548 xxxvii. MELIACEJE. (W. P. Hiern.) [Dysoxylum. 



7. I>. Hamilton!!, Hiern; shoots tawny velvety, leaflets 9-17 oppo- 

 site or subopposite oblong acuminate velvety on the midrib beneath, 

 panicles lax axillary shorter than the leaves, pedicels slender about equalling 

 or shorter than the flowers, calyx very small 4-partite with rounded con- 

 cave imbricated lobes pubescent, petals 4 glabrous, stamina! tube pubescent 

 on both sides, anthers 8, disk glabrous on both sides twice the length of 

 the ovary, style slender pubescent below glabrous above, ovary pubescent 

 3-celled. Guarea mollis, IJV///. /,<.?. G. paniculata, W<ill. ('<if. n. 4882, not 

 of Roxb. Epicharis mollis, Wall, ex Vmyt II art. tinb. Calc. 135. G. Alliaria, 

 Hamilt. in Mem. Wern. Soc. vi. 305 (1832) exd. syn. Humph. Hartighsea 

 Alliaria, Arn. ex Vovjt IJort. SnJ>. Cn/c. l:i<;. 



ASSAM and SILHET. 



A large tree. Leaves erect, 15-20 in. ; leaflets 4 by \\ in. ; petiolules in. Inflo- 

 rescence 6 in. long and wide ; flowers \ in. long, greenish-white. 



8. 1>. malabaricum, Bedd. mss. ; leaflets about 8 subopposite ovate 

 or subelliptic acuminate obsoletely puberulent base cuneate shortly 

 petioluled, panicles many-flowered puberulent, pedicels short, flowers 4- 

 merous, calyx cleft halfway short, disk short mouth not very hairy, ovary 

 shortly pubescent 4-celled, ovules 2 together collateral, fruit globose both 

 ends pointed. Dysoxylum (sp.), Bedd. in Twin*. Linn. Soc. xxv. 212; Fl. 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. p. liv. 



WESTKKN I'I.MNSULA ; Mountains of Kurz and Travancor, alt. 2-3000 ft., Bcddome. 



An immense tree. Zattt* .pallid, l.J, ft. ; li-alifts 5-8 by l-2in. ; p>-tioli-s angular, 

 44 in. ; petiolules ^ in. Flowers ^ in. Aut/ttr* short. Fruit '2 in. di.-un., v. i 

 longitudinally lined, nearly glabrous, bright yellow when ripe, 3-4-see<l'il. 

 bluntly 3-sided, attached by their whole inner face to the central pla 

 reddish-brown; cotyledons green. Called Porapa by the Kaders on tho Aiiama; 



** Flowers racemose or spicate. 

 t Leaflets alternate. 



9. 3>. pallens, ///'/// ; leaflets 5-10 alternate oblong or elliptic narrowly 

 acuminate glabrous, inflorescence axillary racemose, pedicels not exceeding 

 the closely puberulent 4-merous flowers, calyx shortly cup- shaped 4-tid, 

 anthers 8, disk glabrous on both sides coarsely toothed about equalling 

 the hairy 3- (-2)-celled ovary, style shortly hairy below, fruit pyriform, 

 seeds exarillate ? 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (Herb. Griff.}; MISIIMI and KIIA.-IA Mrs., Griffith. 



A small or moderate-sized tree; shoots pale. Leaven 9-32 in.; leaflets 3-8 by 

 l|-3 in. ; petiolule \-^ in. Flowers \ in., greenish ; calyx -^-^ in. long ; petals valvat.- ; 

 staminal tube glabrous on both sides, obtusely 6-8-toothed. Fruit 1^ by 1 in., slightly 

 pubescent. 



10. D. Beddomei, Hiern ; leaflets 7-9 alternate glabrous submem- 

 branous ovate- or elliptic-oblong narrowly and obtusely acuminate base 

 oblique obtuse or cuneate, inflorescence axillary spicate somewhat branched 

 near the base, flowers subsessile or very shortly pedicelled 4-merous pube- 

 rulent, calyx very short, teeth short obtuse, staminal tube puberulent on 

 both sides, disk glabrous exceeding the hirsute ovary. 



SOUTH TRAVANCOR, Beddome. 



A middling-sized tree ; young parts puberulent. Leaven pale-green, 12-15 in.; leaf- 

 lets 4-6 by 14 to 2 in., midrib and lateral veins pale beneath ; petiolulas \- 1 in. Inflo- 

 rescence 3-6 in., 1-2 in. wide. Flowers | in. long. Petals imbricated. Stamina! tube 

 shortly toothed. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules collateral. 



