xxxvu. MELIACE^:. (W. P. Hiern.) 541 



Flowers and staminal-tube globose or turbinate. Style short or 



obsolete. 



Anthers included in the staminal-tube or nearly so. Ovules 1-2 

 together. Seeds not angular. 



Anthers 5, isomerous 9. AGLAIA. 



Anthers 6-10 ; flowers diplostemonous. 



Berry indehiscent 10. LANSIUM. 



Capsule loculicidal 11. AMOORA. 



Anthers exserted, or filaments free. Ovules 1-2 together. Seeds 



not angular except Beddomea. 

 Seeds arillate. Calyx 4-5-fid. Flowers small. 



Berry indehiscent, shortly tomentose 12. WALSURA. 



Capsule loculicidal, glabrous ... 13. HEYNEA. 



Seeds exarillate. Calyx 4-5-partite. Flowers of moderate 



size, 14. BEDDOMEA. 



Anthers included. Ovules 2-8 together. Seeds angular . . 15. CARAPA. 



TRIBE III. Swietenieae. Stamens united into a tube. Cells of ovary 

 with numerous ovules. Seeds not winged. 



Petals obovate, spreading. Staminal-tube cup-shaped. Disk wide. 



Ovary 5-celled 16. SOYMIDA. 



Petals oblong, erect-patent. Staminal-tube cylindrical. Disk ob- 

 solete. Ovary 3-celled 17. CHICKRASSIA. 



TRIBE IV. Cedrelece. Stamens distinct. Cells of ovary 8-12-ovuled. 



Petals oblong, erect. Stamens 4-6, sometimes with alternating 

 staminodes. Ovary 5-celled. Albumen thin fleshy ; cotyledons 

 subfolinceous 18. CEDRELA. 



Petals unguiculate, spreading. Stamens 10. Ovary 3-celled. 



Albumen wanting ; cotyledons plano-convex 19. CHLOROXYLON. 







1. TURR2EA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, quite entire or obtusely lobed. 

 Peduncles axillary, with numerous small bracts at base, bearing elongated 

 white or yellow flowers. Calyx campanulate, 5-4-fid. Petals 5-4, elongated, 

 spathulate, imbricated in bud, free, diverging in full flower. Staminal- 

 tube elongated, toothed at the apex; anthers 10 or 8, short, inserted just 

 within the' mouth, alternating with the teeth. Disk annular or obsolete. 

 Ovary 5- or more-celled ; cells opposite the calyx-lobes when equal in 

 number to them, with 2 superposed ovules; style elongated, exserted, 

 stigma capitate. Capsule 4- or more-celled, loculicidal ; valves woody or 

 coriaceous, separating from the winged axis. Seeds with a broad ventral 

 hilum, albumen fleshy; embryo foliaceous. DISTRIB. A genus of 12-16* 

 species, confined to tropical Asia, and tropical and South Africa. 



1. T. virens, Linn. Mant. Plant, alt. 237 ; glabrate, shining, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong subacuminate emarginate coriaceous, base obtuse, flowers 

 yellow, style just exserted, capsule hairy. Sm. PL Ic. t. 10 ; not of Hel- 

 lenius ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 31 ; Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 181 ; Dalz. & Gtis. 

 Bomb. Fl. 36. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; amongst lava heaps, Kcenig ; common on the Ghats, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-4 ft. high, or a tree. Leaves 2|-3| by 1-1 f in., shortly 

 petioled, margins slightly revolute, paler beneath. Flowers 1-1 j in. long, in axillary 



