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petiolules very short, slentler. Flowers small, white, in axillary corvni- 

 bose panicles which are shorter than the lea\es ; peduncles long, slender; 

 pedicels short. Calyx pubescent outside, 5-toothed ; teeth short, tri- 

 angular. Petals g iu. long, membranous, oblong, acute, pubescent 

 outside. Stamens a little shorter than the petals ; filaments hairy 

 inside, the teeth sharp and as long as the anthers. Ovary glabrous ; 

 style short ; stigma capitate, shortly 5-lobed. Berry 4-—!- in. in diam., 

 globose, 5-lobed, scarlet. Seeds angular. PI. B. I. v. 1, p. 545 ; Harms, 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzsnf. v. 3, part 4, p. 281, fig. 158, a-d ; Trim, 

 n. Ceyl. V. 1, p. 245 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 39 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. U (1897) p. 2G9. Mallea Eothii, A. Juss. in Mem. Mus. 

 Par. V. 19 (1830) p. 222, t. 13, fig. 6 ; Grab. Cat. p. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 37. — Plowers : Sept. Veen. Gudmei. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! Deccan : abundant on the Kartriz Ghat near Poona, Graham ; 

 Kadakvasla near Poona, Cooke ! ; Khandala, Woodroiu. S. M. Country : Belgauni 

 hills, Ritchie, 110! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Cejlou, Java. 



5. AZADIRACHTA, A. Juss. Mem. Mel. (1830) p. 68, t. 2, n. 5; 

 C. De Candolle, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 1, p. 459, t. 6, fig. 10. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets serrate. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, in axillary panicles. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, much 

 exceeding the calyx, free, imbricate. Staminal-tube a little shorter 

 than the petals, laciniate at the apex ; anthers within the tube at its 

 apex, sessile, opposite to the lacinise. Disk 0. Ovary 3-celled, the cells 

 opposite the petals ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral ; style much ex- 

 ceeding the ovary ; stigma shortly cylindric, 3-toothed. Drupe 1-seeded ; 

 endoearp woody. Seed exalbuminous, ellipsoid ; cotyledons very thick 

 and fleshy, acutely 2-lobed at the base ; radicle exserted from the 

 cotyledons, superior. — Disteib. India, Ceylon, Java ; species 1. 



1. Azadirachta indica, A. Juss. in Mem. Mus. Par. v. 19 (1830) 

 p. 221. A large tree 40-50 ft. high, with a straight trunk. Leaves 

 simply phmate, 8-15 in. long, crowded near the ends of the branches; 

 leaflets 9-12, subopposite, 1-3 by g-lj in., obliquely lanceolate, some- 

 times falcate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous on both surfaces, base inequi- 

 lateral, acute ; petiolules very short. Flowers white, fragrant, in 

 branched glabrous panicles shorter than the leaves ; bracts minute, 

 lanceolate, caducous. Calyx puberulous outside, divided almost to the 

 base ; lobes rotund-ovate, minutely ciliolate. Petals \ in. long, obovate- 

 oblong, faintly puberulous outside, ciliolate. Staminal-tube glabrous, a 

 little shorter than the petals, obconic, the lacinite truncate and toothed 

 at the apex ; anthers 10, opposite the laciniae and a little shorter than 

 them, apiculate. Disk 0. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled, the cells opposite to 

 the petals ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral ; stigma 3-toothed, included 

 in the tube. Drupes the shape of an olive, g-f in. long, glabrous, 

 1-seeded. Grab. Cat. p. 30 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 36 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 244 ; DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 1, p. 459, t. 6, fig. 10 ; Harms, in Engl. 

 & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 287, fig. 160, m-s. Melia Aza- 

 dirachta, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 385 ; Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 544 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 38 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 269 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 211. — Flowers : Mar.-May. Veen. Mm. 



