RUTACE.E ZYGOI'UYLLACKvE. 183 



Cyminosma, Giirtn. {DC. pr. 1, j>. 722 ; — W. and Apr. I, p. 146.) 



1. pedunculata, DC. (TF. and A. o. c.p. 147 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 239 ; 

 —Wight ill. I, t. 6o ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 36.— C. Anksenda, 

 Gurtn.fr. \, p. 280, t. 58,/. 6 ; — DC. l. c. — Jambolifera pedunculata, 

 Vahl. symb. 3,^;. 52, t. 61. — Gela lanceolata, Lour. — Ximenia? lan- 

 ceolata, DC. pr. \,p. 533; — Rheed. 5,t. 15) b Ceylon. Coromandel. 

 S. Concan. Rangoon. Chittagong. Assam. Fl. small, greenish-white 

 March ; fr. 0. 



2. Reevesii, Wall, b China. In H. C. G. 



* Ruta pimiata, L. ; B. Reg. 4, t. 307. ^ Canaries. — R. montana, Clus. 

 ■& S. Europe. — R. graveolens, L. "S S. Europe. — R. chalepensis, Pers. 

 ■fe N. Africa. — R. bracteosa, DC. "b Sicily. — R. macrophylla, SoL ; B. 

 M. 45, t. 2018. "b N. Africa. — Aplophyllum patavinum. Ad. Juss. '^. 

 Padua. — A. pubescens, Ad. Juss. %. Spain. — A. suaveolens. Ad. Juss. 

 (Ruta linifolia L. |3. grandiflora, B. M. 48, t. 2254.) t Crimea.—^. 

 cordatum, (Ruta cordata, Don.) ^ Nepal. — Galipea trifoliata, Aubl. ^ 

 Guiana. — G. Cusparia, St. Hil. S S. America. — G. odoratissima, 



Lindl. ; B. Reg. 17, t. 1420. — 5 Rio Janeiro Diglottis obovata, 



Nees. B Brazil. — Erythrochiton brasiliensis, Nees. 5 Brazil. — Ticorea 

 foetida, Aubl. B Guiana. — T. jasminiflora, St. Hil. 5 Rio Janeiro. 

 — Monniera trifolia, L. © Guiana. 



ORDER XCVII.—ZYGOPHYLLACEtE.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 133. 



THE BEAN-CAPER TRIBE. 



Herbs, under-shrubs, shrubs, or trees, referred by Lindl., (including 

 Aitonia) to 18 genera. Of these, DC. pr. and Spreng. syst., enumerate 13 

 species for S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 1 for N. America ; 4 

 for Europe; 10 for N. Africa; 1 for Senegal; 1 for Sierra Leona ; 1 for 

 Arabia ; 1 for Persia ; 1 for Siberia ; 3 for the Levant ; and 3 for New Hol- 

 land and the South Sea Islands. The S. African forms amount to 40, 

 {Harvey) ; and the E. Indian ones to 6. Of the latter, 1 belongs to Tribu- 

 lus, (both Peninsulas of India, Bengal, Monghir.) 1 to Biebersteinia, 

 (Kunawur ;) 1 to Peganum, (Peninsula of India, Agra ;) 1 to Zygophylluin ? 

 (Taong-Dong ;) and 1 to Melianthus ? (Kemaon.) — Biebersteinia odora is 

 also common to Altai, and Peganum Harmala to Europe and the Levant. 



" The woody plants of the order are remarkable for the extreme hardness 

 of their wood. All the Guaiacums are well known for their exciting pro- 

 perties ; the bark and wood of Guaiacura sanctum and officinale have a 

 somewhat bitter and acrid flavour, and are principally employed as sudori- 

 fics or alteratives; they contain a particular matter, often designated as 



