MELIACE^. (mahogany FAMILY.) 63 



4-5, distinct or partly united, valvate in the bud. Stamens mostly 

 twice as many as the petals, and opposite them. Anthers introrse. 

 Ovary 1-4-celled. Ovules few, anatropous. Style single, filiform. 

 Fruit drupaceous, often surrounded with the enlarged calyx, 1-celled, 

 1-seeded. Embryo straight in the axis of fleshy albumen. 



1. XIMENIA, Plum. 



Calyx small, 4-toothed. Petals 4, united at the base, villous within. Sta- 

 mens 8. Ovary 4-celled, the cells 3- 4-ovuled. Drupe baccate; not enclosed 

 in the calyx. — Thorny trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers axil- 

 lary, single or corymbose. 



1. X. Americana, L. Smooth; leaves 2-3 together, oblong, obtuse, 

 short-petioled ; peduncles 2-4-flowered, shorter than the leaves; petals thick, 

 lanceolate, spreading above, rusty-hairy within. — South Florida. — Thorns 

 stout, Y long. Leaves 2' long. Flowers small, yellow. Drupe yellow, 

 roundish, as large as a plum. Nut white, globose. 



2. SCHCEPFIA, Wallich. 



Calyx truncate, calyculate. Petals united into a 4-.5-cleft tube, smooth 

 within. Stamens 4 or 5, opposite the lobes. Ovary 3-celled, the cells 1- 

 ovuled. Stj'le 3-furrowed; stigma 3-lobed. Drupe 1-3-seeded. — Shrubs 

 or trees. Flowers small, on axillary peduncles. 



1. S. arborescens, R. & S. Branches smooth, brittle; leaA'es ovate- 

 lanceolate, short-petioled; peduncles short, single or clustered, 3-flowered; 

 corolla beU-shaped, red. — South Florida. A small tree. 



Order 25. MELIACE^S:. (Mahogaxy Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate exstipulate leaves, and regular hy- 

 pogynous panicled flowers. Sepals 3-5, distinct or united. Petals 

 3-5. Stamens twice as many, united into a tube. Anthers included. 

 Ovary 3-5-celled, few-many-ovaled. Style single. Seeds anatro- 

 pous. Cotyledons leafy. 



1. SWIETENIA, L. Mahogany. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Style short. Capsules woody, 5- 

 celled, many-seeded. Seeds winged. — Trees, with pinnate leaves. 



1. S. Mahogoni, L. Leaves abruptly pinnate, the leaflets entire ; pani- 

 cles axillary, with greenish yellow flowers ; capsule very large. — Keys of 

 South Florida. 



2. MELIA, L. Pride of Ixdia. 



Calyx .5-cleft, and flowers as in the preceding, but the fruit baccate, with a 

 single wingless seed in each cell. 



