MELIACE^ 21 



Melicope indica Wt.y RB.I. i 492, VII I. A shrub or 

 small tree. Leaflet one only, shining, 3 to 4 inches long 

 narrowed to the base with long petiole. Flowers % inch 

 diameter, two or three together on axillary peduncles 

 of 2 to 4 inches. Carpels in fruit J^ inch, one-seeded. 

 Wt. Ic. 1051. 



Nilgiris in woods near Avalanche, on the Kundahs. 



TODDAUA. 



Toddalia asiatica Lamk. called T. aculeata Pers. in 

 Vol. I p. 72. 



Var. floribunda. This is the plant described in Vol. I, 

 a climbing shrub. Vol. II t. 57. 



Var, obtusifolia. An ferect shrub, with obtuse leaflets 

 in roadside hedges near Kotagiri. Fyson 6219, 6361. 



ACRONYCHIA. f.b.i. 33 x. 



Trees with I rarely 3-foliate leaves, and small 



flowers in long-peduncled cymes, the parts in fours 



(stamens 8). Ovary not deeply lobed, fruit a 4-celled 



drupe. 



Species few, in tropical Asia, Australia and the Pacific 

 islands. 



Acronychia laurifolia Blume; F.B.I. i 498, X i. 

 Leaflet 3 to 9 inches, thick, peduncles 3 to 6 inches, 

 cymes as broad corymbs. Petals with white hairs inside 

 at the base. t. 302. Wight 111. t. 65. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor on roadsides, not above. Pulneys : 

 Shembaganur, etc. Fyson 6253. 



MELIACE/E. 



Trees with pinnate or bi-pinnate leaves and rather 

 small flowers in large axillary panicles, characterized by 

 the stamens being united into a tube bearing the anthers 

 sessile in the inner side. Fruit a drupe. 



