Aiironychia.'\ xxxiii. rutacb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 499 



PENANa, Porter, Maingay {Kew distrib. 280) ; Malacca, Griffith 

 Aloftytree._ Petiole ^ in. ; leafleta 3-6 in., u.sually shortly acuminate, quite gla- 

 brous and entire, nervee beneath slender, spreading. Cyme's 3-4 in. ; peduncle and 

 Rhort branches stout, more or less hoary; bracts andbraoteoles small, persistent, obtuse. 

 Flowers \m. diam ; buds A^ in., puberulous. Sepals 4, fleshy, obtuse. Petals broad, 

 short. Dish pulvinate, bright yellow, glabrous. Mlaments with dilated bases. Ovary 

 imperfect; styles minute, rudimentary, connate. Drupe J in. diam., nearly globose, 

 obtusely 4rangled, minutely pitted, 4-ceiled, cells 2-seeded. Seeds subcoUateral, oblong- 

 reniform, plano-conrex; testa black, brittle. — The above description of the flowers is 

 taken very much from Maingay's ms. which was drawn up from fresh specimens. 



11. SKiminiXA., Thunb. 



Small glabrous strong scented shrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, 

 quite entire. Mowers crowded, in terminal panicles, wmte, polygamous. 

 Calyx 4-54obed, imbricate. Petals 4r-5, oblong, valvate or slightly imbri- 

 cate. Bisk obsolete. Stamens 4-5, hypogynous, imperfect in the ? flower. 

 Oimri/ obovoid, (of 1-5 rudimentary carpels in the (J flower) 2-5-celled ; 

 style stout, terminal, or 0, stigma capitate 2-5-lobed : ovules solitary, pen- 

 dulous from the top of each cell. Drupe ovoid, fl.eshy, with 2-5 carti- 

 laginous 1-seeded stones. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous, albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo straight, cotyledons oblong flat, radicle short. — Distkib. Species 4, 

 Himalayan and Japanese. 



1. S. ILaureola, Hook./. ; leaves oblong linear-oblong elliptic-lanceolate 

 rir obovate obtuse acute or caudate-acuminate, flowers 5-merous. Limonia? 

 Laureola, BG. Prodr. i. 5.36. L. Laureola, Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 23, t. 245 ; 

 Gat. 6357. Anquetilia Laureola, Bone, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 161, t. 161. Lau- 

 reola fragrans, Jioem. Synops. fasc. i. 74. 



Throughout the Temperate Himalata, from Marri to Mishmi, alt. 6-10,000 ft. ; 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft. — Distkib. Affghanistan. 



A glabrous shrub branched from the base, 3-6 ft. high, evergreen, strongly aromatic ; 

 branches and foliage very bright green. Leaves exceedingly variable in size and shape, 

 3-7 in., softly coriaceous, quite entire, nerves indistinct ; petiole short, stout. Panicles 

 terminal, short, dense-flowered, branched ; females smaller ; bracts and 2 bracteoles deci- 

 duous. Flowers about 4 in. diam., yellowish-white, inodorous, shortly pedicelled. 

 Sepals small. Petals oblong, obtuse. Filaments stout, subulate. Ovary ovoid, mi- 

 nute, conic and 4-cleft in the S flowers. Fruit 4-| in. long ; ellipsoid, red, fleshy. 

 Seeds 1-3; embryo green. — ^Very similar to the Japanese S. japoniea, Thunb., but 

 the flowers are 4-merous in that species. 



12. GZiirCOSnXXS, Correa. 



Tnarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves 1-foliolate or imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 alternate. Flowers small, in axillary rarely terminal panicles. Galyx 4-5- 

 partite, segments broad imbricate. PeraZs 4-5, imbricate. Stamens 8-] 0, 

 free, inserted round a disk, filaments subulate dilated below ; anthers small, 

 with often a dorsal or apical gland. Ovary 2-5-celled | style very short, 

 persistent, stigma simple ; ovules solitary and pendulous m each cell. Berry 

 small, dry or fleshy, 1-3-seeded. Seeds oblong, testa membranous; coty- 

 ledons equal, radicle very short.— Disteib. Species 5, Asiatic and Austrahan. 



I have followed Professor Oliver in the limitationof the forms of this troublesome 

 Genus, which might very well be included in one species. 



1. G. pentaptaylla, Correa in Ann. Mus. vi. 384 ; leaves 3-5 rarely 

 1-foliolate, leaflets polymorphous usually elliptic-lanceolate, ovary 5- rarely 



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