380 



Ordo LIV. MELIACEAE Juss. 



(.ItC. Prodr. 1. 619 [eicl. trib. 3]. - Walp. Ann. II. 226.) 



Tribus I. MELIEAE Artr. Juss. 



Embryo in axi albuminis tenuis carnosi, cohjledonib. foliaeeit radicula 



exserta, 



5518A. .111 MIOYI \ Wght. 



(Walp. Rcp. I. 426.) 



I. MUNRONIA JAVANICA Bfinnet. (Walp. Rep. I. 426). — Lemnire jard. Ileur. IV. lal». 

 360. — The garden corapan. (1852) p. 121. c. lab. I. c. Qg. 1. 



5519. TtRHAK % Linn. 

 (DC. Prodr. I. 620. — Walp. Ann. II. 226.) 



1. TURRAEA LOBATA Lindl. (Walp. Rep. V. 373 n. 1). — v. Schlechtd. in Linnaea 

 XXV. p. 216. 



Diagn. reform.: F. subrhombeis antice Irilobis v. 3- v. 5 - dentatis, 

 poslice cuneatis integerrimis; florib. axillarib. solitariis; petalis colum- 

 nam aequantib. spatlnilatis; columnae laciniis subulatis anthera duplo 

 longiorib., styli incrassata parte tantum exserla, stigmate 5 - lobo. 

 In Sierra Leone leg. Whiifield. 



2. TURRAEA GRACILIFLORA Schldl. — v. Schlechld. in Linn. XXV. p. 217. 



F. ovatis acuminatis, b. in petiolum acutalis, varie regulariter v. 

 irregulariter lobatis dentatisve, fasciculis florum axillaribus peduncu- 

 latis; petalis columna sesquilongioribus, sublinearibus; columnae laci- 

 niis subulalis anlheram aequantib., stylo longius exserlo vix dilalato, 

 sligmate convexo integerrimo. 



Patriam huj. speciei ignoramus sed cx alfinitate Africam tiopicam csse persuasum 



habernus. — Cfr. I. c. pl. descript. 



5520. NKIjI \ Unn. 

 (UC. Prodr. I. 621. — Walp. Rep. V. 373.) 



1. MELIA JAPONICA Don ; Hsskl. (Walp. Rcp. V. 373 ubi diagnosis reformata). — Hass- 

 karl in Retzia I. p. 144. 



Descript.: F. 13—15 poll. lg., 9—11 poll. I., circumscript. ovata; foliolaS— 7 ovato- 

 lanc. , longiuscule ct acute acuminnta, l'/ 2 — %'/• |>oll. lg., 10—16 lin. 1., ad med. ple- 

 rumque integerrima, supra med. aut integerr. aut obsolete crenulata, in acumine in- 

 legerrima, b. subinaequalia , juvenilia supra parlim et subt. dense albido - punctulata 

 e pilis stellalia microscopicis multiradiatis ct ramosis , dein supra glabrata. Paniculac 

 axill. , f. suo breviores , 2 — 3-chotomae, ram. divaricatis. Fl. lilacini odoratissimi. 

 Tubus stamineus violaceus. E Japonia introdocta. — Arbor circ. 30' alta, 



