544 xxxvu. MELIACEJS. (W. P. Hiern.) [Mtim. 



2. ZKE. excelsa, Jack in M"L Misc. i. 12; leaves simply pinnate, 

 leaflets numerous (19) subopposite or alternate ovate-oblong rather ob- 

 tusely acuminate quite entire glabrous, base very oblique subauriculate, 

 panicle ascending about equalling the leaves, flowers 5-merous, calyx 

 short with rounded sepals, petals puberulent outside, staminal tube 10-fur- 

 rowed obtusely 10-20-toothed, anthers lo somewhat exserted, style rather 

 thickly filiform, ovary 3-celled. Griff. Notul. iv. 499 ; Hook Hot. Misc. i. 

 281 ; Wall. Cat, 1253, b non B. 



PEN A xo, Jack, Wallich ; MERGUI, Griffith (cult. ?) 



A lofty tree of 50 ft. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, 2-2 i it. ; 

 petiole terete, thickened and somewhat scaly at hase; leaflets 3-6 by i-2 in., petio- 

 lules g-& in. Pedicels short, bracteolate. flowers white, &- in. long. Staminal-tubc 

 glabrous outside. Ovary glabrous. 



3. Itt. Azadirachta, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 385 ; leaves simply pinnate, 

 leaflet.- D-15 opposite suh.'pposite or alternate lanceolate acuminate oblique 

 or subfalcate serrate glabrous shortly petioluled sometimes suMoWd near 

 the obtuse base, flowers 5-merous, calyx 5-fid with obtuse or rounded 

 lobes, petals shortly ciliate, anthers nearly equalling the obtuse teeth of 

 the staminal tube, ovary 3-celled, fruit 1-celled 1-seeded. lln.i-b. ll<>ii. 



. :;:; ; /'/. l,l. ii. 31)4 ; </////". X<>tnl. iv. 50<); Wall. Cat. 1251 ; It* 1,1. l-'l. 

 Sylvat. t. 1 \ ; scarcely qf wertoer. M. parviflora, Mnnn Cut. 35. M. indi 

 Jji-'iitifi* Fr. Flo,-. r,7. A/adirarhta indic;i. Ailr. ./n*s. hi .'/<'//>. J///\ xix. 

 221, t. 13, f. 5: II'. .C A. l j ,-'lr. i. lls ; \Y' l ,jht /<: t. 17; drnh. Cat. lioml. 

 PL 30; Dalz. A- (,'it*. lli,il,. /'/. ?,(\.Rheede Il<>rt. M.il. iv. t. 62. 



A common tree throughout the greater part of IMUA, often planted, as elsewhere in 

 hot climates. , 



A large tree of 40-50 ft., with ;i straL'ht trunk. Leaves 8-15 in., cn\v<l<- 

 tht> euda of the branches; Icallcls 1 :', by ^-l^ i". V'7o/r ( :/ -x \vbitc, i ,-,], 



J I iri?^b|g. Dn/jic oblong^^-l in. long. The " Neem :" ilu- seeds supply oil : 

 jBuchanan, Journ. MadrA. C J ; a uuiu is also said t<> c-.\u<L' from the tree, JJuch. I.e. 

 188. The wood reseml^hf hihogany, ami the burk is very bitter. 



** Leaves tu'ice or three it nut pinnate. 



4. M. Azedaracb, Linn. ,V/>. 7V. vA^ 6^384; leaves bipinnate occa-^ 

 sionally tri}inuate, ultimate leaflets 3-12^^).site subopposite or altern, 

 ovate or lance* ae or entire ^cumulate, base more* or less obliqiA;^ 



flowers usually ")-merous, calyx deenly olobed lobes ja^Mglate-oblong, 

 petals ]>ul)erulent, anthers nearly ewiW 1 ^ tne linedN^flBe teeth ofSJ 

 the purple quite oiy nearly glalrouajjmift4il tube, c\ary 5-fet^^l fruit with 

 5 or fewer cells an'd seeds. Ko.Jjmnwtfwny. 33 ; FL %inlt ^1)5 ; Wi^ht 

 Ic. t. 100 ; Wall. Cat. 1250 *JJL>t&*iy. toicitt. i. 954 ; IK <( A.jft'Ot/r. i. U7 ; 

 A<?r. JIMS, in Mem. J//fti T!^. k tj,13 ,^4 ; 7>W. .lA/ r /. t, lof>6; A'" A/. /-V. 

 jSylvat. t. 13; JJrandin For. F/<>r. (^. ^ff semjtervirens, >SW-. I'rmlr. (17 ; />V. 

 7.\V. t. 043; 7?r>ar6. 7/o/V. /A//v. 3:W/'V. /m/. ii. 395; (Fa//. Cfcrf. 1252; 

 /A//-. (I- ^'/As. ^>///6. /Y. >b'<//^/. 15. jf. Bukayu^jffoye III. Bot. 144 ; 6'/-' 

 ftin. Notes 355, 403. 



Commonly cultivated in India ; wild in the sub-Himalayan tract, alt. 2-3000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Persia, China, (Roxb.} Cult, elsewhere. 



A tree from 40 ft. downwards with a short erect trunkj and broad crown. L< rives 

 9-18 in. ; leaflets ^-3 by -! in. Flowers lilac, -lL in. long, honey-seen ted. Dru^f 

 subglobose, ^-4 in. diam. Numerous synonyms not OT Indian are omitted. Wood 

 bard ihiely marked ; the seeds are used to make rosarif 



