680 MELIACEÆ. V. CANELLA. 
to Europe in long quills, which are about three quarters of an 
inch in. diameter, somewhat thicker than cinnamon, it is of a 
whitish or light-brown colour, with a yellowish hue. In taste it 
is moderately warm, aromatic, and bitterish; its smell is agree- 
able, and resembles that of cloves. Its virtues are extracted 
most perfectly by proof spirits. This bark has now superseded 
that of Drymis Wintéri. It has been supposed to possess con- 
siderable virtues, and is said to be useful in scorbutic and many 
other complaints. It is now, however, considered merely in the 
light of an aromatic, and like many other spices is employed for 
the purpose of correcting disagreeable drugs. 
White-barked Canella. Clt. 1735. Tree 15 feet. 
2 C. axitia‘ris (Nees. et Mart. in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 18. 
t. 3.) flowers axillary, nodding, decandrous. kh.S. Native of 
Brazil. Bark white, smooth. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, quite 
entire, smooth, paler beneath, coriaceous. Calyx of 3 rounded 
lobes. Petals 5, sessile, ovate-orbicular. Crown of 5 obovate, 
ciliated segments, alternating with the petals. Tube short, gird- 
ing the germen, bearing 10 sessile anthers; anthers 2-celled. 
Ovary ovate. The bark of this tree has the same properties as 
that of C. alba. . 
A xillary-flowered Canella. Tree 20 feet. 
3 C. rauriroria (Lodd. cat. Sweet, hort. brit. p. 65.) leaves 
obovate, lanceolate, narrower, green beneath ; flowers terminal. 
h.S. Native of the West Indies. 
Laurel-leaved Canella. Clt.1817. Tree 15 feet. 
Cult. These valuable trees will thrive well in a mixture of 
loam, peat, and sand ; and well-ripened cuttings, taken off at a 
joint, will root in sand under a hand-glass. in a moist heat, but 
care should be taken not to deprive them of any of their leaves. 
Mr. Sweet says that large old cuttings are best. 
VI. CIPADE’SSA (meaning unknown). 
number. 
Li. syst. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx small, obsoletely 
5-toothed. Petals 5; filaments 10, nearly the length of the 
petals, emarginate, ‘connected into a tube at the base; anthers 
adnate inside. Ovary girded by a ring, 5-celled; cells con- 
taining 2 ovulæ. Style short, crowned by a capitate, 5-toothed 
stigma. Capsule globose, 5-furrowed, containing a 5-celled, 
5-seeded nucleus. A shrub with pinnate leaves. 
1 C. rruticésa (Blum. 1.c.). h.S. Native of Java. Lán- 
sium domésticum, Jack, mal. mis. ex Spreng. syst. append. p. 252. 
Shrubby Cipadessa. Shrub. 
Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this shrub well, 
and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Blum. bijdr. 4th 
VII. SANDO’RICUM (altered from Santoor, the Malay 
name of the tree). Cav. diss. 7. p. 359. D.C. prod. 1. p. 621. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decdndria. Calyx short, bluntly 
5-toothed. Petals 5, linear. Stamens joined into a 10-toothed 
tube, and bearing the anthers within the tube. Stigmas 5, bifid. 
Berry in the shape of an apple, containing 5 ovate-compressed 
nuts, which are 2-valved and 1-seeded at the base. Seeds arched 
at the hilum.—Trees with trifoliate leaves, that is to say, im- 
pari-pinnate, with an odd leaflet. Flowers yellow. 
1 S. I’xpicum (Cav. diss. 7. p. 359. t. 202. and 203. Roxb. 
cor. 3. t. 261.) leaflets ovate, oblong, entire, pubescent. R.S. 
Native of the Philippine and Molucca islands and other parts of 
the East Indies. Sandéricum, Rumph. amb. 1. t. 61. Lam. ill. t. 
350. Hantol, Lam. dict. This last is its name in the Philippine 
islands. Racemes axillary, somewhat panicled. Flowers yellow. 
Fruit fleshy, agreeably acid. 
Indian Sandal-tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 
2 S. sERRA`TUM; leaflets ovate-elliptic, acuminated, repandly- 
VI. CIPADESSA. 
VII. Sanporicum. VIII. Me tra. 
crenated. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Differs from $. 
