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21. RUTACE^. 



[Murray a. 



Tliroughout the hotter parts of India, Ceylon, China, Australia and 

 the Pacific Islands. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and N". Ka- 

 nara ghats. Three varieties are given in the Fl. Br. 1. : of these Var. 1 

 with many-flowered corymbs is usually cultivated in gardens on the Bom- 

 bay side : it is common in N. India. Var. 2. is arboreous and has few- 

 flowered corymbs, or the flowers subsolitary : this is the W. Peninsular 

 form, gTegarious in some of the N. Kanara evergreen forests. Var. 3 has 

 the ovary 4-5-celled as a distinguishing character, varieties 1 and 2 having 

 the ovaries 2- celled in Ceylon. 



Wood light yellow, close-grained, very hard ; resembles boxwood. 

 Weighs 62 lbs. to the cubic foot. Used for walking sticks. 



2. M. Koenigii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. 315 ; FJ. Br. I. 1. 502. Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 44 ; Brandis For. Fl. 48. Bergera Kaenigii^ Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 29. Karhi-nimh, kudia nim^ poospala, M. ; Karhepahi gcindla^ Vern. 

 Kuri hevu^ K. The Curry Leaf Tree. 



Himalayas ascending to 5000 ft., Bengal, Ceylon ; not common in 

 Central India. W. Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, often culti- 

 vated ; common in the moist evergreen forests of the Koukan and North 

 Kanara ; forms a large proportion of the undergrowth in some of the high 

 timber deciduous forests of the Supa sub-divison of North Kanara. Flowers 

 during the hot season. Fruit ripens during the rainy season. 



Wood yellowish-white, hard, close-grained. Pores small in groups or 

 lines between the fine medullary rays. Weighs about 50 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Leaves used for flavouring curries, and the bark and root^ as well as the 

 leaves, are used in native medicine. 



7. CLAUSENA, Burm. 



Unarmed shrubs and trees. Leaves alternate^ imparipinnate. 

 Flowers small, bisexual. Calyx 4-5 -toothed or lobed. Petals 4-5, 

 membranous, slightly imbricate. Stamens 8-10^ free, inserted round 

 the disk, alternate shorter ; filaments dilated or arched and concave 

 below the subulate tip. Ovary stipitate^ 4-5-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; 

 style at length deciduous. Fruit a small^ 1-5-eelled and seeded berry. 



Inflorescence in terminal panicles ... ... 3. C, indica. 



Inflorescence in axillary, cymose panicles or racemes . 2. C, Wildenovii. 



1. C. indica, Oliv. in Jour. Linn. Soc. V. Suppl. 11. 36 ; Fl. Br. I, 1. 

 505 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 45. Fiptostylis indica, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 29. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan to the AnamuUays, Ceylon ; 

 common in evergreen forests on the gh^ts of North Kanara from Ainshi 

 southwards (P^rwar Ghat, Dalz.). Flowers April-May. Fruit ripens 

 during the rainy season. A small tree with smooth bark. Wood close- 

 grained and hard, adapted for the lathe. — Gamble. 



2. C. Willdenovii, W. & A. Prod, 96 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 506 ; Bedd, Fl, 

 Sylv. 44. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 30. Cookia dulcis, Bedd. in Madras 

 Jour. 186L 



Sikkim Himalaya, 1 — 2000 ft , W. Peninsula from the Konkan south- 

 wards ; abundant on some of the Belgaum and N. Kanara ghats in 



