493 XXXIII. RUTACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Melicope. 



cell, collateral or superposed. Fruit of 4 free spreading coriaceous carpels 

 cteHscing on the inner face ; endocarp more or less separating. /Seeds 

 oblong, funicle sometimes elongate, testa black brittle shining, albumen 

 fleshy and oily ; embryo with large oblong cotyledons and a short superior 

 radicle. — Distkib. Chiefly Polynesian ; species about 15. 



1. nx. indica, Wight Ic. t. 1051 ; glabrous, leaves 1-foliolate, leaflets 

 elliptic or obovate acute, flowers 3-5 terminating long slender decurved 

 peduncles. Bedd. Flor. Hylvat. Anal. Gen. xL tr vi. f. 1. 



NiLGHiRi Mts.; in woods near the Ayalanohes, Wight, Gardmer. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches slender. Leaves glabrous ; petiole |-14 in., terete; 

 leaflet 3-4 in., glabrous, shining, narrowed towards the base, nerves verj slender. 

 Peduncles 2—4 in., slender, often 3-flowered. Flowers ^ in. diani., on short stout pubes- 

 cent pedicels. Calyx divided nearly to the base into 4 orbicular coriaceous obtuse lobes. 

 Petals valvate, ovate, acute, glabrous, thick, longer than the stamens. Disk obsolete. 

 OKa™-Wes villous, free at the apex; styles free below; ovules subcollateral. Jiipe 

 carpels 4, J in. long, turgid, apioulate, 1-seeded, veined. Seed oblong. 



2. m, ? Kelferl, Book /. ; quite glabrous, leaves 1-foliolate, petiole 

 short stout, leaflet obovate-lanceolate obtuse, panicle rather longer than the" 

 petiole few-flowered, petals valvate. 



Tenasseeim or Andamah Islds., Heifer. 



Dioecious ? Branches rather stout, bark wrinkled ; whole plant yellowish when dried. 

 Petiole ^-1 in., not acutely margined; leadet 4-8 in., membranous, nerves horizontal, 

 ^ ei y slender. Cymes 1-3 in., panicled, suberect ; peduncle rather stout, quite glabrous ; 

 branches ^-J in.J few. Flowers (<J) small, fascicled ; pedicels short, stout. Petals val- 

 vate, longer than the stameus. I>isk 8-lobed. Fruit not seen. 



a ZA.NTHOXVI.Uin:, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees, often armed with stout prickles. Leaves alternate, 

 3-foliolate or unequally pinnate ; leaflets opposite or alternate, entire or 

 crenate, often oblique, punctate. Flowers small, in axillary or terminal 

 peduncled broad or narrow cymes, white, pink, or greenisl], often unisexual. 

 Calyx 3-8-fid, rarely 0. Petals 3-5, rarely 0, imbricate or iuduplicate- 

 valvate. Bisk small or obscure. Stamens 3-5, hypogynous or reduced to 

 scales in the $ . Ovary rudimentary in the i^, in the ? of 1-6 oblique 

 1-celled carpels ; styles sublateral, free or connate above, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell, usually collateral. Fruit of 1-5 globose coriaceous or 

 fleshy 1-seeded carpels, dehiscing ventrally, endocarp horny, separating or 

 not. Seed oblong and compressed or globose, often hanging out of the 

 carpel, hilum broad, testa bony or crustaceous blue or black shining, 

 albuiren fleshy; embryo axile, straight or curved, cotyledons flat, radicle 

 very bhort.— Distmb. About 80 species, all tropical and subtropical. 



Sect. 1. Ct/mes axillary, or axillary and terminal ; branches alternate. 



* Leaves Z-foliolate, petiole not winged, flowers polypetalous. 



1. Z. oyalifolium, Wt. III. i. 169 ; quite glabrous, unarmed or with 

 short straight prickles, leaflets elliptic-oblong or obovate crenulate tip 

 obtuse emarginate. Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. xlii. t. vi. f. 3 ; WaU. 

 Cat. 7469. Z. lucidum. Wall. Gai. 1212. Toddalia mitis, Miq. in Herb. 

 Hohenack. 466. Limonia leptostachya, Jack according to Herb. Griffith. 



Western Pehinsdla, in Canara, Kurg and the Nilghiri Mts., and pear Madras; 

 Khasia Mts. ; Assam and Mishmi Mts. ; Siscapoke, Wallich. 



