Severinia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Severinia (named for M. A. Severino, a Neapolitan). Rutaceae, tribe Citreae. Small woody plants distantly related to the orange.

Spiny shrubs or small trees with short and stiff branches: spines single, at one side of the bud in the axils of the lvs.: lvs. simple, conspicuously veined, borne on short apterous petioles: fls. 5-merous, occurring 2 or 3 together in the axils of the lvs.; petals small, white; stamens 10, free; ovary 2-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell: fr. a small nearly globular berry, black when mature.—Only one species is known, usually called Atalantia buxifolia, native to S. China and Formosa. See Swingle, in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci., Vol. 6, No. 19. 1916. CH


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