30 J. Perkins: 



Meliaceae 



by 

 J. Perkins. 



Xylocarpus Koenig. 

 1. Xylocarpus ol>OYatiis (Blume) Juss. 



Luzon, Prov. Principe, Baler (Merrill no. 1085; in flower in 

 a. 1903); Prov. Camarines Sar, Pasacao (Ahern no. 80: a. 1902); 

 Island of Culion (Merrill no. 551; December 1902). 



Cipadessa BI. 

 1. Cipadessa Warlmrijii Perk, in Notizblatt des Konigl. botan. 

 Gartens und Museums zu Berlin No. 32 (30. Aug. 1903). Tree 

 or shrub; branches subterete; branchlets yellow-pilose. Leaves 

 unequally pinnate, 22 — 24 cm long, 4 — 5-jugate, common 

 petiole yellow -pilose, about 5 cm long; leaflets opposite, petio- 

 lulate, with petiolule 5 mm long, membranaceous, entire, upper 

 surface on the nerves and veins thinly, on the lower densely 

 pilose, at the margins with yellow hairs; lower ones elliptic- ovate, 

 3 — 5 cm long, 2 — 3,75 cm wide, the base rounded or cuneate, 

 unequal -sided, the rest oblong or obovate- oblong, 6,5—10 cm 

 long, 3 — 4 cm wide, broadly acuminate, cuneate, terminal leaflet 

 like the upper ones, nerves 7 — 9, spreading, curving. Inflores- 

 cence paniculate, axillary; 6,5 — 7,5 cm long, branches few. 

 Calyx subobtuse, 5 -toothed, externally yelloAv- pilose. Petals 

 2,5 mm long, 1mm wide, externally densely pilose. Stamens 

 9 — 10, 1,5 mm long, 0,75 mm wide, united at the base forming 

 a tube, filaments densely pilose, apex 2-toothed, between the 

 teeth the anthers; anthers oblong. Ovary glabrous, globose; 

 style very short; stigma three-lobed. 



North-Luzon, Pica Blanca (WARnuR(; no. 12357). 



Melia Linn. 

 1. Melia Caiidollei Juss. 



Luzon, Prov. Rizal, Bosoboso (Merrill no. 1876; April 1903); 

 Prov. Tayabas, Guinayangan (Merrill no. 2019); Mindoro Isl., 

 Pola (Merrill no. 2214; May 1903). 



