Melia. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 395 



Calyx cup-shaped, almost entire, downy. Petals five, 

 wedge-shaped, expanding. Nectary cylindric, nearly 

 the length of the petals, the ten divisions of its mouth 

 linear, and ragged on the inside ; exceedingly haiiy. Sta- 

 mens as ill the genus. Germ ovate, hairy. Style as Icng^ 

 as the nectary, hairy. Stigma globular. 



The ripe fruit has not been found, but the germ has 

 five cells, with one seed in each. 



3. M . sempervirenS' Willd. 2 559. 



Leaves bipinnate; leaflets ovate cordate, gashed, with 

 taper, entire apices, smooth on both sides but not shin- 

 ing. 



Melia foliis duplicato-pinnatis. Flor. Zzyl. 162. 



Sans. Mi<ha-nimba. 



Hind. Bakarjrt. 



Arab. Ban. 



Teling. Turka vepa. 



A native of Persia, now common throughout India. 

 Plants reared in Ihe Botanic garden at Calcutta from 

 seed received from the West Indies, did not in any res- 

 pect difibr from our own Asiatic sort. It blossoms the 

 greater part of the year in our gardens, and is perfectly 

 distinct from Azedarak which is a robust, deciduous 

 timber tree, and this a small, delicate,ever grcea, ot' short 

 duration, compared with the other. 



4. M. azedarak. Willd. 2. 558. 



Leaves bipinnate; /f'o^e^A- obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrate, taper pointed, of a deep shining green. 



Shum-shu of the Chinese ai Canton. 



Melia azadiracta. Gcert. sent. 2 p. 474. 1. 180. / 9. 



A native of China, &c. In the B;)tanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta it flowers during the hot season, thrives luxuriant- 

 ly and quickly becomes a large useful timber tree, of very 



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