276 DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Shrubs with alternate deciduous leaves; flowers spiked 

 axillary and terminal, bracteolate- 



Species. 1. C ahiifolia. 2. tomentosa. 3. scabra. 4. 

 paniculata. 5. acuminata. Some of tliese species are un- 

 questionably doubt full. The capsule in this genus is con- 

 structed similar to that of Andromeda cahculata, except- 

 ing the difference in the number of the cells, the seeds 

 are likewise angular. 



A North American genus, with the exception of a sin- 

 gle species indigenous to the mountains of Jamaica. 



393. MYLOCARIUM. JVilld. (Buckwheat-lreeO 



Calix 5-tootlietl. Petals 5. Stigma capitate, 



C-angled, sessile. Capsule superior, siiberose, 



2 or 3-\vinged, 3-celled, cells 1-seeded. Seed 



subulate. 



A tall evergreen shrub with subvert! ciliated branches; 

 leaves very entire, veinless, aggregated towards the sum- 

 mits of the branches; racemes bi-acteate terminal, pe- 

 dicells 1-flowered bibracteolate. A genus; nearly allied to 

 £aniste>iaP 



Species. M. Iijusirinufti. On the margins of swamps 

 in Georgia and Florida, 8 to 12 feet high. Ihe only spe- 

 cies known. 



394. MELIA. L, (Pride of China.) 



Calix 5-parted, small. Petals 5. Lejmnthi- 

 itmcylindric 10-toothed, dentures bifid at the 

 points, orifice internally antheriferous. Style 

 cylindric, stigma 5-rayed. Drupe globose, nut 

 5-celled, 5-seeded. 



Trees or shrubs, leaves unequally pinnate or bipinnate; 

 flowers paniculate axillary. 



Species. 1, M. Azedarach. Leaves bipinnate, leaf- 

 lets smooth, ovate, dentate. — Flowers odorous, somewhat 

 similar to jessamine, anthers alternating with the dentures 

 of the lepanthium. Hab. Introduced into the southern 

 states from India, and planted in vistas; in many places it 

 is almost naturalized, it exists well without shelter as far 

 south as Virginia, and small trees may now and then be 

 seen in Philadelphia. The root has been used as a vermi- 

 fuge, and in Barbary lamp oil is expressed from the nuts. 



A -genus indigenus to India. 



