Rutacea Skimmia. 97 



Phellodendron Amurense is a small hardy tree from North- 

 eastern Asia, with opposite or alternate unequally pinnate 

 eglandular leaves and inconspicuous dioecious flowers. 



3. SKlMMIA. 



Evergreen shrubs with alternate simple petiolate glabrous 

 lanceolate entire leaves with transparent dots and terminal 

 panicles of small white flowers succeeded by scarlet berries. 

 Flowers polygamous, similar in structure to those of Ptelea. 

 Drupe ovoid or spherical, of 2 to 4 1-seeded pyrenes. About 

 four species, from the Himalayas and Japan. The name is 

 from Skimmi, the Japanese appellation. 



1. S. Japonica. The species first introduced. A bush about 

 4 to 6 feet high, with terminal panicles of whitish flowers 

 succeeded by scarlet berries. 



2. 8. obiata, syn. ' 8. Veitchii. Very near the preceding, 

 with rather larger leaves and more rounded brighter coloured 

 berries. Both are natives of Japan, and will only flourish in 

 favourable situations. 



8. fragrans is a form having larger panicles of sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



4. ClTEUS. 



The Oranges are shrubs or trees having alternate dotted 

 leaves with a winged petiole jointed with the lamina. Flowers 



Fig. 63. Citrus Aurantiura. ( nat. size.) 

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