118 XXV. RUTACE.E [Zanthoxylum 



3. Z. ovalifolium, Wight ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Manual t. 6. f. 3. 



A large shrub or small tree, quite glabrous, often unarmed. L. trifolio- 

 late, leaflets 3-4 in., coriaceous, crenulate, sec. n. numerous, slender, parallel. 



Sikkim Terai and outer valleys, ascending to 3,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills. Western 

 Ghats from Kanara southwards. Fl. March, April. 4. Z. Hamiltonianum, Wall. 

 Sikkim, Assam, Upper Burma, a large scrambling shrub, thorns on stem and branches 

 on a large corky conical base, branchlets and petioles pubescent or velvety, leaflets 

 2-3 pair, opposite, entire, 4-7 in., glossy on both surfaces, sec. n. and intramarginal 

 veins prominent. Fl. green, in short axillary panicles. 5. Z. tetraspermum, W. et A. 

 Western Ghats from Coorg southwards, Nilgiris, Anamalais, Ceylon, a large climber 

 with long rope-like stems, set with woody conical spine-tipped prickles, branchlets 

 and petioles armed with numerous small deflexed spines, leaflets opposite, 3-4 pair, 

 very glossy, coarsely serrate, seen, slender, numerous. Fl. yellowish-pink, in terminal 

 and axillary panicles. 



6. Z. oxyphyllum, Edgew. Vern. Siritakdangji, Lepcha. 



A glabrous shrub, often climbing over tall forest trees, prickles usually 

 recurved. Leaflets lanceolate, 3-10 pair, alternate and opposite. Fl. tetramerous, 

 large, lilac, \— \ in. diam. 



Outer Himalaya, from Garhwal eastward, 4,000-9,000 ft. Khasi hills, Manipur. Fl. 

 H. S., R. S. 7. Z. tomentellum, Hook, fil., Sikkim and Bhutan to 5,000 ft., a small 

 tree with horizontal branches, S]3aringly prickly, branchlets, petioles, under side of 

 leaflets and inflorescence velvety, leaflets alternate, entire, 6-8 pair. 8. Z. Khasianum, 

 Hook, fil., Khasi hills, a scandent shrub, very fragrant, sparingly prickly, leaflets 8-10 

 pair, alternate, rarely opposite, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 1-2 in., panicles axillary, 

 pubescent. 



C. Common petiole not winged, sepals 4, petals as many. Panicles terminal, 

 ramifications opposite, pith large, septate. 



9. Z. Rhetsa, DC. Vern. Rhetsa Maun, Tel. (the Assembly tree, Roxb. 

 PL Ind. i. 417); Tirphal, Mar.; Jummina, Kan.; Mulittam, Katta 

 Mtirakku, Mai. 



A large tree, prickles numerous on trunk, branches and petioles, those on 

 the old wood with a solid conical base. The prickly stem resembles that of 

 Bombax. Leaflets opposite, 8-20 pair, glabrous, very oblique, entire, the 

 terminal often wanting. PI. yellow, in large terminal panicles. 



Western Ghats and coast, from the Konkan southwards, chiefly in moist evergreen 

 forests, also on the seashore. Northern Circars. Fl. July-November. 10. Z. Budrunga, 

 Wall. {Maya-nin, Burm.). Assam, Khasi hills, Dacca, Chittagong, Lower Burma (Kurz). 

 An evergreen aromatic tree, trunk spinous, prickles on branches few, incurved, leaflets 

 5-10 pairs, shallowly crenate, sinus glandular, base oblique. Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 

 t. 290, unites this with Z. Rhetsa. 



9. LIMONIA, Linn. ; PL Brit, Ind. i. 507. 



Shrubs or small trees, often spiny. Leaves 3-foliolate or imparipinnate, 

 common petiole winged. Fl. 4-5-merous, petals imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 8-10, filaments subulate. Ovatw 4-5-celled, style deciduous, ovules 1-2 in 

 each cell. Berry globose, 1-4 seeded. Species 2-3, tropical Asia. 



1. L. acidissima, Linn. ; Brandis P. Fl. 47. — Syn. L. crenulata, Roxb. 

 Cor. PI. t. 86. Vern. Belt, Hind. ; Bhenta, TJriya ; Nayi lei, Kan. ; Tlmnatka, 

 Burm. 



A glabrous shrub, sometimes a small tree, branches rigid, flexuose, thorns 

 straight, A-l in. long. L. imparipinnate, leaflets opposite, wings between in- 

 sertion of leaflets oblong or obovate, wings and leaflets crenate. Fl. tetra- 

 merous, white, fragrant, in short axillary racemes, often with 1 or 2 leaves. 

 Petals pellucid-punctate. Ovary 4-celled, 1 ovule in each cell. Berry black 

 when ripe, -|-| in. diam. 



Outer Himalaya, Sutlej to Garhwal, ascending to 4,000 ft. Assam, Yunan, Western 

 Peninsula. Fl. H. S. A pubescent form, found by J. W. Oliver in the Pakokku district 

 of Upper Burma, may possibly be L. pubescens, Wall. 2. L. alternans, Wall., Pegu, 



