RUTACEJB. 191 



HAB. Mountains. 



FL. After the Autumnal rains. 



A shrubby tree : branches terete, nnarmed. Leaflets more 

 commonly abruptly pinnated, entire, shining above, paler be- 

 neath, subcoriaceous. Racemes terminal, erect : flowers small, 

 white. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 3. Filaments 3, very short. 

 Ovary 8-lobed, 3-fid at the apex : style none : stigmata 3. 

 Carpels 3 (but 2 of them are usually abortive): seed orbicu- 

 late, black, shining. Swartz. 



Swartz informs us that this tree is known in Jamaica by the 

 name of Lignum rorum, being a corruption of Ligno Rhodio, 

 which it resembles in giving out, when rubbed or heated, a 

 strong odour. De Candolle describes the leaves as villous ; 

 but I have preferred following Swartz. 



3. Zanthoxylum aculeatum ? Prickly Yellow-wood. 



Aculeate, leaves abruptly pinnated 3-jugate, leaflets 

 oval sub-emarginate obsoletely crenated, glabrous, 

 cyme terminal, flowers triandrous. 



HAB. Below Berwick House, Port-Royal. 



FL. October. 



Arborescent, about 10 feet in height ; branches erect, sub- 

 simple, spinose with black straight thorns. Leaves alternate, 

 abruptly pinnated : leaflets crenulated, with a minute pellucid 

 gland-like dot at the indentation ; glabrous, shining above, sub- 

 coriaceous : petiole sub-terete, compressed, sulcated above : 

 petiolule short. Cyme terminal : -common peduncle elongated, 

 angulated : flowers numerous, crowded, white, fragrant, very 

 shortly pedicelled. Calyx minute 3-fid : divisions rounded. 

 Petals 3, alternating with the lobes of the calyx, oval, concave. 

 Stamens 3, alternating with the petals, and rather longer ; fila- 

 ments thickish, broad ; anthers cordate, purple. Ovary 3-go- 

 nal ; styles 2, short ; stigmata simple. 



A handsome shrub, with the cyme of flowers showy and 

 fragrant, and deserving a place in the garden equally with the 

 Mealy Guelder-rose, to which it bears some resemblance. 



4. Zanthoxylum sapino'ides. Licca Tree. 



Aculeate, leaves abruptly pinnated 4-jugate, leaflets 

 oblongo-lanceolate subemarginate very entire minutely 

 punctulated on both sides, racemes axillary solitary 

 shorter than the leaf; flowers 3-androus. 



Browne, t. 20. f. 2 Sapindus spinosus, Linn. sp. 526. 

 HAB. Dry hilly districts. Below Flamstead, Port-Royal 

 mountains. 



FL. November. 



