434. 
MURRAYA exotica. 
Ash-leaved Murraya. Chinese Box-Tree. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNLA. 
Nat. ord. AURANTIA. Jussieu gen. 259. Div. II. Fructus polysper- 
mus baccatus. Fo/. pellucido-punctata. AURANTIA VERA. 
Orangers. Corréa in ann. mus. 6. 376. 
MUKRAYA.Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. campanulata, pentapetala. Germ. 
biloculare loculis singulis ovulis 2 subpendulis summitati axeos annexis. 
Bacca supera bilocularis, seminibus solitariis lanatis. Embryo inversus ; 
albumen nullum. Roxb. MSS; (ex anglico). 
M. exotica, foliis alterno-pinnatis, foliolis quinis v. septenis, obliqué obovato-’ 
oblongis: corymbis terminalibus globosis congestis. Moxb. MSS. ; (ex 
anglico ). 
Murraya exotica. Murray in commentat. golting. 9.186. t.1. Gaertn. sem. 
2. 76.t. 93. f. 5. Hort. Kew, 2. 59. ed. 2. 3. 36. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 548, 
Murrea exotica. Linn. mant. 563. 
Chalcas paniculata. Linn. mant. 68. Houtt. nat. hist. (edit. belg.) 5. 57. t. 
Qa. fe Qe 
Chalcas japonensis. Loureiro. cochin. 271. 
Chalcas cammuneng. Burm. ind. 104. 
Marsana buxifolia. Sonnerat it. 2. 245. t. 139. 
Camunium japonense. Rumph. amb. 5. 29. t. 18. f2 2. 
Arbuscula sempervirens, frondosissima: rami supern? flexuost viren- 
tes, elastico-rigentes, teretes, obsoletirs villosi, petiolique varié verruculost. 
Fol. ascendentia, sparsa, impari-pinnata ; petiolus communis strictus elasti- 
cus pruinoso-nubescens; foliola membranacea, patentia, rigidiuscula, subal- 
terna, profundeé lucidéque virentia, Peet ttserl atta approximata, obovate- 
oblonga, subsessilia, obtusa acumine brevi v. nunc emarginata, longé deorsim 
cuneata, subtiis pruinoso-pallentia, sesqui-biuncialia, latitudine unciali v. ma- 
jore. Cymi terminales azillaresque, numerostflori, conferti, breviores foliis ; 
pedunculo communi viridi, terete, stricto, superné subtrichotomo; flores 
odoratissimi, nivei, opaci, pedicellis brevibus bracteola appressa ad basin, 
Cal. minimus, turbinatus, pruinoso-pubens, pallide virens, 5-fidus, segmentis 
acuminatis carinatis erecto-distantibus, lateribus membranosis. in exis. Cor. 
turbinato-connivens, infra imbricato-contigua, supra recurva: petala 5, 
longa, obovato-cuneata, subunguiculaia. Stam. 10, erecto-divergentia, al- 
terna longiora precociora equalia corolle: fil. alba, linearia, transversd 
compressa, acuta, omnind distincta, disco carnoso hypogyno subcupulato virenti 
tnserta: anth. didymo-quadrangulares lobis 2-loculosis.. Pist. equale corolle : 
germ. obovato-oblongum, compressiusculum, opacum, pallidum, vesiculoso- 
punctatum, obtuse subanceps, triplo brevius stylo: stylus continuus, elongato- 
cylindricus, obsolete clavatus, curvulus: stig. peltato-capitatum, supra pulvina- 
tum splendensque. 
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In the East Indies, according to Dr. Roxburgh, this 
pecies is generally seen in the state of a large bushy shrub, 
