304 II'*^- MELIACEAE 



with many pairs of leaflets. Panicles very large, many-flowered. 

 — Species 4. Tropics. They yield timber, oily seeds, and medicaments. 



Carapa Aubl, 



11. Ovary 2 — 3-celled, rareh' i-celled with 2 — 3 placentas. Stamens 6 — 



12 12 



Ovary 4 — 20-celled, rarely later on i-cellcd with 4 — 5 placentas. . . 19 



12. Anthers inserted below the mouth of the staminal tube, entirely or almost 



included. Disc stalk-like or wanting. Seeds cxalbuminous. Leaflets 



6—25 13 



Anthers inserted at the upper edge of the staminal tube, or at the top of 

 its lobes, or in the notches between them 14 



13. Leaflets serrate. Flowers 5-merous. Anthers inserted at the base of the 



lobes of the staminal tube. Disc none. Ovary septate. Stigma 

 2 — 3-parted. Fruit a i-seeded drupe. Radicle of the embryo ex- 

 serted. - — Species i. East Africa. Yields timber, oily seeds, and 



medicaments. (Under Melia L.) Azadirachta Juss. 



Leaflets entire. Stigma discoid. Fruit a 2- or more-seeded capsule 

 or berry. Radicle included. — Species 7. West Africa. Yield timber. 

 (Including Bingeria A. Chev. and Heckeldora Pierre) . . Guarea L. 



14. Filaments united at the base only, 2-toothed at the top ; anthers inserted 



between the teeth. Petals 5, valvate in bud. Fruit a berry or drupe 

 Seeds albuminous. Leaves 3-foliolate. ■ — Species 2. Madagascar and 



Comoro Islands Clpadessa Blume 



Filaments united high up, rai'ely {Trichilia) at the base only, but then 

 fruit a capsule and seeds cxalbuminous 15 



15. Ovary i-celled, adnate to the staminal tube. Stigma sessile. Anthers 



inserted at the rim of the almost entire staminal tube. Disc stalk-like. 

 Flowers 4-merous. Leaflets usually 5. — Species i. iVfadagascar. 



Symphytosiphon Harms 

 Ovary 2 — 3-celled 16 



16. Flowers solitary, axillary, rarely in spikes. Anthers 10, inserted at the 



tips of the teeth of the staminal tube. Disc ring-shaped. Style long. 

 Fruit capsular, subglobose. Seeds with 3 narrow wings and with 

 fleshy albumen. Small shrubs. Leaves with a narrowly winged 

 stalk and 3 woolly leaflets. — Species i. Southern West Africa (Angola). 

 Used medicinally, {Nelanaregam Adans.) Naregamia Wight & Arn. 

 Flowers in panicles, rarely in racemes. Leaves with 5 or more leaflets, 

 rarely with 3, but then seeds cxalbuminous 17 



17. Leaflets 5 — 7, toothed, clothed with stellate hairs ; leafstalk winged. 



Anthers 10, inserted between the lobes of the staminal tube, which are 

 divided in filiform segments. Disc ring-shaped. Style short. — Species 

 I. West Africa (Cameroons). The bark is eaten and used medicinally. 



Pterorhachis Harms 



Leaflets entire, very rarely toothed, but then anthers 8, inserted at the 



entire mouth of the staminal tube. Seeds exalbuminous. ... 18 



