III.] 



MELIACE^. 



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Several valuable timber-trees belong to this Family; 

 amongst the rest, the Indian Satinwood {CJiloroxylon Swie- 

 ienia), and the American and West Indian Mahogany and 

 Cedar {Sii^iiefe/iid and Cedrela). 



Fig. 119. Melia Azedarach, with a detached drupe (much reduced) 



Chloroxylon differs from our type in its free stamens, and 

 (as does also the Mahogany-tree) in a dehiscent, woody, 

 capsular fruit. The fruit of Azadirachta is a one-seeded 

 drupe, from the pulp of which an oil is prepared in India. 

 Its bark and leaves are in repute as medicines. 



