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MERRILL. 



long, odd-pinnate, 2-jugate; leaflets opposite, ehartaceous to submembra- 

 DAceous, when dry pale and shining, glabrous, broadly elliptic to elliptic- 

 obovate, 12 to 20 em long, : to 10 cm wide; nerves 10 to 1 1 on each 

 side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing near the margin, the reticula- 

 tions fine, distinct ; petiolules stout, 1 to 1.1 cm long. Panicles axillary, 

 equaling or longer than the leaves, 50 cm long or less, ferruginous-lepidote 

 and somewhat, cil iate-pubescent, the lower branches frequently 80 cm 



in length. Flowers rather densely racemose] v arranged on the ultimate 

 branchlets, the pediceli about 1 mm long. Sepals 5 free or nearly 

 so, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 1 mm long, their margins ciliate. Petals 

 :», ovate oi- orbicular-ovate, glabrous, obtuse, 2 mm long. Staminal tube 

 depressed-globose, glabrous, free from the petals, truncate. Stamens -V 

 inserted on the edge of the tube, indexed. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 



rounded at the apex, brown, 3 to 4 cm long, 1- or 2-celled, each cell 

 with a single svvd. 



Necomm, Province of Negroa Occidental, Painguibn River, For. Bur. 7319 

 Everett, March, l!H>7 (type) ; Cadiz. For. Jiur. 150S5 Danao, March, 1908. Caau, 

 Mount Licos. For. Bur. 6452 Everett, February, 1907. Visayan Bubua, Btmgua*. 



AZADIRACHTA A. .In-. 



Azadirachta integrifoliola ip, nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 30 m alta; foliolis 12 ad 16, inferioribus alternis, 

 superiorihus BUDOpposit is. ovatodanceolatis, integris, membranaceis, acu- 

 minata vel acutis, hasi inaequilateralibus, rotundatis; paniculis J'oliis 

 longioribus, anguste pyramidatis, circiter 45 cm longis; floribus pedicel- 

 latis, circiter 7 mm longis; ovario glabro, 3-loculari. 



A tree about 30 m high, glabrous. Leaves equally pinnate, about 

 30 cm long, glabrous: leaflets L2 to 16, ovate-lanceolate, the lower ones 



alternate, the upper opposite OT Bubopposite, lnenihranaeeoiis. glabrous, 



shining above, 6 to !) cm long, 2.5 to ,1.5 cm wide, entire, the apex acute 

 or somewhat acuminate, the base rather Btrongly inequilateral, broad and 

 rounded on one side of the midrib, narrower and usually acute on the 

 other; nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, ob- 

 scurely anastomosing, the reticulations lax. obscure; petiolules very 

 short, the leaflets almost sessile. Panicles longer than the leaves, about 

 45 cm long, glabrous, narrowly pyramidal, many flowered. Sepals ovate, 

 acuminate, about 1 mm long, the margins slightly ciliate. Petals I'wc. 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, about 7 mm long, 1.8 to 2 mm wide, 

 recurved, nearly glabrous outside, inside puberulent, the margins slightly 

 puberulent-ciliate. Staminal tube cylindric, (i mm long, glabrous out- 

 side, slightly narrowed in the middle, somewhat hairy in the upper 

 half inside, the apes with 10 small teeth. Stamens 1(1, inserted opposite 

 the teeth, the anthers sessile, 0.8 mm long, their apices slightly exserted. 

 Disk none. Ovary ovoid, glahrous, 3-celled, each cell with two collateral 

 ovules; style 4 mm long; stigma slightly 3-lobed. 



