on the Ilortns Mulabaricus, Part IF. 231 



Sanscrita name Ximbo, or Nhnbu, used by Acosta, by Garcias ab Ilorto, and 

 by John Bauhin, was not retained by moderns ; for the names Azedaracli and 

 Azadirachtu, applied to this and another species of tlie same genus, are both 

 corruptions of the same Persian words, signifying the tree Aza, the first cor- 

 ruption having been adopted by Dodonseus, and the latter by Breynius. The 

 similarity of the foliage of this tree and that of the Ash is so striking, as to 

 justify C. Bauhin in having described it Fraiuio s'lm'Uts ; and it is not impos- 

 sible tliat Aza and Ash may be the same word. 



Plukenct, from a very superficial resemblance of its fruit to an Olive, calls 

 the tree Olea Malabarka fraxineo folio e Maderaspatana {Aim. 269.), and gives 

 a figure {Pln/t. t. '2\T.f. 1.) representing the leaves especially, so that it cannot 

 be mistaken. This plant of Plukenet, with several of the synonyma belonging 

 to it, by the elder Burman was referred to his Azedarach fructu polypyreno 

 (Thes. Zeyl. 40.), instead of to his Azedarach foUis falcato serrafis (Thes. Zeyl. 

 40. 1. 15.), which he properly says is the Aria Bepou. 



Linnaius, adhering to the resemblance between the Aria Bepou and the Ash, 

 has given the Greek name of the latter tree to the new genus ; and the Aria 

 Bepou in the Flora Zeylanica (161.) is called Meliafoliispinnatis. The errors 

 respecting the synonyma into which the elder Burman fell are here properly 

 corrected; but I cannot think it justifiable to give the Greek name of a well 

 know European plant to an exotic genus. In the Species Pluiitarum the name 

 Azadirachta was applied to the Aria Bepou (Burnt. Fl. Ind. 101.), concerning 

 which I have already given my opinion ; nor has any change in name or 

 synonyma since taken place. 



I shall here give an account of a tree nearly allied to the Aria Bepou, which 

 I found in moist woods both in Carnata and in the lower parts of Nepal, so 

 that it probably extends all over India. Specimens from the former, with a 

 drawing, were given to Sir J. E. Smith, and specimens from the latter to 

 the library at the India House. As I have not seen the fruit, I cannot posi- 

 tively say that it is a species of Melia ; but I have called it Melia integer- 

 rinia, and shall describe it as observed in the Western Ghats ascending from 

 Cancana. 



Arbuscula. Folia alterna, apices versus ramulorutn conferta, pinnata. Follola 