Indicum in the leaves being crenate, not entire. 
Serrate-leaved Sandal-wood. ‘Tree. 
Cult. These trees will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, 
and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
VIII. MELIA (pedca the Greek name for the ash; resem- 
blance in leaves), Lin. gen. no. 576. D. C. prod. 1. p. 621. 
Liv. syst. Monadélphia, Decdndria. Calyx small, 5-cleft 
(f. 114. a.) Petals 5 (f. 114. 6.), oblong-linear, spreading. 
Stamens 10, with the filaments joined into a 20-toothed tube 
(f. 114. c.), bearing the anthers on the inside at the throat. 
Ovary seated on a somewhat stipitate torus. Style filiform. 
Stigma capitate, 5-angled. Drupe ovate, containing a 5-fur- 
rowed, 5-celled nucleus, each cell containing 1 seed. Albumen 
fleshy, with flat leafy cotyledons and a superior radicle.—Trees 
with impari-pinnate or bipinnate leaves, and axillary panicles of 
white or blue flowers, with reddish or purplish tube, and yellow 
anthers. ; 
1 M. azepara‘cu (Lin. spec. 550.) leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 
deeply serrated, somewhat quinate. h.G. Native of Ceylon and 
Syria. Cav. diss. 7. p. 363. t. 207. Lam. ill. 372. Comm. 
hort. 1. t. 70. Leaves deciduous in autumn, remaining so all 
the winter in Europe, but within the tropics they are evergreen. 
Petals violet ; tube of stamens reddish. Fruit the size of a 
cherry, pale-yellow when ripe. The pulp surrounding the nucleus 
is poisonous, and when mixed with grease is said to kill dogs. 
The seeds are bored and strung for beads by the Roman Ca- 
tholics. Azadaracht is a name under which Avicennes speaks of 
a poisonous tree, 
Azedarach Bead-tree. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1659. Tree 40 ft. 
2 M. rosu'sta (Roxb. hort, beng. p. 33.) leaves bipmnate, 
especially with the leaflets either pinnate or ternate, membra- 
nous, roundish or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, toothed; 
young leaves, branches, and petioles covered with a kind o 
scurfy pubescence ; panicles axillary. h. S. Native of Ma- 
labar. Flowers probably bluish. 
Robust Bead-tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. , 
3 M. austRAa`Lıs (Sweet, hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 85.) leaves br 
pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, crenate-toothed ; panicles axu- 
lary. h.G. Native of New Holland. Leaves sometimes pinnate. 
Southern Bead-tree. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 feet. ated 
4 M. Jarénica; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, 
slightly crenate ; panicles axillary, divaricated. 
of Japan. s DEMS > D d 
crenated, not deeply toothed, and in the panicles being divaricate, 
not racemose. Flowers the colour of those of M. Azedarách. 
Japan Bead-tree. Tree 30 feet. , 
5 M. sempervirens (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 737.) leaves 
bipinnate ; leaflets deeply toothed, usually 7 in number, when 
young shining; petioles roundish at the base. k. G. Ne 
tive of Jamaica in hedges. Ker. bot. reg. 643. M. Aze r 
rach 8, Lin. spec. 550. Smaller than the M. Azédarach, 
usually flowering the second year from seed, and the leaves ie 
later of falling off in the autumn. This tree is known 1n the 
West Indies by the name of Indian lilac. Flowers bluish. 5f 
Ever-green Bead-tree. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1656. Tr. 2 hat 
6 M. compésita (Willd. spec. 3. p. 559.) leaves somew m 
bipinnate, but at the apex of the petioles they are simply p a 
nate ; leaflets almost entire, lower ones ternate ; peduncles, en 
lyxes, and petals rather velvety. k. S. Native of the : 
Indies, the Island of Timor, and is now cultivated in the var ath 
Islands. —M. dubia, Cav. diss. 7. 364. is probably distinct ron 
this, but is not sufficiently known.—Burm. ind. t. 24. ihai 
with whitish or pinkish petals, and the tube of the stame 
purple. Leaves falling off in winter, 
h.G. Native i 
Differs from M. A zedarách, in the leaves being slightly 
