82 JO URNAL, BOMB A Y NA TURAL HIS TOR Y SOCIETY, Vol. XTX. 

 Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals Ununited. 



Helia Azadiraclita, 

 or Aza&iraclxta 

 indica, 



Nim. 



MKLIACEiE. 



F. B.I. i. 544. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



large, evergreen ; leaves piunate, 8-1 in, long 

 crowded at the ends of branches, leaflets 9-15, smooth 

 lanceolate, toothed, 1-3 by i-H in, ; flowers g--^ in. 

 long, white, sweet scented, in long stalked branching 

 racemes, shorter than the leaves , calyx 4-5 cleft, 

 small, petals 5, stamens 10 united into a tube : fruit 

 oblong 2-| in. long, smooth-greenish yellow, one 

 seeded. The bark is a febrifuge, and the oil from 

 the seeds is an insecticide. 



Melia Aze&aracli, 

 l^ersiaii Lilac, 



Bakain. 



MELIACE.3E. 



F. B. I. 534. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



medium size, bark smooth dark grey ; leaves bi- 

 pinnate or tripmnate, 9-) 8 in. long, pinnae usually 

 opposite, leaflets 3-7 on each pinnai, ovate, long 

 pointed ; flowers lilac, \-^ in. long, sweet scented iu 

 branching racemes, calyx segments 5-6, short, petals 

 5-6, linear, stamens 10-12 united into a purple tube ; 

 fruit round, i in. diam., yellow wrinkled, five 

 seeded. 



"WalSUra temata, small ; leaves 8 in. long : leaflets 3, 4-5 by 1 in,, 



Meliace^. smooth, shining, white beneath ; flowers ^ in. 



F. B. I. 1. 563. long, milk white in branching racemes, shorter than 



The PlaiQS at Sheikh- i^e leaves, calyx sh'^rt 5 fid, petals 5, oblong spread- 

 P"'^*- ing, stamens 10 united below ; berry narrow, ob- 



long, one celled and one seeded, seed enclosed in a 

 fleshy appendage. 



Oedrela Toona, 



Tun. 



Meliace-e. 



F. B 1. 1.568. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



large ; bark smooth, dark grey, thin : leaves with 

 equal number of leaflets, 1-2 ft. long ; leaflets 8-30, 

 with smooth margins, 2-6 by f-2Hns., long pointed ; 

 flowei'S in branching drooping racemes nearly as long 

 as the leaves, cream coloured, sweet scented, sepals 

 5, blunt, hairy, petals 5 fringed with marginal hairs, 

 stamens 5 on fleshy hairy orange lobes ; capsule '^-1 in. 

 long, oblong, dark brown ; seeds with a membranous 

 wing at each end. This tree yields good red wood 

 for furniture. 



