Dysoxylnm. ] MET. TA CEA K. 177 



. forests ; Deccan, chiefly in hilly country, up to 4,000 ft, ; 

 W. Ghats, in forest undergrowth up to 5,000 ft. 

 A bushy shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves and small 

 flowers. The wood is red and used for fuel. Vern. Hind. Nal 

 bila; Ur. Kanabili ; Tel. Chend-bera, Purudona ; Tarn. 

 Pulippan cheddi. 



6. Azadirachta, A. Juss. 



Tree. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets subopposite, 

 serrate, very unequal at base. Flowers hermaphrodite, in axillary 

 panicles. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals f>, much exceeding the calyx, 

 free, imbricate. Disk 0. Stamhuil tube a little shorter than the 

 petals, cylindric, widening above, 9-10-lobed at the apex, the lobes 

 truncate, again slightly toothed ; anthers within the tube opposite 

 to and shorter than the lobes. Ovary 3-celled ; style elongate, 

 slender ; stigma shortly cylindric, 3-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 collateral. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe, endocarp woody. Seed ellip- 

 soid ; albumen ; cotyledons thick, fleshy, cordate at base ; radicle 

 superior. 



AZADIRACHTA INDICA, A. Juss.; W. & A. 118; AVt. Ic. t. 17. 

 Melia Azadirachta, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 544 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 14. 

 Dry forests of the Deccan and Carnatic ; elsewhere largely 

 planted and often found run wild ; will thrive on black cotton 

 soil. The Neern or Margosa tree. 



A very important and useful deciduous tree with a hard close- 

 grained wood resembling Mahogany. The bark, leaves, 

 flowers, seeds and the oil they give, are all in use for food, 

 medicinal and other purposes. Vern. Hind. Nim. ; Tel. 

 Yapa, yepa ; Tain. Vepa. 



7. Dysoxylum, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves large, alternate or rarely opposite, impari- 

 pinnate or abruptly pinnate ; leaflets entire, opposite or alternate, 

 oblique; stipules 0. Flowers hermaphrodite, paniculate. Calij-r 

 subentire or 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, oblong, spreading, valvate or 

 slightly imbricate. Staminal tube cylindrical, dentate or crenu- 

 late at the mouth ; anthers 8-10, included or half exserted, inserted 

 below the apex of the staminal tube. Disk tubular or cupshaped, 

 as long as or longer than the ovary which it surrounds. Ovary 

 free, 2-5-celled ; attenuated into a long style ; stigma broadly 



