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DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA-. ~~ 
Shrubs with alternate deciduous leaves; flowers spiked | 
axillary and terminal, bracteolate. 
" Species. 1.€. alnifolia. 2. tomentosa. 3. scabra. 4. 
paniculata. 5. acuminata. Somevof these species are un 
_ questionably doubtfull. The capsule in this genus is com 
structed similar to that of Andromeda caliculata, except- 
_ing the difference in the number of the cells, the seeds 
are likewise angular. tes 2 
A North American genus, with the exception of a sin- 
gle species indigenous to the mountains of Jamaica. 
te. 
A tall evergreen shrub with subverticillated branches; 
» leaves very entire, veinless, aggregated towards the sum- 
mits of the branches; racemes bracteate terminal, pe- 
dicells 1-flowered bibracteolate. A genus; nearly allied to 
Banisteria? i fea 
Species. M. ligustrinum. On the margins of swamps 
in Georgia and Florida, 8 to 12 feet high. The only spe- 
cies known. | 
394. MELIA. Z. (Pride of China.) 
_Calix 5-parted, small. Petals 5. Lepanthi- 
wm cylindric 10-toothed, dentures bifid at the 
points, orifice internally antheriferous. Style 
cylindric, stigma 5-rayed. Drupe globose, nut 
5-celled, 5-seeded. ae 
_ Trees or shrubs, leaves unequally pinnate or bipinnate; . 
flowers paniculate axillary. Ee ici 
Species. 1. M. Azedarach. Leaves bipinnate, leaf- 
Jets smooth, ovate, dentate —Flowers odorous, somewhat 
to jessamine, anthers alternating with the dentures — 
> lepanthium. Ba pis Introduced into the southern 
d planted in vistas; in many places it 
‘ed, it exists well without shelter as far 
and small trees may now and then be 
‘A ee tilad ~ ‘The root has been used as a vermi- 
fuge, and in Ba mp oil is expre the nuts. 
