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jf Disk annular, or undistiiiguishabie from the tliickened base of the ovary. 



Stamens equal iu uumber to or not twice as manv as petals. Flowers 



very small, globular ' 4. Aglau. 



stamens twice as many as petals. 

 ,' Stamiual tube truncate or scarcely crenulate, the anthers included 



or scarcely protruding. Capsule hard. 



Ovules 1 (rarely 2 superposed) iu each cell 5. Amooka. 



Ovules 2, parallel, attached to a pendulous placenta, which in 



the fruit is a thick arillus between the two seeds .... 6. SvNOUir. 

 Stamiual tube toothed, with the anthers protruding between the 

 teeth. Ovules solitary. Drupe globular, wifb a woody or 



^ stony putanieu 7. Owenia. 



Stamiual tube truncate or crcnate. Ovules more than 2 iu each cell. 



Leaflets reticulate 8. Carapa. 



Iribe III. Cedrelese. — Stamens free. Ovules more than 2 in each cell. Seeds 

 v)in(jed. Leaves pmnate or rarely shnple. . 



Petals erect. Disk thick. Capsule smooth. Leaves not dotted . . 9. Cedrela. 

 etaJs s])reading. Disk broadly cupular. Capsule inuricate. Leaves 

 Fllucid-dotted 10. Flindeksia. 



' ^ ^^^^^ I. Melie^e. — stamens united in a tube. Ovules 2 in each cell, 

 fcieeds not winged, albuminous. Leaves various. 



TURR^A 



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yalyx 4- or 5-tootlied orlobed. Petals 4 or 5, elongated, free. Stamiual tube 

 cylnidrical, toothed at the sujiimit, antliers S or 10, wltliin the sunnnit of the 

 tube. Disk anmdar or none. Ovary 5-, 10- or 20-ccllcd; style filiform, with 

 auisk-Iike stigma; ovules 2 in eaeh cell, superposed. Capsule 5- or sevcral- 

 ceiJed, opening locidicidally in as many coriaceous valves. Seeds oblong, with 



a broad ventral hilum, sometimes winged; albumen fleshy, cotyledons leaf- 



^ '" Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple. Peduncles axillary, bearing few, white 

 flowers. "^ ° . 



1 he genus extends over tropical Asia and Africa; the Australian species is found also in 

 tne Indian Archipelago. 



1. T. pubescens, IMlen. ; Willd, Spec. FL ii. 555. A shrub or small 

 tree. Leaves at the time of flowering small, from obovate and emarginate to 

 ovate-lanceolate and acuminate, pubescent as well as the young shoots ; when 

 ii^ll-grown ovate, shortly acuminate, 2 to 3, or even 4 in, long, somewhat 

 conaceous, quite glabrous or slightly pubescent underneath. Flowers white, 

 sweet-scented, in axillaiy clusters or short racemes of 3 to 6. Petals narrow, 

 ^mear-spathulate, 1 to 1^ in. long. Stamiual tube rather shorter, with 10 

 Short teeth, each one niore or less divided into 2 to 4 lobes, or rarely entire, 

 ^lyle exserted. Pruit nearly globular, 5 -celled, furrowed opposite the dis- 

 sepinients, 3 to 4 lines diameter in some specimens, \ in. in others, opening 

 locuheidally in 5 valves, leaving the greater part of the membranous dissepi- 

 ^euts attached to the axis. Seeds not winged.— T. Billardieri, A. Juss. in 

 J-^em. Mus. Par. xix. 218; Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 181 (from the character 

 ^^^c^O ; T. coucinna, Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 182. 



Queensland. Broad Sound, Keppel Bay, etc., R. Brown; Cape York, 3PGiUlvray ; 

 uuuay Island, N.E. coast, A. Cunnhigham ; BufdekLn and Pine rivers, Fitzalan ; Tarama 

 ^^s, leichhardt; Rockhamptou, Tkozet ; Mount Liudsay, W. U'dL 



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