232 Dr. Francis Hamiyron’s Commentary 
cum impari quadrijuga, opposita, remota, petiolata, acuminata, integerrima, 
nitida, subcostata, venosa: lateralium latus anterius posteriore et longius 
et latius ; terminale ellipticum. Petiolus communis pubescens, basi incras- 
sato teres, mediocris, non stipulaceus. Rachis teres, ad foliola nodosus. 
Petioli partiales canaliculati, breves, utrinque articulati; terminali pro- 
ductiore. 
Pedunculus communis axillaris, solitarius, longitudine folii patens, ima parte 
incrassata teres, apicem versus tetragonus, nudus. Cyma erecta, com- 
posita radiis quinque, quorum quatuor laterales ancipites, corymbiferi, 
brachiati; intermedius tetragonus, iterum radiis quatuor umbellatus, vel 
aliquando brachiato-corymbosus. Flores parvi, albi, odorati. Bractee 
squamiformes, fugaces, involucriformes. 
Calyx minimus, patens, laciniis obtusis quinquefidus. Petala quinque linearia, 
concava, apice acuto incurvo patentia, unguibus calycis medio inserta. 
Urceolus hypogynus, petalis paulo brevior, cylindricus, decemfidus, laciniis 
incurvis, bicornibus. dnthere decem inter urceoli cornua insidentes, 
ovate. Germen superum, depressum. Stylus brevis, incrassatus. Stigma 
truncatum. 
In Nepale arbore pedunculi divisiones minus regulares, et potius ramis sub- 
umbellatis paniculate. 
On the most careful examination I cannot discover any solid characters by 
which we can distinguish the Melia Azederach from the M. sempervirens of the 
Hortus Bengalensis, and therefore I have no doubt that Linnzeus and Lamarck 
were quite right in considering them as mere varieties, although the latter is a 
native of India Proper, and the other seems to extend from Persia to China 
along the sides of the great ridge of Emodus. In their native countries both 
are equally trees of a moderate size. If the West India plant mentioned by 
Willdenow is different from the M. sempervirens of India, that is, from the 
M. foliis duplicato-pinnatis, «. of the Flora Zeylanica, I have not seen it; and 
the M. Azedarach, 8. of the Species Plantarum should be excluded from the 
synonyma. 
In Indiz australioris planta, sempervirens dicta, foliola lucida, bullata; in 
Chinensi planta, 4zedarach a Roxburghio dicta, foliola plana, non lucida. 
