50 AURANTiACE^. , [AurantiacecB . 



Leaves pinnate or unifoliolate. Panicles small, mostly axillary. Ovule 



solitary. Stigma persistent * 3. Glycosmts. 



Leaves simple. Flowers in small axillary clusters. Ovules usually 2, 



collateral 4. Atalantia. 



1. MURRAYA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-lobed or 5-cleft. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10, free. Ovary raised 

 on a short disk, 2-celled (sometimes 3- to 5-celled), with 2 ovules in each, 

 either superposed or rarely collateral. Style as long or longer than the ovary, 

 and continuous with it. Berry 1- or 2-seeded. — Unarmed, shrubs or small 

 trees. Leaves pinnate. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. M. exotica, Linn. ; W. and Am. Trod. Fl. Penhis. i. 94 ; TTlgJit, Tc. 

 ^.96. A glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaflets 5 to 7, alternate, cuneate- 

 obovate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, | to If in. long, coriaceous and shining. 

 Flowers of a pure white, very fragrant, in compact terminal sessile coiymbs. 

 Petals near f in. long, erect at the base, spreading in the upper half. Ovaiy 

 2-celled. Berry globular, usually 1-seeded. 



In Hongkong, perhaps only where planted, Champion. Generally cultivated in tropical 

 Asia, but believed to be a real native of S. China and N. E. India. 



2. CLAUSEWA, Bui-m. 



(Cookia, Sonner.) 



Calyx 4- or 5-cleft. Petals 4 or 5, ovate, concave. Stamens 8 or 10. 

 Ovary raised on a short disk, 4- or 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, usually 

 superposed, rarely collateral. Style short, deciduous. Berry usually 4- or 5- 

 celled, with 1 seed in each cell. — Small trees. Leaves pinnate. Plowers in 

 terminal panicles or loose racemes. 



A genus of several species, fi-om tropical Asia or Africa. 



1. C. "Wampi, Oliv. MS. A tree, with the young branches, petioles, 

 and inflorescence covered with minute asperities, but otherwise glabrous. 

 Leaflets 7 to 9, usually alternate, very obliquely ovate, obtuse or obtusely acu- 

 minate, 3 to 4 in. long. Plowers small, white, crowded on the smaller branches 

 of rather large terminal broad panicles. Petals scarcely 2 lines long. Ovary 

 villous. Berry globular, at most 1 in. long. — Cookia TFamjn, Blanco, PL Pilip. 

 358. Cookia punctata, Ketz ; W. andArn. Prod. PI. Penins. i. 95. 



Cultivated in Hongkong, as in other parts of tropical Asia, for its fruit, known under the 

 name of Whampee {JFhiing-Pi, Rosb.). It is believed, however, to be really native in S. China. 



3. G-LYCOSMIS, Corr. 



Sepals usually 5. Petals as many, free. Stamens twice as many, free; 

 the anthers often tipped with a gland. Ovary raised on a short disk, usually 

 5-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell. Style conical, very short, thick, 

 continuous with the ovary and persistent. Beny 1- or 2-seeded, crowned 

 by the stigma. — Shrubs or trees, without thorns. Leaves pinnate and simple 

 (unifoliolate) on the same stem. Plowers small, in axillary or rarely terminal 

 short panicles. 



A small genus, dispersed over tropical Asia and Australia, with perhaps one African species. 



