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MeELIA AZEDARACH. CoMMON BEAD-TREE. 
Clafs and Order. 
DecANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 5-dentatus. Petala 5. Ne@arium cylindraceum, den- 
_ tatum, fauce antheras gerens. Drupa nuce 5—6-loculari. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
MELIA Azedarach ; foliis bipinnatis. Fl. Zeyl. 162. Sp. Pl. 
550. Reich. 2. Gron. Orient. 133. Kniph. Cent. 2. 
n.44. Cav. Diff.7. 363. 1.207. Mart. Mill. DiG, 1.1. 
MELIA foliis decompofitis. Hort. Cliff. 161. | 
_AZEDARACH. Dod. Pempt. 848. Burm. Zeyl. 40. Herm 
Lugd. 652. Raii Hif. 1546. Park. Herb. 1443. 
ARBOR fraxini folio, flore ceruleo. Baub. Pin. 415. 
_ PSEUDO-SYCAMORUS. Cam. Epit. 181. Herb. 103. f. 2+ 
| fig. bona. 
| AZADIRACHTA indica, foliis ramofis minoribus, flore albo 
| fubceruleo purpurafcente majore. Comm. Hort. 1. 
; p-147. t. 76. 2 
| ZIZYPHA candida. Ger. 1306. f. 1. Emac. 1491. fit. 
Profeflor Swartz, in his Od/ervationes, has feparated the 
lempervirens, confidering it as a diftin®& fpecies, in which he 
has been followed by Wi.ttpEnow and Martyn; but we 
- Cannot find any marks by which they can be diftinguifhed ; 
_thofe that have been offered, certainly will not hold. The 
Plant from which our drawing was made is of the deciduous 
Ind, yet it flowered the third year from feed, imported from 
America, and therefore is moft probably the fame with the 
One defcribed by Swartz, Befides, if the Syrian iy 
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