MuEEAYA.] BUTACJEJE. 137 



5. MURRAYA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 502. 



Unarmed shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate ; leaUets alternate^ 

 petioled. Floioers usually in terminal cymes, bisexual. Calyx 5- 

 fid. or -partite. Petals 5, free, imbricate or valvate. Stamens 10, 

 inserted round an elongated disk ; alternate filaments shorter. Ovary 

 2-5-celled, narrowed into a long deciduous style; 5^»^wza capitate ; 

 ovules solitary, or 2 superimposed or collateral in each cell, Berri) 

 l-2«celled, oblong or ovoid, 1-2-seeded. Species about 5, inhabiting 

 Tropical Asia. 



Evergreen ; leaflets 3-9, glabrous . . . . I. M. exotica. 

 Deciduous ; leaflets 9-25, pubescent . . . 2. M. Kmnigii, 



1. M. exotica, iin»r. Mant.ii, 563; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 374: Bovle III 

 129', Brand. For. Fl. 48; F.B. Li, 502; Watt E.B, Yqxu. Machiaa . 

 hilgar (Dehra Dun), girgitti (Oudh.) ' 



An evergreen shrub or small tree with ash-coloured bark, glabrous or 

 the young parts pubescent. Lea ues 4-5 in. long. Leaflets S-l, 1-3 in. long 

 shortly stalked, ovate obovate or rhomboid, obtuse or obtusely acuminate' 

 often notched at the tip, entire, usually very oblique at the'base, thinly 

 coriaeeou?, dark green and shining above. Fiotvers few or many, in short 

 terminal and axillary corymbs, 4 in. across, pure white, very fragrant. 

 Sepals minute, acute. Petals oblong-lanceolate, spreading ab9ve. Ovary 

 2-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell; style filiform. Berry §-| in. long, ovoid, 

 pointed, rugose, red or deep orange when ripe. 



Dehra Dnn and Siwalik range, in shady ravines ; also in the forests of 

 Eohilkhand and N. Oudh. Distrib. : Outer Himalaya, up to 4,500 ft., 

 from Garhwal to Assam, Chittagong, Behar, Burma, S. India, Ceylon ': 

 extending to China, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Flowers May to 

 September, and the fruit ripens during the cold season. The hea\^ close- 

 grained wood has been used as a substitute for box-wood. The fragrant 

 bark is often used in Burma instead of sandalwood, and tooth-sticks are 

 prepared from the twigs. It is largely grown in gardens as an ornamental 

 shrub, 



2. M. Koenigii, Spreng. Syst. ii, 315 ; Brand. For. Fl. 48; F. B. I. ^, 503; ■ 

 Watt F. D. Bergera Ksenigii Linn.; Roxh. FL Ind. ii 375 ; W- ^ A. Prod' 

 94 ; Royle III. 129 ; D. 4- G. Bomh. Fl. 29 . Vern. Oandhela, Mthnim, 

 harri (Oudh), gundi (Bijnor). 



A deciduous strong-scented pubescent shrub or small tree with brownish 

 bark. Leaves 6-12 in. long; petiole alendev, terete. Leaflets 9-25, 1-2 in. 

 longj'shortly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, with an oblique base, obtusely acu- 

 minate and notched at the tip, entire or obscurely crenulate. Flowers 

 many, ^-| in. long, in terminal corymbose panicles, white. Oalyx segments 

 short, triangular. Petals oblong, much longer than the calyx. Ovary 2- 



