564 xxxvu. MELIACEJE. (W. P. Hiern.) [Walsnra. 



A small tree, subglabrous. Leaves about 8 in.; leaflets 4-5 by 1 in.; petiolules 

 J-|. Panicles puberulent ; flowers & in. long. " Disk salver-shaped with a large high 

 callous margin. Berry narrow oblong." Beddome. 



tt Filaments connate one third way or less. 

 $ Leaflets usually 3 only. 



4. W. piscidia, Roxb. Hort. Bniff. 32 FL Ind. ii. 387 ; leaflets sub- 

 ternate elliptic obtuse often retuse glabrous shining pale beneath, flowers 

 pentarnerous, petals imbricated, .staininal tube half the length of the petals 

 equally 10-cleft for two thirds of its length divisions all bifid at apex 

 hairy above, ovary 2- rarely 3-celled, fruit covered with a short tnmentum. 

 Wight ///. i. t, ;V) ; ]},-ddn,,t<-. Annl. (!<-n. Ivi. t. 8, f. 6; IF'///. Cot. l^i") ; 

 Dcilz. <t- Gibs. Bomb. FL 37. Heynea trifoliata, A. .//^-.s. /// Mr in. .\f//s. xix. 

 235. Trichilia coriacea, [Rottl. /] ; Wall. Cat. 1265. Trichilia trifoliata, 

 Wall. Cat. 8093. 



Wi:-!Ki;.\ IV.NiNSULA ; Malabar .ami Travancor. CY.VLox, TiV/.v/-. 



Leaves 2-7 in. ; leaflets 1-4 by -]in.; petiolules ^-^ in., terminal one longer. 

 Flowers fa in. long, sordid-yellowish ; bracts minute, caducous. Fruit egg-shaped, f in. 

 long. The bark acts as a fish poison. 



tt Leaflet* 5. 



5. W. villosa, Wall. Ct. 1264; young parts tawny-velutinous, 

 leaflets 5 elliptic or ovate obtuse sometimes shortly acuminate glabrescent 

 whitish beneath, at least when young, panielrs equalling or shorter than 

 the leaves, calyx partite, filaments equal thinly pubescent narrowing 

 upwards but not subulate connate one third way from base, anthers ter- 

 minal. Wi(jht & Ant. !',<>/ >: i. UO. Trichilia? villosa, Wall.lc. 



TENASSERIM, at Moulmein, Wallich, Gri/ith. 



Leaves 6-10 in.; leaflets 2-4 by |-2 in., petiolules J-2 in. or the terminal ones 

 longer. Flowers velutinous. Schmidelia (sp.), \Y<dl. Cut. X()~>Ct, also i'ruin Moulmein 

 with narrowly ellijisoidal acuminate shortly tomentose fruit scarcely 1 in. long, probably 

 belongs to this species. 



6. W. hypoleuca, Kurz />'</>. TV/. And<im. fd. ii. 33; in Jon m. Asint. 

 Soc. Beiic/, xli. ii. 1872, 25 Mi ; leaflets 5 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 quite glabrous chartaceous glaucous beneath smooth, panicles puhmilent 

 shorter than the leaves, calyx i>artite, filaments linear densely pubescent 

 on both sides not subulate free except base equal, ovary densely tawny- 

 tomentose, berries (immature) hoary-velutinous oblong acuminate. W. sp. 

 Kun Rep. Vea. Andam. ed. i. p. iv. 



SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLAND: in the Jungles especially of the interior, common, Kurz. 



Leaves 9-16 in.; leaflets 4-6 by 1^-3 in. ; petiolules ^-1 in., terminal ones longer. 

 Flowers in. long, white. Petals 5, occasionally 8. Stamens 10, sometimes as many 

 as 15. Fruit (young) 4 in. long. 1 have followed Mr. Kurz; but perhaps the flowering 

 and fruiting specimens belong to different species. 



7. W. neurodes, Hiern ; leaflets 5 elliptic shortly acuminate shining 

 above strongly nerved beneath glabrous base obtuse, panicles equalling or 

 exceeding the leaves puberulent, filaments linear equal densely pubescent 

 base connate, anthers subterminal, fruit 1-2-celled, aril thin. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Leare* 4-12 in. ; leaflets 2-6 by 1-2 in., faintly pellucid-punctate; petiolules |- in. 

 or terminal one longer. Flowers | in. long. Ovary 2-celled ; stigma discoid ; ovules 

 2 in each cell, collateral, horizontal. Fruit ellipsoidal, -f in. long. 



