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2, M. excelsa, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 12; leaves simply pinnate, 

 leaflets n-umeYous (19) subopposite or alternate ovate-oblong ratner ob- 

 tusely acunxinate quite entire glabrous, base very oblique subauriculate, 

 panicle ascending about equalling the leaves, flowers 5-merous, calyx 

 short with rounded sepals, petals puberulent outside, staminal tube lOfur- 

 rbweS obtusely 10-20-touthed, anthers 10 somewhat exserted, style rather 

 thickly filiform, ovary S-celled. Griff. NotuL iv. 499; Hook BoU Misc. t, 

 281 ; Wall. Cat 1253, b non B. 



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A lofty tree of 50 ft. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, 2-24 it. I 

 petiole terete, thickened and somewhat scaly at base; leaflets 3-6 by ii-2 in., peti^ 

 lules ^-J in. Pedicels short, bracteolate. Flowers white, J-f in. long. Stamincd-tube 

 glabrous outside. Ovar^/ glabrous. 



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leaflets 9-15 opposite subupposite or alternate lanceolate acuminate oblique 

 or subfalcate serrate glabrous shortly petioluled sometimes sublobed near 

 the obtuse base, flowers 5-merous, calyx 5-fid with obtuse or rounaed 

 lobes, petals shortly ciliate, anthers nearly equalKng the obtuse teeth ot 

 the staminal tube, ovary 3-celled, fruit 1-celled 1-seeded. Boxb, horU 

 Beng. 33 ; Fl. IwL ii. 394 ; Qriff. Notid. iv. 500 ; Wall Cat 1251 ; Bedd.^^^ 

 Syhat t. 14; scarcely of Gcertner. M. parviflora. Moon Cat 35. M. mclica, 

 Brandis For. Flor. 67. Azadirachta indica, Adr. Juss. in Mm. Mus^^f 

 221, t. 13, f, 5 ; W.<kA. Frodr. I 1 18 ; Wight Ic. t. 17 ; Grah, Cat Bm^^ 

 PL 30; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl ZQ.—Kheede Ilort Mai iv. t. 52. ^- "^ ' 



A common tree throughout the greater part of India, often planted, as elsewhere m 

 hot climates. .... , _-, 



A large tree of 40-50 ft., with a straight trunk. Leaves 8-15 in., crowded near 

 the ends of the branches; leaflets 1-3 by 4-14 in. Floicers white, honey-seem^ 

 \-l in. long. Drupe oblong, 4-| in. long.— The "Neem ;" the seeds supply oH- ^ 

 Buchanan, Journ. Madr. i. 9 ; a gnm is also said to exude from the tree, i>?«^«^ *' ' 

 188. The wood resembles Mahogany, and the bark is very bitter. 



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sionaliX tnpinnate, ultimate leaflets 3-12 opposite subopposite or ^'H 

 ovate or ilanceolate serrate or -entire acuminate, base more or less o^"^ ' 

 flowers usually 5-merous, calyx deeply lobed lobes lanceolate-oDi g| 

 petals puberuiVnt, anthers nearly equalling the linear-lanceolate tee ^.^^ 

 the purple quite or nearly glabrous staminal tube, ovary 5-celled, iruv 



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Ic. t. 160; Wall. Cat. 1250; Boiss. 



Adr. Juss. in Mem. Mm. xix. t. 13, f. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 1066; ^ 

 Sylvat. 1. 13 ; Brandu For. Flor. G8. M. aempervirens, Sw. I rodr^ o/ , 

 Jiea. t. G43 ; Roxbl Ilort. Btng. 33 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 395 ; WaU. tat. i ^ . 



iL' Gibs. Bomh'.Fl. Saj>pl. 15. A Bukayun, Eoi/le lU. Bot.\}ii^'^ 



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 f-18 in, ; leaflets i-3 by J-ll In. Flowers IDac, \-i in. lonff, boney-sceniea. ^^,^ 

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