A^o-/aia.] MeliacecB. 245 



4. CIPADESSA,* 5/. 



Shrubs or trees; 1. imparipinnate; fl. in axillary panicles; 

 cal. 5-toothed; pet. 5, valvate; stam, 10, fil. coherent only at 

 base, bifid at apex with anth. between teeth ; ov. 5 -celled, 

 with 2 collateral ovules in each cell ; fruit a small berry^ 

 5-celled ; seeds i or 2 in each cell, with fleshy endosperm. — 

 Sp. 4; I in FL B. Ind. 



C. fruticosa, Bl. Bijd. 162 (1850). Kal-bembiya, 6". 



Melia parvijiora, Moon Cat. 315. J\ fallen Rothii, A. Juss.; Thw. Enum. 

 60. C. P. 496. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 545. Bedd. Y\. Sylv., t. anal. 8., f. 5 (fls. only). 



A small, much-branched shrub, young parts silky ; 1, not 

 crowded, pinnate, rachis 4-10 in., glabrous, Iflts. 2-3 pair and 

 a terminal one, opposite, shortly stalked, oval, acute at both 

 ends, very coarsely serrate, finely hairy on the veins on both 

 sides ; fl. small, in long-stalked, axillary, corymbose panicles 

 3-4 in. long; cal. hairy, teeth acute; pet. narrowly oval, hairy 

 outside, spreading; fil. hairy within, teeth of fil. sharp, as long 

 as anth.; style short, stigma capitate, 5-lobed ; berry small, 

 under ^in., globose, 5-lobed, juicy, scarlet; seeds angular. 



Low country, up to 2000 ft.; very common. Fl. Jan., Feb.; white. 

 Also in Southern India and Java. 



Liable to be confused with Briicea snniafrana, which, however, has 

 the leaves much more silky with yellow hairs. 



5. AG-Z«AIA, Lour. 



Trees ; 1. imparipinnate ; fl. small, globose, polygamo- 

 dicecious ; cal. deeply 5-lobed, imbricate ; pet. 5, imbricate ; 

 stam. -tube subglobose, nearly entire at mouth, anth. 5, in- 

 cluded; ov. 2-celled, style very short; fruit a fleshy, i -celled 

 berry, pericarp thin; seed solitary or 2, with a thick, succulent 

 testa ; cotyledons thick, entire or 2-lobed, no endosperm. — 

 Sp. 59 ; 14'm Fl B. Ind. 



L. densely scaly beneath ; fr. i in diam. . . i. A. APIOCARPA. 



L. glabrous beneath ; fr. under f in. diam. . . 2. A. Roxburghiana. 



I. A. apiocarpa, Hiern in Fl. B. Ind. i. 555 (1875). 

 Milnea apiocarpa., Thw. Enum. 60. Cas. DC. in Mon. Phan. i. 620. 

 C. P. 405. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 555. 



A small tree, the young parts covered with minute, dark- 

 brown scales ; 1. pinnate, variable in size, rachis 3-8 in., Iflts. 



* Cipadessa, the Malay name. 



