Olycosmis] 



XXV. RUTACE.E 



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A most variable species, the forms of which are described in Fl. Brit. Ind. i. BOO. In 

 Trimen Journ. of Botany, 187<>, p. 38, S. Kurz divides G-. pentaphylla into 10 species, 

 7 of which are found in British India. 2. G. montana, Pierre, a small tree in Cochin- 

 china, may possibly be found in Upper Burma, panicles very short, stamens unequal, 

 5 shorter, anthers not apiculate, style fleshy, as long as ovary. A species, probably 

 new, is a small tree 20 ft. high in evergreen forest, Pudaw, Upper Burma (Smales Pebr. 

 1901, Metimi, Burm.), leaflets 7-9, panicle terminal, large, spreading, petals rusty-pilose 

 outside, filaments thick, short, the epipetalous anthers almost sessile. 



3. MURRAYA, Linu. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 502. 



Shrubs or small trees. L. imparipinnate, leaflets alternate. Fl. bi- 

 sexual, pentamerous, petals imbricate, stamens 10. Ovary on a more or 

 less elongated disk, linear, 2-celled, stj'le deciduous. Fr. a l-'2-seeded berry, 

 albumen 0, cotyledons plano-convex. Species 4, of the Indo'-Malayan region. 



1. M. exotica, Linn. : Wight Ic. t. 96 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Manual t. vii. p. 2 ; 

 Brandis, F. Fl. 48. Vern. Marchula, North-West : BUgar, Dun. : Otali, Kol : 

 Karepakii, Tel. ; Konji, Tarn. : Thanatka, Burm. : Moksongayok, Pyinmana 

 (Troup.). 



Fio. 54. — Murraya exotica, Linn. .'.. 



A large shrub or small tree, evergreen, youngest parts pubescent. Bark 



ash-grey, v. I white, close-grained, resembling boxwood. Leaflets usually 



"i-7. quite glabrous, shining. 1-3 in. long. Fl. campannlate, .\ in. across, white, 

 fragrant, in short axillary and terminal corymbs. Ovary linear, 2-celled. 

 style filiform, stigma capitate. Berries h in. long, red, acuminate at both 



ends, 2-s led. 



Outer Himalaya, from the Jumna eastward, ascending to 1,600 ft. AaaaiTi. Burma 

 Upper and Dower, Satpura range, Hills of the Peninsula. Fl. March-^September. 

 The bark used as a cosmetic by Burmese ladies. -. M. elongata, Alph. DC; Fl. Brit, 

 [ml. i. 508. Upper Burma (Wallich). Leaflets I r. in. Berry J in. long. May 



possibly only !»■ a variety. 



3. M. Koenigii, Sprang.— Syn. Bergera Kbenigii, I. inn.: Roxh. Cor. PI. t. 



112: Wight le. t. 13. Vern. '< in mlliln. Gaildhela, K,Vliiiini. Hind.: luiri- 



lifin. Kan. : Kare paku, Tel. 

 A small pubescent tree with a Bhort trunk and a close shady crown. leafless 



during a short time in the hot season, all parts with a powerful peculiar Smell. 



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