13S HUJIIRIACE.'E CITRACEjE. 



ORDER LXX\^II— HUMIRIACE.E,_Ad. Juss. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 104. 

 "All Brazilian trees." (Lindl.) 



Helleria obovata. Mart. — Humirium crass if olium, Mart. — H. flori- 

 bundum. Mart. The latter, "when the trunk is wounded, yields a 

 fragrant, liquid, yellow balsam, called Balsam of Umir'i, resemhling 

 in properties Copaiva and Balsam of Peru." {Martins.) 



ORDER LXXVIIL— CITRACEvE.— (AURANTIACE^, CORR. 

 Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 105.) 



THE CITRON TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, comprehended in IS genera. Of the species, 2 have been 

 found in the South Sea Islands ; 5 in China ; 1 in Timor ; 1 in Mauritius ; 

 1 in Madagascar ; 2 in Japan ; 1 in Florida ; 2 in S. America ; and 74 in 

 the E. Indies. Of the latter, 5 belong to Atalantia ; 1 to Triphasia ; II 

 to Limonia ; 1 1 to Glycosmis; 1 1 to Sclerostylis ; 1 to Bergera ; 3 to Mur- 

 raya; 4-5 to Cookia ; 8-9 to Clausena ; 1-2 to Micromelum ; 1-2 to Para- 

 miff ny a ; 2 to Luvunga ; 1 to Polycyema ; 1 to Feronia; 1 to jEffle ; 9 to 

 Citrus, and 1 to Chionoiria. Several species of the order will, however, 

 require a thorough re- examination from authentic specimens. With the 

 exception of Limonia Laureola, Wall., and L. retusa, D. Don, (Nepalese 

 plants,) all the Indian species are tropical 



The wood of the species of this order is universally hard and compact. 

 They abound in a volatile, fragrant, bitter, exciting oil. The pulp of the 

 fruit is always more or less acid, (DC.) 



A. LiMONETE, W. and A. pr. 1, p. 90. 

 Atalantia, Corr. {DC. pr. \, p. 535 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 90.) 



1. monophylla, DC. (/. c. ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 91 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 23. — Limonia monophylla, L.; — Roxb. Coram. 1, t. S2; fl. ind. 2, 

 p. 378. — Turrsea virens, KiJn ; not L. — Trichilia ? spinosa, Willd. ; — 

 DC.pr. I, p. 633. — Limonia pumila, Burm.zeyl. t. 65,/. 1; — Rheed. 4, 

 /. 12.) b Coromandel. Common on the Ghauts, at Sidney Point, Ma- 

 hableshwur. Fl. small, white, Oct. and Nov. ; fr. Feb. 



2. ? pubiffera. Wall. $ Assam. Introduced in 1839, has not fl. 

 Tripiiasia, Lour. {DC.})r. 1, p. 535 ; — W. and A. pr. \, p. 91.) 



1. trifoliata, DC. {o. c. p. 536 ; — W. and A. I. c; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 23. — T. Aurantiola, Lour.; — Roxb. H. B.p. 25. — Limonia trifoHata, 

 L.; — Burm. ind. t. 35,/. 1 ; — Jacij. icon.rar. 3, /. 463. — L. ? diacantha, 

 DC.pr. \,p. 536.) ^•<i»<i?f^ Chcena-narungee.% China. Cultivated 

 in gardens. Fl. middle-sized, white, fragrant ; and fr. the whole year. 

 Fruit very pleasant. 



