Murraya.] xxxiii. rutace^. (J. D. Hooker,) 503 



exotica and brevifolia, Thwaites Enum. 45. — Common in Northern India ; Ceylon in 

 Gardens only. 



Vak. 2 ; artoreouB, corymbs few-flowered or flowers snbsolitary, ovary 2-celIed. — 

 M. paniculata, Jack in Mat Misc. i. 31 ex Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 79 ; i)G. Prodr. i. 

 537 \ W.&A. Prodr. 94 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 29. M. sumatrana, Boxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 375; Wall. Cat. 6369. Chalcas paniculata, Linn. Ch. sumatrana, Boem. 

 Synops. fasc. i. 49 — Chiefly in the Western Peninsula. Ceylon, ascending to 3000 ft. 



Var. 3 ; ovary 4-5-celled. — M. G-leuieii, Thwaites Envm. 406 ; Oliv. in Joum. Linn. 

 Soc. V. Suj^l. ii. 29. — Trincomalee in Ceylon.— Thwaites, I.e., gives Oliver as the 

 author of this species, but the latter quotes Thwaites' mss. as his authority. 



2. M. Koenigrii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii 315; leaves pubescent or glabrous 

 10-20-foliolate, leaflets small oblique, cymes terminal, ovary 2-celled. Oliv. 

 in Joxirn. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii 29 ; Bedd. Flor. Spiv. Anal. Gen. xliv. ; 

 Brandis For. Flor. 48. Bergera Koenigii, Linn. ; W. & A. Prodr. 94 ; 

 Wight Ic. t 13; Wall. Cat. 6370; Rosii). Cor. PI. ii. t. 112; Fl. Ird. ii. 

 375; Ddz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 29. 



Along the foot of the Himalayas, from Gakwhal to Sikkim, ascending to 5000 ft. ; 

 Bekqal, Pegu, and southward to Tbavanoor and Ceylon ; often cultivated. 



A small strong-smelling umbrageous tree, pubescent or tomentose, rarely glabrous, 

 deciduous. Leaves often 1 foot long, narrow ; petiole slender, terete ; leaflets petioled, 

 I-I4 in., variable, usually obliquely ovate, obtusely acuminate, tip notched, crenulate, 

 sometimes suborbicular or lanceolate. Corymbs peduncled, many-flowered. Flowers 

 white, i in. long, eubcampanulate, ebraoteate. Sepals acute. Petals linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, dotted. Stamens alternately longer, fllaments dilated below. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 style cylindric, stigma capitate grooved ; ovules solitary in each cell, or 2-Buperposed. 

 Fruit ovoid or subglobose, ^ in. diam., black, rugose. Seeds imbedded in mucilage.^ 

 Leaves much eaten in curries. 



3. IMC. elong'ata, Alph. DC. mss. in Wall. Herb.; leaves glabrous 

 4-6-foliolate, leaflets 4-5 in. ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate tip notched coriaceous. 



BiRMA, at Taong-dong, Wallick. 



A very different looking plant from any of the forms of M. exotica. — Bark on the 

 slender branches pale yellow. Peti'oZe with rachis 3 in., angular; leaflets pale bright- 

 brown when dry, much longer and more lanceolate than in any form of M. exotica. 

 Fruit I in. long, narrowly ellipsoid, as in the last-named species, of which it may be 

 a loan. 



15. CZiATTSENA, -Burm. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate, usually deciduous, 

 leaflets membranous. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary cymes panicles 

 or lax racemes. Calyx 4-5-lobed or partite. Petals 4r-5, free, membranous, 

 margins imbricate. Stamens 8-10, inserted round an elongated disk, the 

 alternate shorter, filaments usually dilated or arched and concave below 

 the subulate tip ; anthers short. Ovary stipitate, 4-6 (rarely 2-3-) celled ; 

 style usually distinct, deciduous, stigma obtuse entire or 2-5-lobed ; 

 ovules 2, collateral or superposed in each cell. Berry small, ovoid, oblong 

 or globose, 2-5-celled. Seeds oblong, testa menibranous ; cotyledons 

 equal, plano-convex. — Distkib. Species about 14, chiefly tropical Asiatic, 

 with a iew African and Australian. 



* Inflorescence terminal, panicled. 



1. C. pentaphjrlla, DO. Prodr. i. 538 ; tomentose above, leaves 

 3-7-foliolate, leaflets 5-9 in. ovate acuminate tomentose or glabrate beneath, 

 flowers 4-merous, ovary hairy, style very short glabrous. Bon Gen. Syst. i 



