332 xxxvii. meliace^e (oliver). \Tnrraa. 



rather acute, narrowed to the base, 1-li in. long, 2-3 lines to | in. broad or 

 more ; petiole very short. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 from an obsolete axil- 

 lary peduncle ; pedicels equalling the calyx or varying to f in. Calyx divided, 

 about halfway or less, into 5 oblong-lanceolate or triangular rather acute 

 teeth. Petals narrowed below, 1 in. long or rather longer. Staminal tube 

 fimbriate, with spreading teeth. Anthers oblong, apiculate. Style very 

 shortly exserted, shortly ovoid or oblong at the apex. 



South Central. Lake Ngami, M'Cabe ! 



Also at Natal and other localities, south of the tropic. The tropical specimens have 

 narrow entire leaves. 



T. graciliflora, Schlechiendal in Lintiaa, xxv. 217. Leaves ovate, narrowly and ob- 

 tusely acuminate, narrowed to the base, entire, undulate or regularly or irregularly lobed or 

 dentate ; veins puberulous or pubescent, 3£ in. long, lj in. broad. Flowers few, shortly 

 pedicellate on short peduncles. Calyx 5-fid. Staminal tube with nearly filiform teeth. 

 Style much exserted, scarcely dilated; stigma convex, entire. Cells of ovary . . . ? 



Described from a specimen of unknown origin, attributed to the African continent on the 

 groutid of its affinities. Perhaps identical with T. heterophylla, Sm., but I have not seen a 

 specimen. 



2. MELIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hoek. f. Gen. PI. i. 332. 



Calyx 5-(6-)partite ; lobes imbricate. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, 

 spreading, contorted in aestivation. Stamens 10-12, mo'nadelphous. An- 

 thers included within the slightly dilated 10-12-fid mouth of the cylindrical 

 tube. Ovary 3- 6-celled ; style' slender ; stigma capitate. Ovules 2 in each 

 cell, superposed. Fruit drupaceous, with a 1-5-celled bony putamen.— 

 Trees. Leaves alternate, 2-3-pinnate (or simply pinnate). Panicles ample, 

 axillary, usually collected towards the ends of the branches. 



A small genns of India, the Archipelago, and Australia, one species (the following) widely 

 dispersed by cultivation in warm countries. 



*1. M. Azedarach, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 621. Leaves 1-2 ft., 2- 

 pinuate; leaflets lanceolate or varying from ovate-lanceolate to elliptical, 

 acute or acuminate, serrate incise-serrate or subentire. Fruit with a 5-celled 

 putamen or, by abortion, with fewer cells.— M. annusti i folia, Schum. et Thonn. 

 Guin. PI. 214. J J 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don ! Guinea, Thonning ; Gambia, Ingram I 



6. EKEBERGIA, Sparrm.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 335. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx shortly cup-shaped, 5-fid. Petals 5, oblong, 

 imbricate. Stamens 1 0, monadelphous ; margin of the tube dentate. An- 

 thers exserted. Ovary sessile, 2-5-celled. Fruit baccate, indehiscent, " 8- 

 5-celled. Cells 1-seeded. Seeds without an aril." — Trees. Leaves impari- 

 pinnate. Panicles of cymose flowers axillary. 



A small genus, confined to Africa, one species occurring south of the tropic. 



Ovary 5-celled \. E. senegalensis. 



Ovary 2-celled 2. E. Rilppeliana- 



