Order 3 1 . Meliacecz. 5 3 



sions of the 10-lobed disk, in which the ovary is immersed, 

 capsule 3-celled. 



1. TURE^EA. 



T. virens. A shrub with smooth oval pointed leaves, flowers 

 few together pure white, the staminal tube tipped yellow, 

 petals long, rather unequal, capsule very small, hairy. Kdpur- 

 bhendi. 



Pretty common on the Ghauts (D.). An evergreen (HV), but I have 

 seen it as (?. mentions in flower, while still leafless, and this is con- 

 firmed by others. Its flowers are much larger than those of any other 

 member of the order that I have seen. 



2. MELIA. 



M. azadirachta (Azadirachta Indica, D.). Leaflets 9 to 15, 

 unequal sided, serrated smooth, flowers in panicles very fragrant; 

 drupe oblong one-seeded. 



The common neem or limb tree, well known throughout the greater 

 part of India, and sometimes called the Indian lilac. It has nothing 

 to do with the real lilac, which is a Syringa. 



M. azedarach is the bolchayan, often called the Persian lilac, much 

 cultivated throughout India, and in the N. taking the place of 

 the nim. 



M. dubia. (M. Composita, D.) Leaves very large, twice or thrice 

 pinnate, leaflets smooth oval crenated, flowers white or tinged with 

 purple, panicles mealy ; fruit yellow, size of a small plum. Konkan 

 and Ghauts, often cultivated. Nimbdra, limbdra. 



3. DTSOXYLON. 



D. Unectariferum (Epicliaris exarillata, D.). A fine straight 

 tree, leaves very large of 7 to 11 alternate leaflets, lanceolate,, 

 unequal-sided, smooth ; flowers pale-green or yellow : capsule 

 smooth, size of an apple, brick-red with hard rind, splitting into- 

 4, and showing bright gamboge flesh, and 4 large olive-shaped 

 seeds. Yerindi ; burumbi. 



This is not common, being known in W. India only on the Ghauts : 

 but it is a striking looking tree ; the disk is inside the staminal tube, 

 one third of its length, and like it yellow and 8-lobed. This arrange- 

 ment was called by the old botanists a double nectary a designation 

 which had the merit of expressing something uncommom. 



4. HEYNEA. 



*H. Trijuga. A small smooth tree with 3 to 6 pairs of ovate 

 or lanceolate pointed leaflets, flowers white, panicles long-stalked, 

 lobes of the staminal tube alternately shorter, capsule round, red, 



