394 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _ Melia, 
MELIA. Schreb. gen. n. 724. 
Calyx five-toothed. Corol five-petalled. Nectary cy- 
lindric, bearing the anthers in its mouth. Germ superior, 
five-celled; cells from one to two seeded ; attachment sub- 
superior, Drupe with from a one-to a five-celled nut, Seed 
solitary. Embryo inverse, with little or no perisperm, 
1. M. azadiracta, Willd. 2. 559. 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets falcate. Drupe one seeded. — 
Sans. Nimba. 
Teling. Vepa. 
Beng. Neem, or Nimb, 
Tam Vepam. 
Azedarach. Burm. Zeyl. 40. €. 15. 
Aria-bepou. Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 52. 
A middling sized, very common, beautiful, and very 
useful tree. Flowering time the hot season. It differs 
from all the other species known to me in having a one- 
celled, one-seeded nut, though the germ has ats 
five-cells, with one or two ovu/a in each, ah 
2. M. tomentosa. R. , wit 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ten paired, entire. ThryseS’ 
axillary, solitary, long peduncled, simple. jist 
Mal. Barang babee. + oye 
A native of Pulo Pinang, where it grows to be a large 
- Leaves alternate, pinnate, six feet, or more in length- 
Leaflets opposite, ten or more pairs, subsessile, lanceo- 
late, entire, fine-pointed, of a firm, leathery texture, Fe- 
ticulated, and very downy underneath; exterior pails 
largest, often a foot in length. Petioles round, very 
' downy. Stipules none, Racemes axillary, solitary, long- 
peduncled, thyrsiform, compound. Flowers pretty large, 
_ Very numerous, crowded.  Bractes subulate, dow?y+ 
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