3^2 XXXIV. BURSHRACii.'E. [Icicaslcr. 



Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 14 to 15 in. through. Branchlets pube- 

 rulous. Leaves 5 to 10 in. long ; leaflets coriaceous oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate, base round slightly oblique, glabrous except mid- 

 rib beneath; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 2 to 4 in. long, "9 to i'5 in. 

 wide; petiolules "15 to '3 in. long. Panicles numerous 3 in. long. 

 Flowers green 'i in. long. Calyx tomentose. Petals tip subulate 

 inflected. Anthers ovate. Ovary in female glabrous. Drupe 

 •4 to '5 in. long yellow beadlike. Hab. In forests. Singapore, 

 Bukit Mandai. Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Malacca, Ching (Griffith). 

 Selandor (Goodenough). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Selangor. 

 Kwala Lumpur. 



Order XXXV. MELIACE.^. 



Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate pinnate (rarely simple, 

 TurrcBa, Beddoniea) ; leaflets opposite or alternate more or less at 

 base. Flowers bisexual or unisexual regular in axillary panicles 

 usually racemose or spicate, white or yellow. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed 

 rarely entire or with free sepals, usually imbricate in bud. Petals 

 3 to 6, free, rarely connate at base. Stamens 3 to 12, insert out- 

 side a disc; filaments connate in a tube (free in Cedrela) ; anthers 

 sessile in the tube hardly exsert. Disc tubular, annular or obsolete. 

 Ovary 3-celled; ovules 2 in a cell; style i. Stigma capitate. 

 Fruit capsular, drupaceous or baccate with coriaceous pericarp. 

 Seed arillate. About 700 species, mostly tropical, both hemi- 

 spheres (King, Jottni. As. Soc. Beng. Ixiv. (2), 16). 



Stamens united in a tube. Cells of ovary i- to 

 2-ovuled. 

 Leaves simple ; flowers axillary . . . i. Turr^a 



Leaflets serrate . . . . . .2. Melia 



Leaflets entire ; flowers and staminal tube 

 elongate, narrow. 

 Leaves trifoliate; fruit baccate; stigma 3- to 



5-toothed ...... 3. Sandoricum 



Leaves pinnate; fruit capsular; stigma i, 

 entire. 

 Petals in 2 rows; disc short below ovary . 4. MEGAPHVLLiEA 

 Petals in one row ; disc short, annular . . 5. Chisocheton 



Disc cylindric, longer than ovary ... 6. Dysoxylum 

 Flowers globose ; stamen-tube globose. 

 Petals 3; stamens 6 or 10 .... 7. Amoora 



Petals 3 ; stamens 3 or 6 ; flowers unisexual 



on different trees ...... 8. Aphanamixis 



Petals 5 ; fruit pulpy indehiscent ; style none . 9. Aglaia 

 Petals 5 ; fruit large pulpy indehiscent ; style thick lo. Lansium 



Stamens only partly joined exsert. 



Petals 5 ; fruit baccate . . . . .11. Walsura 



Petals 4 or 5 ; fruit capsular . .12. Heynea 



Leaves simple, anthers on a flesh}' ring . 13. Beddomea 



