MELIACEAE 273 
or the terminal one oblong-obovate, acuminate, 7 to 12 cm long. Racemes 8 
to 20 em long. Flowers bright-red, the corolla about 2.5 cm long. 
Cultivated only, fl. Nov.-March. A native of tropical America, of com- 
paratively recent introduction here. 
71. BURSERACEAE (CANARIUM OR PILI FAMILY) 
Trees or shrubs, resiniferous, with alternate or opposite, odd-pinnate 
leaves. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, paniculate or racemose. Flow- 
ers small, regular, perfect or polygamous. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed. Petals 
3 to 6, free, rarely connate, imbricate or valvate. Disk annular or cup- 
shaped. Stamens 3 to 12, equal or unequal, inserted at the base of, or on 
the margin of the disk, free, or sometimes united at the base. Ovary free, 
1- to 5-celled; ovules 1 or 2 in each cell; style simple. Fruit drupe-like, 
indehiscent, the pulp usually thin, the endocarp bony, often 3-angled, 
1- to 3-seeded. 
Genera 19, species about 400 in the tropics of both hemispheres, 4 genera 
and about 40 species in the Philippines. 
1. CANARIUM Linnaeus 
Usually large trees with fragrant sticky resin. Leaves alternate, odd- 
pinnate. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary, often narrow panicles, 
perfect or polygamous. Calyx short, 3-lobed. Petals 3, free. Stamens 6, 
‘inserted on the margin of the disk, or outside of it. Ovary 2- or 3-celled; 
ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe ovoid to ellipsoid, often distinctly 3-angled, 
the pulp thin, the stone 1- to 3-celled, 1- to 3-seeded. (From the Malay 
name of one species.) 
Species about 100 in tropical Asia and Malaya, about 35 in the Philip- 
pines. 
1. C. villosum (Blume) F.-Vill. Pagsainguin (Tag.). 
A tree reaching a height of 20 m, the young branches, leaves, and in- 
florescence more or less covered with soft brown hairs, in age becoming 
nearly glabrous. Leaves 20 to 50 cm long; leaflets 7 to 15, ovate to oblong- 
ovate, 6 to 18 cm long, entire, acuminate, base rounded or subcordate, 
oblique, the nerves prominent beneath. Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, 
10 to 30 cm long, the primary branches distant, very short, or sometimes 
none. Flowers pubescent, greenish-white, 4 to 5 mm long, sessile, fasci- 
culate. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, terete, not 3-angled, about 1 cm long. (FI. 
Filip. pl. 343, C. pimela.) 
In thickets, Masambong, occasional, fl. Mar.—Apr.; widely distributed in 
the Philippines. Endemic. 
72. MELIACEAE (SANTOL FAMILY) 
Trees or shrubs, rarely small undershrubs or herbs, with alternate, 
usually pinnate, sometimes 2- or 3-pinnate, rarely simple leaves. Flowers 
perfect or polygamo-dioecious, regular, in axillary or terminal panicles, 
racemes, spikes, or fascicles. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed, rarely entire or of free 
sepals. Petals 3 to 6, free or connate at the base, sometimes cohering with 
the staminal tube below. Anthers 4 to 12, sessile, usually borne inside of, 
or on the margin of a staminal tube. Disk tubular, annular, or none. 
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