tive of the islands of the Indian Ocean, as well as of China 
and Cochinchina. In the latter country, Loureiro tells us 
it always hecomes a tree, in Amhoyna and Java never. It is 
of recent introduction at the Horticultural Society's garden, 
having been sent there by Sir Stamford Raffles from the 
Island of Sumatra, and it is consequently kept as a stove plant. 
The Murraya paniculata is a species which has been very 
imperfectly known, most authors having considered it to be the 
same with 31. exotica, although the figure above quoted of 
RuMPHius is excellent, for the period at which it was publish- 
ed, and LouREiRO's description is equally accurate. 
Of the hard wood of this tree, various implements and orna- 
ments are made by the Malays, especially of those parts of it 
that are more beautifully veined ; and its leaves are used medi- 
cinally. In China and Cochinchina it is cultivated on account 
of the fragrance of its flowers. 
Pig. 1. Flower, deprived of its petals. Fig. 2. The same, deprived of the 
petals and deciduous style. Fig. 3. Anthers. Fig. 4. Upper part of 
the style and stigma. Fig. 5. Germen cut through transversely, to 
show the cells.~^// more or less magnified. 
