212 XXXVI. MELIACE^. 



|-| in. long. Male flowers about ^ in. long, in axillary lax branched 

 sparingly lepidote panicles about equalling the leaves ; peduncles long ; 

 pedicels short. Calyx lepidote outside, 3-lobed ; lobes rounded, ciliolate. 

 Petals 3, longer than the calyx, broadly elliptic, concave, glabrous, 

 Stauiinal-tube scarcely shorter than the petals, obovoid, irregularly 

 and obtusely 5-7-toothed ; anthers 6, attached half way up the tube. 

 Rudimentary ovary stalked, ovoid-oblong, truncate, obscurely grooved. 

 1'emale or HEKMAPHEODiTE ELowEES a little larger than the male, in 

 few-flowered supra-axillary racemes about 2 in. long. Calyx, petals and 

 staminal-tube as in the male. Ovary lepidote, ovate, 3-angled, 3-celled ; 

 stigma sessile, large, 3-lobed. Fruit depressed, globular, 2-5 in. in 

 diam., dehiscing by 3 valves ; pericarp coriaceous. Seeds 3, rounded, 

 triconous, with an orange-colored aril. Fl. B. I. v. 1 , p. 560; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 37 ; DC. Monogr. Phan. v. ], p. 583; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 41 ; King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 64 (1895) p. 55 ; "Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 224. 



S. M. Country : Pc'trva GliAt ("Belgaum Collectorate), Dalzell ^- Gibson. — Distrib. 

 India, Lower Bengal and the Andamans. 



3. Amoora Lawii, Biem, m Hool: f. Fl. B. I. (1875) v. 1, p. 561. 

 A moderate-sized tree ; young branches lepidote with yellowish-brown 

 scales, at length glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, 6-9 in. long ; common 

 petiole short ; leaflets 1-2 pairs and an odd one, opposite or sub- 

 alternate, 24-4| by 1-1 1 in., elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, base rounded or acute, subequilateral ; petiolules ^-g in. long. 

 Plcwers white, in axillary much-branched panicles clothed with 

 yellowish-brown scales. Calyx lepidote, truncate, more or less obscurely 

 4-toothed. Petals usually 4, glabrous, ^ in. long, broadly elliptic-oblong. 

 Staminal-tube subentire at rhe apex, glabrous outside, slightly ribbed 

 inside ; anthers 8 (rarely 7), long, triangular-oblong, attached near the 

 base of the staminal-tube, the tips just level with its apex. Ovary 

 conical, 3-celled, lepidote; style almost 0: stigma 3-toothed. Fruit 

 biiii'-coloured, pyriform, densely lepidote, 1 in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 561 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p."41 ; DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 1, p. 585. 

 Epicharis exarillata, INimmo, in Grab. Cat. p. 31. Neviedra ^immonii, 

 Dalz. in Dalz. & Gibs. p. 37. — Flowers : Dec-Jan, Vekn. Burumh. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Law 1, Dahell\ ; hills about Nagotna, &i-nham ; Karjat, Woodrow ! ; 

 Amboli Ghat, AVm?i!/i:ar ! Dkccan : Khandala, 6'r«^o?H ; Pargliat, 6>r///iT»;. Kanaka: 

 tbroughoiit the evergreen forests of N. Kunara ; very comnjou in the Ainshi Ghat 

 forests, Taihot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



4. Amoora canarana, Uiem, in Tlool-.f. Fl. B. I. v. 1 (1875) p. 560. 

 A tree ; young parts, inflorescence and calyx lepidote. Leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate, 6-15 in. long; leaflets 4-6 pairs, subalteriiate, 3-7 by Ig— 

 ^■| in., oblong, acute or acuminate, glabrous above, lepidote beneath, 

 narrowed at the base ; petiolules \-h in. long. Flowers small, in dense di- 

 varicately-branched panicles much shorter than the leaves ; buds globose ; 

 pedicels short. Calyx obtusely 3-5-tootlied, lepidote outside. Petals 

 3-4, orbicular, glabrous, -yL in. long. Staminal-tul)e obovoid, glabrous, 

 truncate or very faintly and obscurely toothed at the apex, the mouth 

 open ; anthers 6, sessile, attached near the mouth of the tube, the tips 

 just exserted. Ovary lepidote; style 0; stigma 3-toothed. Fruit 



