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drupp, indehiscent or oponinc; lociilk'i(l:illy, rarely se])ticiil;illY. Albumen flesliy or 

 none. Jiadicle superior. Trees or shrubs with alternate, usually pinnate leaves. 

 Stipule none. Fluivers usually small, in panicles. 



A. Ovaiy-cells l-2-ovul((l. Seeds not winged. 



MELlEyE. 



Stamens united into a tube. Albumen thin,Jleshij. Cotyledons thin. 



* Capsule loculicidalhj b-valved. 



JlfXIiOXIA, Tfl't/llt. 



Cahjx-lobes 5, almost leafy. Petals adnate to the elongate stamiual tube. Disk 

 tubular, sheatliing the ovary. Leaves pinnate or pinnately 3-foliolate. 



M. (TrRiLEv) PIXNATA, "Wall. S. Pegu llauge. 



M. Wallichii and JVeilj/icrriea, Wight. 



* *" Fruit a drupe. 

 Melia, T.innaus. 

 Calyx 5-6-parted. Petah free. Disk annular. Drupes containing a single 

 1-5-celIed putamen. Leaves pinnate or decompound. 



* Leaves simply pinnate. Ovary i-celled. 

 M. EXCELSA, Jack. E.T. Mergui (probably cultivated). 



Leaflets entire. 



*JI. AZADiRACHTA, L. T. Avu and Trome. 



Azadiraehta Indicu, A. Juss. 



Thon-bor-liha-ma-kha. The ' Neom ' of India. 



Leaflets serrate. Drupes small, by abortion 1 -celled and 1 -seeded. 



Mason remarks : " It is cultivated by the Burmese for its medicinal qiuilities, 

 for which it is famous all over India. The bark has been successfully used in India 

 as a substitute for cinchona : the bitter oil of the fruit is a valuable anthclniintic : 

 the seeds are used in the destruction of insects, and the leaves, remarks Dr. Wright, 

 beaten into a pulp and thus externally applied, act as a charm in removing the most 

 intractable form of psora and other pustular erujitions." 



This valuable tn e must not be confounded with the next species, which it much 

 resembles. Kurz describes the wood as like mahogany, hard, heavy, and close- 

 grained, durable and taking a good polish. The tree also exudes a gum. It is a 

 tree highly deserving of being largely planted. 



* *■ Leaves twiee pinnate. Ovary and drujyes 5-S-ceUed, some of the cells in fruit 

 usually empty. 



X Drupes about i inch long, oblong or elliptical. 



M. AZADiRACHT, L. T. Ava. Trome. 



M. sempervirens. S\v. 

 J/", sambucina, Bl. 



Kha-ma-kha. Bead tree. 



Leaflets sen-ate ; staminal tube blue or dark lilac, slender, glabrous outside, 

 about 3 lines long. 



The wood of this tree is pale brown, or reddish, rather loose-grained. It is 

 light, and much used for coarse furniture, but is an inferior wood, though this tree is 

 often mistaken for the last. 



X X Drupes large, 1 inch long or longer. Staminal tube white. 

 M. BrRMAXrcA, Kz. T. Tropical forests of Martaban. 



Tor-kha-ma-kha (Kurz). 



