Melia. | MELIACEZ (Sond.) 245 
at the summit, the anthers inserted between the teeth. Ovary sessile, 
5-10-20-celled ; ovules in pairs, superposed on axile placentae. Style 1; 
stigma thickened. Capsule 5-celled; cells 2-1 seeded, the valves septi- 
ferous. Seeds compressed ; cotyledons flat ; radicle superior, nd. 
— No. 5519. Juss. Mem. Mus. «vie. p. 217. t.12 f.3. DC. Prod. 1. 
p. 620, 
Trees or shrubs, found in Tropical Asia, Madagascar and South Africa, Leaves 
alternate, petiolate, simple. Flowers on short branchlets, somewhat tufted. Named 
in honour of Geo. Turra, an Italian botanist, professor at Padua, died in 1607. 
1. T. obtusifolia (Hochst. in Flora, xxvii. 1. p. 296); branches and 
branchlets glabrous ; leaves obovate, narrowed into a short petiole, entire 
or obtusely 3-lobed, with revolute margins, glabrous on both sides, paler 
beneath, the young ones pubescent on the mid-rib ; the amillary, sub- 
solitary peduncles and the calyx glabrous ; petals elongate, ligulate, some- 
what longer than the staminal tube ; stigma exserted, shortly cylindrical, 
T. lobata, E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege, non Lindl. 
Has. In woods at Omsamcaba, Drege/ Port Natal, Krauss, Gueinzius, Sanderson! / 
Feb.Jul. (Herb. T.C.D., Vind., Sond., Hook.) 
A shrub, with a grey or reddish bark. Leaves t- 1? inches long, 4-10 lines wide, 
obovate or obversely lanceolate, in some specimens 3-lobed below the point, the ter- 
minal lobe largest. Peduncles6—10 lines long. Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed, 
i linelong. Petals glabrous, 1-1} inches long. Style slightly longer than the petals ; 
stigma 4 Jine long. 
ae heterophylla Gm. in Rees Cycl. 36. No, 6); branches glabrous, 
branchlets thinly pubescent, leaves short-stalked, ovate, acute or pro- 
duced into a short obtuse point, undivided or sub-trilobed, the younger 
pubescent above, silky beneath, the full-grown pale beneath, glabrous, 
villous on the nerves ; flowers clustered at the ends of the branches, 
the peduncles and cal, yces silky tomentose ; petals elongate ligulate, longer 
than the staminal tube ; style much “exserted, the stigma dep ie 
globose. DC. Prod. 1. p» 620. _ TD. floribunda, Hochst. l.c. p. 297. 
Has. In woods, Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege./ Port Natal, iba Guein- 
zius, Sanderson, Ke. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Vind., Sond.) 
and acutely 5- toothed viomng,” Sn. hairy,” oC, ce Petals 10-14 lines long. 
Style much lo n the Capsule woody, 1o-furrowed and lobed, 4-5 
lines long, 5-6 8, 3- -§-celled, loculicidal ; cells 2-seeded, the valves septi- 
ferous in the M pends § tines long, incurred, purple, shining. 
et 38 MELIA, Linn. 
Calyx small, are Petals 5, oblong-linear, spreading, convolute in - 
wstivation. Stamens 10, the filaments connate into a tube 20-toothed 
nit, the anthers sessile within the throat of the tube. Ovary 
is, 5-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style filiform ; stigma 
-angled. Drupe ovate, with a s-furrowed and 5-celled, bony 
s one-seeded, Endl. Gen. No. 5520. * Prod. 1. p. | 
sone 5 ce 
