Glycosmis
(from glykys, sweet, and osme, smell; in allusion to the scent of the leaves and flowers). ORD. Rutaceoe. A genus comprising five species of unarmed stove trees and shrubs, inhabiting tropical Asia and Australia, and (one, doubtful) Africa. Flowers small, in axillary, rarely terminal, panicles. Berries small. Leaves unifoliolate or impari-pinnate; leaflets alternate, entire or serrate. The species thrive in a rich mould. Increased by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in heat.
G. arborea (tree-like). fl. white. May to August. l. pinnate, in two pairs; leaflets long, obsoletely serrate. h. 20ft. East Indies, 1796. Tree. G. citrifolia (Citrus-leaved). fl. white; peduncles axillary, shorter than the stalk. January to December. l. simple, and three-leafleted; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminate. h. 6ft. china. Shrub.
G. pentaphylla (five-leaved).* fl. white. June and July. l. pinnate, in two pairs; leaflets elliptical, entire. h. 20ft. East Indies, 1790. Tree.