48 XVII. RUTACEjE. [Limonia 



fragrant, in short axillary racemes, frequently bearing 1 or 2 leaves. Caly 

 4-cleft. Petals 4, oblong, more than twice the length of calyx, pellucid- 

 punctate. Stamens 8, nearly equal. Ovary oblong, obtuse, 4-celled 

 ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous ; stigma capitate, obtuse. Berry 

 globose, fleshy, black when ripe, less than \ inch diam. ; seeds 1-4. 



Outer Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Garhwal, ascending to 4000 ft. Assam 

 Bengal. South India. Hardy in England. Fl. April, May. 



A shrub 8 to 10 ft. high ; in favourable conditions a small tree 16 to 18 ft. 

 with a short trunk 18 in. girth, and a small, elegant oval head. Bark cinere 

 ous, rugose : wood yellow, very handsome, hard, close-grained, worthy of atten 

 tion for the lathe ; used for axles of oil-presses, rice-pounders ; good fuel. 

 Pulp of fruit flesh-coloured, exceedingly acid ; an article of commerce in Mai 

 bar ; considered protective against contagion, and an antidote to venomous 

 poisons. 



3. MURItAYA Linn. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, impari pinnate, with alter- 

 nate leaflets. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, free, imbricate, 

 Stamens 10, free ; alternate shorter, filaments subulate. Ovary on a more 

 or less elongated disc, 2-5-celled, attenuated into the style, which 

 eventually deciduous ; ovules 1 or 2 in each cell. Fruit a 1-2-seedec 

 berry. Seeds without albumen; cotyledons plano-convex. 



Nearly glabrous ; leaflets usually 5-7 ... 1. M. exotica. 



Pubescent, leaflets usually 10-25 . . . . 2. M. Kcenigii. 



1. M. exotica, L.; Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 374 ; W. & A. Prodr. 94 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 96. Syn. M. panicvlata, Jack ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bombay Fl. 29. 

 Vern. Kamini, Beng. ; Marchula, juti, Kamaon. 



A shrub or small tree, evergreen, with ash-coloured bark ; glabrous, O] 

 young parts pubescent. Leaflets usually 5-7, shortly petiolulate, ovate oi 

 obovate, entire, frequently oblique at base, 1-2 in. long, thinly coriaceous 

 and shining. Flowers white, fragrant, in short terminal and axillary 

 corymbs. Petals linear or cuneate, many times longer than calyx. Ovary 

 linear, 2-celled; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Berries red, acuminate 

 at both ends, 2-seeded. Varies with many-flowered corymbs, and with 

 few, sometimes solitary flowers. 



Outer Himalaya from the Jumna to Assam, ascending to 4500 ft., hilly parts 

 of the Oudh forests, Behar, South India, and Burma. Wood close-grained, hard, 

 white, has been used for wood-engraving. Cultivated in gardens throughout 

 India. Fl. May-Sept. Fr. Oct.-Feb. 



2. M. Kcenigii, Sprengel. Syn. Bergera Koenigii, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 375 ; Cor. PL t. 112 ; W. & A. Prodr. 94. Vern. Gandla, gandela, 

 gandla, gandi, gdnt, gani, bowdla, Pb., N.W.P. ; Harri, Kat-nlm, Oudh ; 

 Barsanga, Beng. 



Pubescent. Leaflets 10-25, oblique at base, ovate-lanceolate, short-peti- 

 olulate, about 1 in. long. Flowers white, in terminal corymbose panicles. 

 Calyx persistent ; segments short, triangular. Petals oblong, dotted, 4-5 

 times longer than calyx. Anthers short, cordate. Ovary 2-celled ; styl 

 short, cylindrical ; stigma capitate, sulcate. Fruit ovoid, black when l 

 surface rugose ; seeds embedded in mucilaginous fluid. 



