MELIACEA. 181 
Order XXXV. MELIACE. 
Meliacea, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 327; C. De Candolle, Monogr. Phan. vol. i. 
Trees or shrubs, very rarely herbaceous. About 270 species, according to Bentham - 
and Hooker, referred to thirty-seven genera. Natives of warm countries, and most 
numerous in Asia and America. — 
Tribe MELIEA. 
This tribe is not represented in America by any indigenous species; but Melia 
azedarach, Linn., is commonly cultivated, and is naturalized in some parts, as in the 
valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2055). 
Tribe TRICHILIEA. 
1. GUAREA. 
Guarea, Linn. Mant. 1805; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 335. 
The genus, with one exception, is confined to America, and is estimated by Bentham 
and Hooker to consist of about thirty species, which are mostly trees. C. De Candolle, 
in Monogr. Phan. i. pp. 542-579, describes seventy species. 
1. Guarea bijuga, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 967. 
? G. kegeliit, Turcz., infra. 
GuatemaLa (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
2. Guarea brachystachya, DC. Prodr. i. p. 624; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 
155. 
Mexico or CENTRAL AMERICA 4 
3, Guarea filiformis, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 966. 
Sour Mxxico, Oaxaca (Jurgensen, 199).—And in Perv. 
Var. B. pallida, ©. DC. J. ¢. | 
Sour Mxxico, Cuernavaca (Bourgeau, 1197); Nicaracua, between Sapua and Tortuga 
(Girsted). Hb. Kew. 
4, Guarea fulva, Tr. et Pl. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 5, v. p. 379. 
Var. 8. mexicana, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 575. 
Sapindus glabrescens, Hook. et Arn. 
Sourn Mexico, without locality (Beechey). Hb. Kew. 
5. Guarea hirsuta, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 578. 
New Spain (Pavon, in Hb. Boiss.). 
