136 &UTACE2E. [Glycosmis. 



~Sf^ G. Bomh. Fl. Sujp;pl. 17. Clausena simplicifolia, Dalz. ; D. Sf 6r. 

 Bomh. Fl. 30. 



A small tree or shrub, glabrous, or witli the young parts and inflor- 

 escence silkily hairy. Leaves 1-foliolate, variable ; leaflets 2-6 in,, elliptic, 

 sub-oborate or oblong, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, membranous, entire, 

 veined andlreticulate on both surfaces. Floivers -g-f in. across, in slen- 

 der long-peduncled corymbose cymes, yellowish-white, fragrant ; tracts 

 and hracteoles small. Sepals very small, rounded. Petals linear, 

 villous inside. Filaments equalling the petals, bearded below. JDrujpe 

 very variable in size from a pea to a small cherry. 



Dehra Dun, in swamps. Distrib : Bengal, Sikkim, Khasia Hills, 

 Assam, Burma, Malay Pen., S. India and Ceylon ; also in Sumatra, Java 

 and Cochin China. Flowers May to July. Dr. Trimen mentions that 

 .the bark is used in Ceylon as an external application to sores. 



4. GLYCOSMIS, Correa ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 499. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaves 1-foliolate or imparipinnate ; 

 .leaflets alternate, l* lowers small, bisexual, in axillary rarely ter- 

 minal panicles. Calyx 4'5-paitite ; segments broad, imbricate. 

 Petals 4-5, imbricate. Stamens 8-10, free, inserted round a disk ; 

 filaments dilated ; anthers small, often with a dorsal or apical gland. 

 Ovary 2-5-celled ; style very short, persistent ; " stigma simple ; 

 ovules solitary and pendulous in each. cell. Berry small, 1-3-seeded. 

 Seeds oblong, testa membranous. — Species about 6, Asiatic and 

 Australian. 



G. pentapliylla, Correa in Ann. Mus. Par. vi, 386 ; W &■ A. Prod. 93 ; 

 Royle III. 129; D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 29; Brand. For. Fl. 49 ; F. B. I.i. 

 500: WattE. B. G. chylocarpa, "FT. ^ A. Prod. 93. Limonia pentaphuUa, 

 Retz. : Roxh. FL Ind. ii, 381; Royle III. 130. L. arborea, Roxh.; Fl. Ind. 

 Ic. Vern. Ban-nimhu. 



A small evergreen glabrous shrub. Leaves very variable, usually 3-5- 

 foliolate, rarely 1-fol. Leaflets 4-9 in. long, ovate-lanceolate ovate or 

 obovate, obtuse acute or acuminate, penninerved, entire or obscurely 

 crenulate. Flowers small, white, fragrant, in erect terminal or lateral 

 pubescent panicles. Ovary glabrous, covered with projecting glands, 

 usually 5-celled; style revj short and stout. Berry ^ in. across, sub- 

 globose or somewhat compressed, white, pink or blue. 



"Common in many part? of the area, especially in Dehra Dun, and along 

 the base of the Himalaya eastward ', often forming a thick undergrowth. 

 DiSTRiB. : Trop. and subtrop. Himalaya from the Sutlej to Sikkim, 

 ascending to 7,000ft., Assam, Orissa, 'Malay Pen., S. India, and Ceylon; 

 extending to China, the Philippines, Borneo, and Australia. It flowers 

 jind fruits during the greater part of the year. The twigs are used as 

 tooth-sticks, and the fruit is eaten. 



