Titrnm.] xxxv. MELiACEJi. 3S3 



Cells of ovary 2- to 8-ovuled ; fruit globose de- 

 hiscing with very large corky seeds . •14- Carapa 



Cells of ovary many-ovuled ; fruit capsular with 



winged seeds . . . . . • I5- Chickrassia 



Stamens quite separate ; seeds many wi)iged . . i6. Cedrela 



1. TURRiEA, Linn. 



Shrubs (or trees). Leaves alternate, simple. Inflorescence 

 axillary on short racemes. Flowers few (usually elongate, white) 

 or small green. Calyx small with 4 or 5 teeth. Petals 4 or 5, 

 elongate, narrow. Staminal-tube cylindric of 4 or 5 teeth with 

 slender filaments from the top ; anthers 4 to 10 with ligulate points 

 or apiculate. Disc none or thin lining the base of the stamen-tube. 

 Ovary 5- to 10- or 20-celled ; style filiform. Stigma discoid or capitate. 

 Capsule 5- or many-celled. Seeds i or 2 in a cell, 5 or more valved ; 

 valves coriaceous or woody. Seeds oblong curved, edges winged, wing 

 reflexed like an aril. Species 20, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia. 



(i) T. breviflora Ridl. 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves thin, membranous lanceolate acumin- 

 ate cuspidate, narrowed and cuneate at base ; nerves about 10 

 pairs elevate beneath, 6*5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. 

 Flowers 3 to 4, green on a very short 'i in. long raceme shortly 

 pedicelled. Sepals 5, very short lanceolate acute, pubescent. 

 Petals 5, linear blunt, green, -25 in. long. Stamen-tube stout, 

 cylindric, shorter than petals yviih rather long filaments alternating 

 with the anthers which are 10, sessile on the top of the tube, elliptic 

 terminating with a long process. Disc short, thin lining the tube- 

 base. Style rather stout, hairy; ovary conic. Stigma pulvinate- 

 capitate hairy. Hab. In woods. Not common, Singapore, Seran- 

 goon (Ridley). Selangor, Ranching on limestone rocks (Ridley); 

 Ulu Selangor (Goodenough). 



This plant is very unlike any of the Asiatic species, and only somewhat 

 resembles some of the African ones in its very short flowers. It may be 

 generically distinct, but till fruit is known it is inadvisable to separate it. 



2. MELIA, Linn. 

 Trees. Leaves pinnate or 2- to 3-pinnate, toothed (or entire). 

 Flowers panicled axillar3^ Calyx 5- to 6-lobed, imbricate. Petals 

 5 to 6 spathulate. Stamen-tube cylindric, dilate both ends, 10- 

 to i2-toothed ; anthers 10 to 12. Disc annular. Ovary 3- to 

 6-celled ; ovules 2 ; style slender. Stigma capitate. Fruit a 

 drupe. Species about 12, Indo-Malaya. 

 Big tree. 



Leaflets nearly entire ; petals concave ; drupe i to 



1-5 in. long . . . . . . (i) M. composita 



Small trees or shrubs. 



Leaflets always serrate; drupe "Gin. long. 



Leaflets 3:5 in. long (or less) ; flowers i in. long . (2) M. Azadirachta 

 Leaflets i'75 in. long, ovate cuspidate, hardly 



oblique; flowers 3 in. long . (3) M. Azedarach 



