556 xxxvii. MELIACE^E. (W. P. Hiern.) [Aglaia. 



base obtuse margins slightly undulated, petiolules sliort much branched, 

 panicles rather supra-axillary shorter than or about equalling the leaves, 

 pedicels rather slender about equalling the flowers, calyx lepidote shortly 

 ciliate, corolla glabrous, staminal tube urceolate. Sapindus lepidotus, 

 Wall. Cat. 8036. 



SILHET, Wallich, Griffith. 



Leaves 5-8 in. ; leaflets l-4 by 4-l| in. ; petiolules J-J in. Inflorescence 3-5 in. 

 long ; flowers % in. diarn. 



*** Leaflets 9-13 or more. 



8. A. perviridis, lliem ; leaflets 11-13 opposite oblong acuminate 

 glabrous shining base obtuse shortly petiolulate, panicles pyramidal 

 elongated many-flowered lepidote, flowers very small, staminal tube sub- 

 globose. 



E.HA8IA Mm, Griffith, J. D. H. & T. T., alt. 2000 ft. (Milnea, No. 8). 



A tree of 40 ft. ; leaves aud buds deep green. Leaves about 1 ft. ; leaflets 2-5 

 by f-14 in. ; petiolule $ J- in. J -ily as lonjj; as the leaves; flower-bads 



minute, nearly glabrous. Specimens from Sikkim, collecied by Dr. Hooker, probably 

 belong to this species ; they have leaves 1-lg- ft., leaflets 3-8 by 1-2J in., fruiting 

 panicles 4-9 in. long, fruits ellipsoidal about 1 in. long, seeds nearly as long. 



9. A. crassinervia, Kttrz i/t /iff. <nf II<Jc. f. ;, leaflets 9 or more, 

 opposite or subopposite oblong obtuse at both ends with minute scales 

 beneath shortly petiolulate, petioles angular, panicles supra-axillary pyra- 

 midal elongated many-flowered lepidote-ferruginous, flowers minute. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



Leaves 18 in. or more; leaflets 6-10 by 2-2 f in. ; lateral veins about 20 on each 

 side of midril) with which they make a large angle; petiolule in., terminal one 

 4~| in. Panicles 10-15 in. or more long. 



SECT. IL Shoots leaves and inflorescence stellate-pubescent or tomentose. 

 * Flowers sJwrtly pedicel ll. 



10. A. edulis, A. Gray in Bot. U. & Explor. Exped. i. 237 ; leaflets 9-13 

 opposite or subopposite elliptic or oblong obtuse or acuminate shortly petio- 

 lulate subglabrescent or scattered beneath as well as the shoots inflores- 

 cence and fruit with ferruginous scales mixed sometimes with stellate hairs, 

 panicles pyramidal shorter than the leaves, flowers shortly pedicellate, fruit 

 subglobose edible. Miq. Ann. J///x. Lwt<l.-l>at. iv. 4!). Milnea edulis, 

 lioxb . Hort. Eeng. 18; Fl ln<l. i. (!37 ; Drury 7W. Fl. i. 1(54; M '/.///. 

 Cat. 1279. Camunium bengalense, lib. Ham. ex Wall. l.c. Cfr. Cupania 

 (sp.) Wall. Cat. 8067, letter B not A. 



EASTERN BENGAL; Silhet, Wallich, J. D. H. & T. T. (Milnea, sp. 17); (? Assam 

 Simon). DISTKIB. Borneo, Fiji Islds. 



A tree of middling size. Leaves f-2 ft. ; leaflets 2-9 by 1-3 in. ; petiolule - in. 

 Flowers small. Fruit more than 1 in. diarn. according to Roxburgh ; succulent in- 

 tegument of the seed eaten. A. sexipetala, Griff. Notul. iv. 505, sometimes with 

 6 petals and with rather fleshy leaflets, appears to belong to this species. The authentic 

 specimen in Herb. Kew. has leaves with 8-9 leaflets, not trifoliolate as given in Griffith's 

 description. 



11. A. tenuicaulis, Hiern; indumentum rufous-stellate, leaflets 9 

 or more alternate shortly acuminate rounded or somewhat cuneate and 

 sometimes minutely peltate at the base shortly petiolulate, flowers small 



