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XXXVII. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hiern.) 



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S*^i' P^^^*:!^,^ ^^^^^ supra-axillary, fruit subglabrous subglobose or ellip- 



soiaai 3-2-ribbed. . . 



.apex; cot^'ledons somewhat peltate. 



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on ^^^^' "f*^*^^*^^ trifoliolate, coriaceous; leaflets quite entire, the lateral 



- M? ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ terminal one long-petiolulate. Flowers 5-merous, in 



xmary panicles, yellow or whitish. Cali/x cup-shaped, with short lobes 



cat !l ^^- ^^^ ' ^^^^ ^^ *^^ *^^^ adnate to the ovary. Petals imbri- 



*^^' ^pr^ading. Staminal tube tubular, nearly as long as the petals, 



otned at the apex ; anthers 10 or 8, included. Dish cup-sbaped, sheathing 

 Cal^^kT^"^ base of the style, laciniate. Ovary 5-celled, adnate to the 

 eadlf • if ^» attenuate into the style above, cells opposite the calyx-lobes, 

 ne 1 1 ^ C'^ll^teral pendulous ovules; style cylindrical or columnar, 

 aItxI ] /^^Sth of the staminal tube, crowned by a slightly elevated 

 no 1 7 ^^^°' stigmas 5 short linear subacute or truncate. Berry supe- 

 &// ■ 1 ^^^' fleshy, indehiscent, 3-5-celled and -seeded; flesh edible. 

 4 fin ^^^ p^^^ i^i ^ papery aril, pulpy outside.— Distrib. A genus of about 



species limited to India and the Malayan Archipelago, one species being 



^»lUlVated OV^r an ^^fo>.a^,.^ n,.^o 



area. 



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indicum 



or o 7^^ ^^^. ^^ leaves at least on the veins tawny-velvety, leaflets elliptic 

 gQ^^^''^"^rbicular shortly acuminate or apiculate, base unequally obtuse, 

 Inw'^i? ^^^stered subsessile in ample much branched panicles small yel- 

 ^"wisti^sweet-scented, calyx shortly pubescent. W. & A. Prodr. 1 120 : Bedd. 



Mm. xix. t. 16, f. 15 ; Drury FL Ind. 



" ii. 392; 



249. S, nervosum, Blume Bijd. 163. S. teriiatum, Blanco Ft. 



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n^' o \ ^^^- "S- glaberrimum, Hassk. 

 "^ .^.mb. i. 31. Melia KoetiaDe. JBurm. 





iU. 68. 



145. /Irichiha nervosa, 



101. T. venosa, Sprmg. 



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Intr T^*^^ Penjksula ; from Eanj^oon and Teiiasserim (var. /3 velutina) to Penang. 

 > A 1 ft ^° *^® Western Peninsula.— Distrib. Malayan Islands. 

 6 in rf ^^^^' Leaves 6-18 in.; leaflets 3-8 by 1J-4| in.; common petiole IJ- 

 *am ^"'^^^ i in. long; calvx about j\ in. Stigmas truncate. Fruit about 3 in. 

 'ru'} P^lp fleshj, acid, with a peculiar smell.— The Burmese eat the raw fruit 



E T ^^^ ^^rieties known at Si^i " ''- ^ "-^"^" ^^-^"^ ""''-'• *^' 



"nctive names of " SantoP and ^- , -. . ,.^ -. 



Bj jP.*nn appearance an(J flavour.— S. serratum, (?. Don Gen. SysLi. 680, diflermg 



** repand-crenate leaflets, may belong to this species. ./ 



em^ ®* «n^argrlnatum, if/^m; glabrous, leaflets obovate or elliptic 

 Wr?^^^^ usually mucronulate rigid, base obtusely narrowed oblique, 



Vetera] vpiTic. f«„Li/ _ • i i . ^ jr_-Z -.^j:««1^ ol,r.i-f^i. f^an fl^A fl^^wpra 



peculmr smell. — ine i^urmese eat lue raw nuiu 

 lincapore, according to Captain BlomfieW, under the 

 *'Kachapee;" they differ in the. fruit like the apple 



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