14 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



sinus open ; flower-stalks one inch. Distribution, Jamaica, Mexico, 

 etc. ; liabitat, a frequent shrub in sandy places, easily mistaken by 

 casual observer for Oleander when not in flower. Flowers green ; 

 June to August. 



Nat : Orel : 14 Meliacece. 



Trees with pinnate leaves. Calyx five-parted ; petals five ; sta- 

 mens ten, inserted into a disc and cohering together to form a 

 tube ; stj^lc simple ; fruit a drux^e. 



I. MELIA. 



1. M. Azedarueh (Pride of India). A large tree, tliirty feet high. 

 Leaves twice pinnate, leaflets lance -sliaped, three to six pairs, and 

 a terminal one which is long-pointed, few-toothed; flowers in 

 paniculate cymes ; petals oblong ; staininal tube with twenty teeth, 

 on the inner surface of wldch are ten anthers ; ovary five -celled ; 

 drupe globose, half-inch in diameter, one-seeded, seed five-angled. 

 Distribution, sliores of Mediterranean and Southern United States ; 

 habitat, common throughout tlie Islands. Flowers lilac ; June 

 and July. 



iVat : Ord : 15 Aurantiaccoo. 



Trees or shrubs, with evergreen, shining, alternate leaves, dotted 

 with transparent glands ; stipules none ; calyx five-leaved ; petals 

 five, sessile ; stamens ten or more, inserted into a hypogynous disc. 

 Fruit a many -celled berry, usually edible, with an acid pulp. 



I. CITRUS. 



Stamens ten or nwre, collected into nearal handles by adhesion of filament; 

 blade of leaf jointed to leaf-stalk. 



1. C. Limonuiii (Lemon). A small tree with rough, irregular 

 branches, armed ^vith stout sx)ines two inches long; leaves alter- 

 nate, oblong, three and a half inches long by half that width, 

 slightly toothed, abounding in oil glands, leaf-stalk not winged; 

 flowers axillary ; calyx five-leaved ; stamens in several bundles. 

 Fruit rough, oblong, nipple-shaped at end, with a thick rind and 

 acid pulp. Distribution, warm countries ; habitat, hedges and 

 thickets. Flowers white ; June and July. 



2, G. Vulgaris (Seville Orange). A tree twenty to thirty feet 

 higli, furnished with sphies ; leaves oblong, acute, toothed, leaf- 

 stalk with large marginal wings ; flowers resembling G. Limonum. 

 Fruit large, round, smooth, with thin rind and bitter f»nlp. Dis- 

 tribution, warm countries ; liabitat, thickets, etc. Flowers snow- 

 white, sweet-scented ; June and July. 



To this genus also belongs the Sweet Orange (G. aurantiimj, 

 with broadly-winged leaf-stalks and well-knoAvn fruit; the Lime 

 (C. LimcttaJ, with leaf -stalks not winged and small, smooth fruit 

 with thin rind. The following are also said to be cultivated : The 

 Citron (G. mcdicKsJ, Shaddock fG. decamanay, Bergamotte /^C, bef-' 

 ^amiaj, and other species. 



