114 XXy. EUTACEyE [Alurraya 



Leaflets 11-25, from an oblique base ovate-lanceolate, 1 in. long. M. wbite, in 

 terminal corymbose panicles. Ovary 2-celled, style short, cylindrical. Fr. 

 ^ in. diam., black, rugose. 



Outer Himalaya, from the Bavi eastward, ascending to 5,000 ft., Assam, Chittagong, 

 Burma Upper and Lower. Evergreen and decidiions forests of the Peninsula, often as 

 underwood. M. H. S. 



4. MICROMELUM, Blnme; M. Brit. Ind. i. 501. 

 Species G, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. M. pubescens, Blnme ; Bedd. PL Sylv. Manual t. vii., f. 1. Engler u 

 Prantl iii. 4, 186 fig, 107. Vern. Tanyinbo^ Burm. 



A small evergreen tree, the younger parts pubescent. L. alternate, im- 

 paripinnate, leaflets 7-15, alternate or nearly opposite, 4-6 in. long, from an 

 oblique base ovate-lanceolate, entire. Fl. strongly scented, |--^ in. diam., in 

 large hoary terminal corymbose compound cymes, calyx cupshaped, entire or 

 5-toothed, petals 5, tomentose outside, thick, valvate, or slightly imbricate in 

 bud, I in. long, stamens 10. Ovary hairy, 5-celled, style articulate with 

 ovary, stigma capitate. Berry dry, glabrous, 1-2-seeded. Albumen 0, cotyle- 

 dons folded and ci-umpled . 



Nepal, Sikkim, ascending to 3,000ft., Assam, Khasi and Naga hills, Bengal. Gumsiir 

 hills, Ganjam (Bedd.) Chittagong. Upper and Lower Burma, Fl. December-February. 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, China. 2. M. liirsutum, Oliver; Ku.rz, 

 P. FL i. 187. Burma Upper and Lower. A low shrub, densely tomentose, leaflets 

 smaller, repand-serrate. Ovary densely hirsute. Unripe berries pubescent. Possibly 

 only a variety of M. jmhescens, 



5. CLAUSENA, Burm. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 503. 



Shrubs or trees with imparipinnate, mostly decidu.ous leaves, leaflets 

 membranous. PL small, 4-5-merous, petals imbricate, stamens 8 or 10, the 

 alternate shorter, filaments dilated below the subulate tip. Ovary stipitate, 

 4-5-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, style deciduous immediately after flowering 

 or later. Albumen 0, cotyledons plano-convex. Species 14, chiefly Indo- 

 Malayan, a few in China, Africa and Australia, 



A. Ovary hairy. 



1. C. pentaphylla, DC. ; Brandis, F. FL 49. Vern. Ratanjote, Teyrar^ 

 Hind. 



A strongly aromatic shrub, young shoots and inflorescence silky-tomentose, 

 full-grown leaves pubescent. Leaflets 5 or 7, nearly opposite, 4-6 in. long, 

 secondary nerves prominent beneath. FL yellowish, in terminal panicles. 

 Berry vexTucose, pale orange, -^-l in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract, Garhwal to Sikkim, Oudh forests. FL H. S. 



2. C. excavata, Burm,; Kurz, F. FL L 188. Vern. Ofe Armic, Kol; 

 Seitnan^ Burm. 



A shrub or small tree (an undershrub in Sal and Eng forest) strongly and 

 unpleasantly aromatic, young shoots and inflorescence pubescent or tomentose, 

 leaflets 15-30^ alternate, pubescent beneath. Fl. greenish-yellow, tetramerous, 

 in lax terminal cymose panicles, Berry f in, broadly oblong. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Nepal eastward, Chota Nagpore, Chittagong, Burma, 

 Often in Sal and Eng fore&t. FL H. S. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 3. C. Wampi, 

 Blanco, a small nearly glabrous, pleasantly aromatic tree, a native of China, is grown 

 m gardens ; berry edible, size and shape of a gooseberry. 



B. Ovary glabrous. 



4, C indica, Oliver; Trimen Handbook Ceylon, i. 221, Vern. VejpUh% Tarn 



