22 MELlACE/E 



Species about 400 mostly in the tropics of both hemis- 

 pheres, and especially in the Indian Archipelago. Common 

 trees of the plains are Azadirachta indica Z., the Neem or 

 Margosa : Meiia azedarach Z., the Persian Lilac ; Chloroxylon 

 swietenia DC, the Satin Wood or White Cedar ; Cedrela 

 toona Roxb. Swietenia mahagoni Z., Mahogany, a native of 

 the West Indies, is planted in gardens. 



KEY TO THE GENERA. 

 Stamens united into a tube, each one with two lateral teeth 



HEYNEA. 



Stamens free, leaves 2 to 3 feet long, leaflets many, 2 to 7 

 inches long cedrela. 



HEYNEA. F.B.I. 37 XIII. 



Trees. Leaflets opposite, with one terminal, quite 

 entire. Panicles terminal and axillary, on long pedun- 

 cles. Flowers small. Stamens connate into a tube, with 

 two teeth to each on either side of the anther. Stigma 

 thickened at the base, two to three cleft at top. Fruit 

 one-celled, seeds surrounded with fleshy aril. 



Species very few; in India and adjacent islands. 



Hcynca trijuga Roxb. ; F,B.L i 565, XIII I. A small 

 or large tree. Leaflets ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous above. Flowers in corymbose panicles 

 standing above the leaves, small, pale cream in colour, 

 with bright orange-yellow stamens massed in the centre. 

 Fruit round, opening in two valves, with one seed, 

 t. 303. Bedd. Fl. Syl. t. Ixxxiv ; Curt. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1738. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, on roadsides and at lower level, common. 

 Fpon 6489. 



Ge7i. Dist. Eastern and Western Ghals, to 6,000 feet, forests of 

 Oudh, and the Himalaya, Khasia Mountains and southwards to Penang, 



CEDRELA. F.B.I. 37 XVIII. 



Cedrela toona Roxh, ; F.B.L i 568, XVIII I. A 

 handsome tree, with large pinnate leaves and small 



