 >j . S. Native of the East Indies. Limonia pentaphylla, Lamb, 

 herb, but not of Roxb. Flowers white. 



Five-leaved Claucena. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1800. Tr. 20 ft. 

 Cult. These trees should be propagated and cultivated in the 

 same manner as recommended for Bergera. 



XI. GLYCO'SMIS (from yXvxvs, glycus, sweet, and oa^.r\, 

 osme, smell ; in allusion to the sweet-scented flowers). Cor. 

 ann. mus. 6. p. 384. D. C. prod. 1. p. 538. 



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

 5. Stamens 10, with flat, awl-shaped filaments and elliptical 

 anthers. Style short, cylindrical. Ovary 5-celled ; cells 1- 

 seeded. Fruit fleshy, 1-2-celled ; seed pendulous, with a mem- 

 branaceous covering. Auricles of cotyledons very short (Mirb.). 

 Trees with impari-pinnate smooth leaves. Panicles axillary and 

 terminal. 



1 G. ARBOREA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 538.) leaflets 5-7, oblong- 

 linear, alternate, toothletted. Tj . S. Native of Coromandel 

 and the Mauritius, in woods. Limonia arborea, Roxb. cor. 1 . 

 t. 85. Flowers small, white, sweet-scented. Fruit reddish, and 

 are eaten by birds. The whole plant, when drying in the shade, 

 diffuses a pleasant permanent scent as well as the following. 



Tree Glycosmis. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1796. Tree 20 feet. 



2 G. PENTAPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 538.) leaflets 5, ovate, 

 quite entire, Tj . S. Native of Coromandel. Limonia penta- 

 phylla, Retz. obs. 5. p. 24? Roxb. cor. 1. t. 84. Flowers 



