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&«^ winged, albumen thin.— Disteib. Three species confined to India 

 and the Malay Archipelago. 



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pumUa, Wight 



Dear t^e top of the short stem. Thwaites Emm. 59. Melia pumila, Moon 



Peflon; not uncommon in the warmer parts of the Island. 

 KA 1 ^^1^^^^ hirsute, 3-6 in. above the ground; haves about as long ; petiole 

 ImI ' , *^ *^"§ 5 lateral leaflets subsessile ; terminal one IJ-S^ in. long. Flowers 

 mi u\ '^P^j "white, somewhat hairy outside. Peduncles short, bracteate. Sta- 



''^me with subulate teeth. Fruit f in. diam., hairy.— Much valued in India as a 

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r *• Wallichii, Wight III I 147 ; leaflets 5-.9 usually 7 opposite or 

 QiivPP^^^te lanceolate or ovate lateral ones very shortly petioled, base 



fa. ^^^!i^fl^*^^"^^^ or rarely cuneate, peduncles axillary bearing a few 

 «<^icied flowers crowded at the top of the stem. Turra^a pinnata, Wall, 

 y^^' A^an ii 21, t, 119. K neilgherrica, Wiffht III. L 147, t. 54. 



GW ^^^^ Tropical HiMALAy^, in Sikkim. Khasia Mts. Nilghtri Mts. at Koondah 



1-0 i if leaves approximated at the ends of the branches, 6-12 in.; leaflets 

 mU ^i~}^ ^^' ' P^^i^'le 2-4 in. Flowers l-\\ in. long, pale rose or white, hairy 

 \iil ru , -^^^""c^t-^ 1 in. long, hairy, bent downwards after flowering, bracteate. Sia- 

 ''"^me with short subulate teeth. Finiit i-| in. diam., hairy. 



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4. DKEZiXA, Linn. 



Bj, Y^^'^itn pinnate or 2-3-pinnate leaves, toothed. or entire leaflets and 

 r.r^« axillary, flowers ; pubescence often stellate-mealy. Caltjx short, 

 catfi • i.' ™bricated. Petals 5-6, free, spathulate-oblong, patent, imbri- 

 12 ^w^ "• Staminal-tiihe cylindrical, dilated at base and apex, 10- or 

 ki^riA ^"^^ -toothed ; anthers 10 or 12, included or partly exserted, short,- 

 semi, i?^'" ^P^^- J^^^ annular. Ovary 3-6-celled ; cells alternate to the 

 tuL T"^*^ ^Qual in number to them ; style slender, nearly as long as the 

 >rith' i- ^^ capitate ; ovules 2, superposed. Fruit drupaceous. Jiteds 

 tainino fleshy albumen ; cotyledons f ol iacepus.— Disteib. A geri-ifs con- 



following 



r ^^ifoiia, in Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 402, is a misprlut for Melicalatifolia, Roxh. 



* ^«aws simply pinnate. 

 siinp?" . *on»entosa, Jioxb. Ilnrt. Seng, 90; Fl. bul ii. 394; leaves 



"ate n \1"^^^? ^t^afl^^ts subsessile 20 or more opposite Janceolate acunii- 

 W °f?^e-pointed firmly coriaceous, base obtuse, panicles spikc-hke on 

 notchS k ^ "' fl*^wers 6-merous, teeth of staminal tube liuear-oblong 

 ea about equalling the anthers, ovary 5-celled, -' 



fetior of^iLt'^^' ^'*^ ^^^ young parts petioles lower surface of leaflets tracts calyx ex- 

 Wg cont- • interior of staminal-tube ovary dnd strle downy. Leaves 6 ft. or more 

 prettv lar "'-^ ^° expand leaflets at the apex ; leaflets ranging up to 1 ft. Flowers 

 TouL p^^ ''^^y numerous, crowded. Bracts subnlate. Calyx cup-shaped, snbentire. 

 plant aa""'* ^^^Ued, with 1 seed in eachcell.— There is a coloured drawing of this 



°Sst Roxburgh's drawings in the Kew Herbarium, but no specimen. 





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