128 MELIACEJ2. 



lanceolate ; capsule winged, roundish, nearly as long as the pedicel : wings surrounding the 

 cell, broader above than near the base : terminal sinus narrow, but open. — As. Gr. Gen. Bor. 

 Amer. t. 182. — D. viscosa, Cav., As. Gr. D. jamaicensis, DC. sec. Mas. Bks. [exclus. syn. 

 Sw.). J). Thunbergiana, Eckl. .'; brasiliensis, Schlecht. !; pallida, Miq. !; Dombeyana, Bl. 

 — Leaves 12'"— 4'" broad; capsule 6"'-8"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., March, on the 

 arid seashore ; [Florida and Mexico ! to Montevideo ! and Peru !, Mascate ! to the Cape !, 

 East Indies !, Pacific Islands ! to New Zealand !] . 



31. D. angtistifolia, Sw. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; capsule winged, roundish, as 

 long as the pedicel : wings surrounding the cell, broader above than near the base : terminal 

 sinus open, %-angular. — P. Br. Jam. t. 18./. 1. — D. bialata, Kth. ; linearis, E. Meg.! 

 Mundtiana, Eckl. ; Schiedeana, Schlecht. ! — Leaves 6"'-2'" broad ; capsule 5 "'-6'" diam.^— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March, in the mountains ; [Bermudas !, Cuba !, Mexico !, Guayaquil !, 

 Southern China !, East Indies !, Afghanistan !, Cape !]. 



XLIII. STAPHYLEACE^. 



Petals 5. Stamens as many, inserted into a hypogynous disc. Ovary 3-2-celled : ovules 

 several (or solitary) in each cell. Seeds bouy, albuminous : radicle inferior ; cotyledons 

 large, fleshy. — Trees or shrubs; leaves compound, mostly opposite, stipulate; leaflets 

 serrate. 



1. TURPI NI A, Vent. 



Sepals 5, distinct, deciduous. Styles 3, cohering below, or separable. Pericarp drupa- 

 ceous: putainen 3-celled. — Leaves imparl -pinnate ; racemes compound. 



1. T. occidentals, Bon. Leaflets 2-3-jugal, elliptical-oblong, crenate or serrate, 

 glabrous, petiolulate, stipellate ; primary divisions of the panicle racemiform, opposite, 

 bearing small corymbs, of which the superior ones are usually alternate ; drupe globose, 

 3-mucronate: points (i.e. rudiments of the styles) distant. — SI. t. 220./. 1; Vent. Chotx, 

 t. 31. — Staphylea, Sw. St. corymbosa, DC. T. paniculata, Vent. : identical with Swartz's 

 Jamaica plant, but the putamen-cells 3-2-seeded, while in our specimens ouly one of the 

 ovules ripens, and sometimes one or two of the cells are abortive. — A tree, 20-30 high ; 

 flowers white ; drupes dark blue. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common ; Dominica, Imr. ; S. 

 Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba!, Mexico]. 



XLIV. MELIACE^l. 



(Cedrelese.) 



Petals 5-4 (-3). Stamens twice as many, inserted into a hypogynous disc, mouadel- 

 phous •. anthers usually sessile on the margin of the staminal tube, or on its inner side. 

 Pistil syncarpous : style simple. — Woody plants ; leaves usually pinnate, exsfipulate. 



Drastic, poisonous, and bitter substances prevail in this Order (the latter chiefly in the 

 Cedrelea) ; some produce aromatic resin, or have a smell of musk (Moschoxylon, Guarea, 

 Trichilia). The Mahogany (Swietenia), and the "West Indian Cedar (Cedrela) are excellent 

 timber-trees. 



Tribe I. MELIEM. — Seeds albuminous: cotyledons foliaceous. 

 Ovary-cells 2-ovulate. 



1. MELIA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals oblong-linear, convolutive-imbricative. Staminal tube 20(-30)- 

 toothed : anthers 10, sessile at its throat. Ovary 5-celled : ovules superimposed, inferior 

 fertile. Pericarp drupaceous. — Leaves bipinnate ; cymes paniculate. 



1. M. sempervirens, Sw. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, deeply 

 serrate below the point ; drupe ovoid-globose- -Bot. Reg. t. 643. — A shrub, or low tree ; 

 leaflets variable, 5-7 (-11) in the middle divisions ; petals blue-variegated ; drupe yellow, 



