Galipea
(native name of one of the species). ORD. Rutaceae. A genus comprising about twenty species of stove evergreen threes or shrubs, native of South-eastern tropical America. Racemes axillary or terminal, simple or compound. Leaves alternate, petiolate, one to seven-foliolate; leaflets entire, rarely serrated, full of pellucid dots. for culture, see Erythrochiton.
G. macrophylla (large-leaved). fl. pale rose or white, in a stalked interrupted spike or raceme. l. unifoliolate, elliptic, glabrous, obtuse, somewhat leathery, 6in. to 12in. long h. 2ft. Brazil. (B. M. 4948.) G. odoratissima (very sweet-scented). fl. white, very fragrant, in many-flowered, sub-sessile, short, axillary spikes. May. l. deep green, broad, obovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate. h. 2ft. Rio Janeiro. (B. R. 1420.) G. trifoliate (three-leaved). fl. greenish, small, corymbose. September. l. trifoliate, smooth. h. 6ft. Guiana.