DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Melia. 



MELIA. Schreb. gen. n. 724. 

 Cahjx five-toothed. Corol five-petalled. Nectary cy- 

 lindric, beariii!? the anthers in its mouth. Germ superior, 

 five-colled ; 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. 



Te/ing. Vepa. 



Beyig. Neem, or Niaib. 



Tarn Vcpam. 



Azedarach. Bvrm. Zeyl. 40. 1. 15. 



Aria-bepou. Rheed. Mai 4. /. 52. 



A middling sized, very common, beautiful, and very 

 useful tree. Flowering time the hot season. It diflTers 

 flora all the other species known to me in having a one' 

 celled, one seeded nut, though the germ has uniformly 

 five-cells, with one or two ovula in each. 



2. M. fomentosa. R. 



Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ten paired, entire. Thryses 

 axillary, solitary, long peduncled, simple. 



Mai. I3arang babee. 



A native of Pulo Pinang, where it grows to be a large 

 tree. 



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, re- 

 ticulated, and very downy underneath ; exterior pairs 

 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, downy. 



