3^4 XXXV. MELiACE^. [McUa. 



(i) M. composita Willd. Sp. PL ii. 558 ; King, I.e. 18. 



Tall tree. Stem thick. Leaves i to 2 ft. long; leaflets 5 to 

 II, ovate-lanceolate or round, often oblique at base, 2 in. long, 

 6 in. wide. Panicle sub-terminal, 7 in. long. Flowers "2 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Petals linear-spathulate, concave. 

 Staminal-tube lo-toothed. Stigma 5-toothed. Drupe ovoid, i to 

 1-5 in. long, yellow. Hah. Penang Hill (Maingay). Probably 

 planted. Distrib. India, Australia, Africa. 



(2) M. Azadirachta Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 385; Hook. F.B.I, i. 

 544- 



Large or small tree. Leaves simply pinnate. Leaflets 9 to 15 

 lanceolate acuminate oblique serrate i to 3 in. long, "5 to 1-5 in. 

 wide. Panicles slender 6 to 7 in. long. Flowers white i in. long. 

 Fruit oblong, -5 to 75 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Griffith). The 

 Neem tree, introduced, no doubt, from India. 



(3) M. Azedarach Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 384; Hook. Lc. 544; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1066. 



Small tree. Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 3 to 12, ovate or lanceo- 

 late acuminate serrate slightly oblique, -5 to 3 in. long, -3 to 1*2 in. 

 wide. Panicles small and lax. Flowers '25 to -3 in. long, lilac. 

 Stamen-tube purple. Ovary 5-celled. Drupe globose -5 in. 

 through, yellowish then brown. Cultivated in gardens, hardly 

 established outside. Disirih. India. 



Excluded Species 



M. EXCELSA Jack, Mai. Misc. 112 ; Hook. fiL Lc. 544, is a Chiso- 

 cJieton. 



3. SANDORICUM, Cav. 



Big trees. Leaves trifoliolate coriaceous. Flowers in axillary 

 panicles pentamerous imbricate. Calyx cup-shaped, tube adnate 

 to the ovary base, lobes short. Petals oblong obtuse recurved. 

 Stamen-tube cylindric, nearly as long as the petals, lo-toothed ; 

 anthers 10 or 8 included. Disc tubular embracing the ovary and 

 base of the style. Ovary immersed in calyx-tube narrowed upwards 

 to the columnar style, 5-celled; ovules 2 in each cell collateral. 

 Stigmas 5 erect. Berry globose pericarp; leathery indehiscent 

 3- to 5-celled. Seeds as many, with a sweet white translucent aril. 

 Species 7, Indo-Malayan. 



Stigmas united, tips recurved . . . . (i) S. nervosum 



Stigmas distinct; stamen-tube cylindric. 



Leaves thin ovate, pubescent, 4 to 8 in. long . (2) S. indicum 

 Leaflets thick obovate, narrow to base, glabrous, 



2 to 4 in. long (3) S. emarginatum 



Leaflets stiff elliptic glabrous j to 5 in. long; 



stamen-tube ventricose at top . . ■ (4) S. Maingayi 



