Aglaia.] xxxvu. MELIACEJS. (W. P. Hiern.) 555 



Shoots and inflorescence lepidote. Leaves 6-12 in. ; leaflets 4-8 by 1-2 in.; petio- 

 lules -1 in. Flowers - in. diam. Fruit? glabrous, 1 in. diam. 



3. A.? andamanica, Hiern; leaflets 3-5 alternate or subopposite 

 ovate-elliptical obtusely acuminate rounded or obtuse at the base sparsely 

 lepidote, inflorescence shorter than the leaves, pedicels very short, fruit 

 pale tawny lepidote somewhat pear-shaped. Milnea (sp.), Kurz Andam. 

 Rep. p. iv. ; Ed. 2, 33. 



SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; in the Jungles between Port Mouat and Homfray's 

 Ghat, not rare. Burmese name, Tau-ahnyeen, Kurz. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. high ; indumentum pallid. Leaves 10 in.; leaflets 3^-5 by 2 in.; 

 petiole %-\ in. Fruit 4~ in. by ^-f in. 



4. A. apiocarpa, Hiern; leaflets 5-7 rather narrowly and unequally 

 elliptic obtusely acuminate base cuneate, younger ones lepidote below 

 glabrescent, inflorescence shorter than the leaves with short spreading 

 branches and shortly pedicellate small flowers, fruit pyriform reddish- 

 brown lepidote. Milnea apiocarpa, Thw. Unum. 60. 



CEYLON ; in the central provinces, alt. 3-6000 ft. 



A small tree. Leaves 6-16 in.; leaflets 2-8 byf-3in.; petiolules J- in.; in- 

 dumentum reddish-brown. Flowers fa in. diam., about equalling the pedicels. Fruit 

 f-| by l-i in. 



5. A. Xloxburg'hiana, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iv. 41 ; leaflets 

 5 rarely 7 oj 3 more or less elliptic obtuse glabrescent sometimes acu- 

 minate base usually cuneate shortly petiolulate, panicles rather supra- 

 axillary pyramidal elongate, flowers shortly pedicellate, fruit subglobose 

 ferruginous-lepidote. Beddome Flor. Sylvat. t. 130 (excl. synon. Thw.] ; 

 Anal. Gen. Iv. Milnea Roxburghiana, W. & A. Prodr. i. 119 ; Drury Ind. 

 Fl. i. 164 ; Wight Ic. t. 166 (M. Roxburghii). A. lepiduta, Miq. Fl. Ind.-Bat. 

 Suppl. 197, 507. A. Spanoghei, Bl. ex Miq. Ann. I.e. Aglaia ( spe. Sangian), 

 Teysm. et Binnend. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 211. Walsura 1 ? lanceolata, Wall. 

 Cat. 4886. A. grata, Wall, ex Voigt Hort. Sub. Calc. 136. A. midnapo- 

 rensis, Carey ex Voigt. I.e. Cfr. Aglaia? sp., Wall. Cat. n. 9039; Meliacea 

 singapureana, Wall. Cat. 4887. Dimocarpus, Wall. Cat. 8050. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; from the Concan and Midnapore southwards; CEYLON, ascend- 

 ing to 6000 ft.; SINGAPORE, Wallich; (?Tenasserim and the Andaman Islds., Heifer; 

 Burma, Wallich, and Malacca, Griffith & Maingay}. DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra, and 

 other Malay Islands. 



A large tree ; indumentum ferruginous. Leaves 3-7 in. ; leaflets 1^-44 by f-2 in. ; 

 petiolules -fa-% in. Flowers fa in. diam. ; calyx dull yellow, often covered with stellate 

 hairs; petals yellow. Fruit f in. diam., edible, buff-coloured, very minutely pilose. 

 Radicle minutely pilose. 



** Leaflets 7-9. 



6. A. g-labriflora, Hiern ; shining, leaflets 7-9 subopposite or alternate 

 elliptic acuminate base cuneate shortly petiolulate, panicles ample rather 

 lax shorter than or about equalling the leaves, pedicels about equalling 

 the glabrous flowers, staminal tube turbinate. 



MALACCA ; on Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Maingay. 



Whole plant nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 in. ; leaflets 2 by 1 in. ; petiolules J-& in. 

 Pedicels slender, T Vl in- Flowers ^\ in. long or less. Fruit size of cherries, white, 

 subglobose. 



7. A. Wallichii, Hiern; young parts sparsely lepidote, leaflets 7-9 

 opposite or subopposite narrowly elliptic or lanceolate-oblong acuminate 



