504 XXXIII. rutace;^. (J.D.Hooker.) [Clausem. 



586 ; OUv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl ii. 30 ; Brandis For. Flor. 49. 

 Amyris pentaphylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 247 (error in descript. of ovules) ; 

 Wall. Gat. 8519. Limonia mollis, Wall. Gat. 6362. Gallesioa pentaphylla, 

 Boem. Synops. fasc. i. 45. 



Tropical Westeeu Himalaya, from Kumaon to Nipal, and in the Doom and Sal 

 forests of Oudh ; Cawnpore, Hardwich. 



Branchlets terete, softly tomentoee, as tljiok afe a goose-quill. Leaves large ; petiole 

 often shorter than the 'leaflet, terete ; leaflets membranous, narrow and more or less 

 oblique at the cuneate base, quite entire or obscurely crenate, very shortly petioled, 

 usually softly tomentose beneath; nerves spreading. Panicle erect, 4-10 in. long, 

 branches long stout much divided, all very softly downy, Flowers i in. diam. ; buds 

 globose. Sepals triangular, acute. Petals oblong, concave, obtuse, glabrous or hairy 

 outside. Filaments short, broad. Fruit ^ in. diam., broadly oblong, glabrous, pale 

 orange, papillose.— Wallioh's 8519, from the Calcutta Gardens, have very large (10 by 

 4J in.) membranous sometimes 1-foliolate leaves, almost glabrous beneath and glabrous 



%■ C. heptaph^lla, W. & A. Prodr. 95, in note ; glabrous, leaves 

 5-9-foliolate, leaflets 2-5 in. equal or slightly oblique at the base, 

 flowers 4-5-merous, ovary obovoid 4-grooved glabrous, style as long as the 

 ovary and as broad as the stigma. Oliv. in Joum. lAnn. Soc. v. Suppl. 

 ii. 30. Amyris heptaphylla, BooA. Fl. Ind. ii. 248 ; Wall. Gat. 8508. 



Eastees Bengal, near Calcutta, Boxburgk ; Silhet, Wallich ; Khasia Mts., 

 ascending to 4000 ft., and Chittagong, S.f. S T.; Tenasseeim, Griffith. 



A branching bush, smelling strongly of aniseed ; branchlets glabrous, as thick as a 

 crow-quill. Leaves 6-1 6 in. ; petiole cylindric, slender ; leaflets sometimes 8 in., 

 shortly petioled, membranous, ovate or lanceolate, acnminate, very' obscurely crenulate, 

 pale beneath ; nerves and costa slender. Panicle with slender spreading branches, on 

 which the flowers are raoemed. Flowers J in. diam., pedicels slender, buds globose, 

 yellow-white. Petals oblong, glabrous. Berry 4 in. long, oblong, white reddish or 

 pale yellow, glandular. 



3. C. macropbylla, Hooh. f. ; softly villous, leaves 5-foIiolate, 

 leaflets 5-7 in. equal or suboblique obscurely toothed tomentose beneath, 

 flowers glabrous, stamens equal, filaments very short, ovary stipitate 

 glabrous 4-lobed tubercled, style as long as the ovary and as broad as the 

 stigma. C. heptaphylla var. 1 pubeseens ; OUv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 

 Svrppl. ii. 30. Cookia ? macr.ophyUa, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. 6367. 



BiRMA, on the banks of the Saluen at Trogla, Wallich. 



1 have seen but one specimen. Branchlets as thick as a goose-quill, and as well as 

 the petiole and panicle clothed with a soft spreading close-set velvety tomentnm. Leaves 

 1 ft. ; leaflets very shortly petioled, acuminate, pale on both surfaces, nerves strong 

 arched, margin with shallow small rather distant teeth, midrib stout ; common petiole 

 stout, terete. Panicle stout, erect, with the peduncle 1 ft. long ; branches strict, erecto- 

 patent, secondary branchlets short. Flowers crowded, .^ in. diam., shortly pedicelled, 

 buds globose. Calyx-lobes 4, minute, rounded, acute. Petals broadly oblong, concave, 

 membranous, covered with large glands. Filaments much dilated below ; anthers 

 large, oblong. Ovary stipitate, tubercled with very large glands ; ovules 2, collateral 

 in each cell. Fruit immature, oblong, tip obscurely 4-angled and truncate. 



4. C. excavata, Burm. Fl. Ind. 87; pubescent or tomentose, leaves 

 15-30-foliolate, leaflets 2-3J in. oblique at the base, flowers 4-merous, ovary 

 ovoid or elliptic sub-4-gonal stipitate hairy or hirsute, style stout about 

 equalling the ovary. BG. Prodr. i. 538; OUv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 

 Sup2:>l. u. 31. Murraya Burmanni, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. 315. Amyris suma- 



