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MELIACEvE. I. GERUMA. II. TURR^EA. 



2-3-celled, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. 

 Seed solitary, covered with lobed aril. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



18 HE'YNEA. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10, 

 connected into a tube, bearing the anthers at the apex. Ovary 

 2-celled ; cells 2-ovulate. Capsule 2-valved, 1-celled, 1-seeded 

 from abortion. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



19 CHISOCHE'TON. Calyx urceolate, nearly entire. Petals 4, 

 linear. Anthers 6, rarely 7-8, inserted in the throat of the 6- 

 cleft tube. Capsule 2-3-celled, rarely 1-celled, 2-3-valved, with 

 a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds covered by 

 an incomplete, fleshy aril. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



20 CARA'PA. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10, 

 connected into a tube, which is toothed at the apex, bearing the 

 anthers at the throat on the inside. Style short, crowned by a 

 broad stigma. Drupe 4-5, furrowed or lobed, 4-5-valved, 4-5- 

 seeded. Seeds very large, resembling those of the Mammee 

 apple. Leaves abruptly-pinnate. 



21 CALPA'NDRIA. Calyx of 4 permanent, unequal sepals. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 25-40 ; filaments distinct at the base, but 

 joined into a cylindrical tube at the apex, bearing the anthers 

 in its throat. Capsule woody, subglobose, 3-valved, 3-celled, with 

 a dissepiment in the middle of each valve, each cell containing 

 1-2 1-seeded nuts. Seeds without aril. Leaves simple. 



22 ODONTA'NDRIA. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, ovate. Fila- 

 ments 10, connate at the base, the 5 opposite the petals sterile. 

 Disk none. Style short, crowned by an obtuse stigma. 



Tribe I. 



MELIE'JE (plants agreeing with Melia in many important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 619. Cellsof fruit 1 or 2-seeded 

 (f. 113./.), destitute of albumen. Embryo inverted. Cotyle- 

 dons flat, leafy. Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves ; they 

 are simple in the 5 first genera, and compound in the 2 last. 



I. GERIPMA (djerrum is the Arabic name of this shrub). 

 Forsk. descr. 62. D. C. prod. 1. p. 619. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Pentdndria. Calyx flat, 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, lanceolate, spreading. Stamens 5, erect, joined in a 

 thick ring at the base. Anthers trigonal. Style 1. Stigmas 3. 

 Capsules oval, 4-5-celled, 4-5-valved. Seeds 2 in each cell, in- 

 serted in trigonal pulp. (Forsk.) 



1 G. A'LBA (Forsk. 1. c.) Tj ? G. Native of Arabia about 

 Hadie. Leaves alternate, oval-oblong, somewhat serrated. 

 Flowers white. 



White Geruma. Shrub. 



Cult. This shrub will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and large cuttings will strike root freely in sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



II. TURRjE'A (in honour of George Turra, an Italian bo- 

 tanist, and professor of botany in the university of Padua, author 

 of several botanical works; died in 1607). Lin. mant. no. 1306. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 620. 



LIN. SYST. Monadclphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 

 5, very long, strap-formed. Stamens 1 0, joined into a very long 

 tube, which is 10-cleft at the apex, with the anthers at the base 

 of the lobes, or inserted between them. Style 1. Stigma 

 thickish. Capsules 5-celled ; cells 2-seeded ; valves with a dis- 

 sepiment in the middle of each. Leaves simple, rarely pinnate. 



1 T. VI'RENS (Lin. mant. 237.) leaves elliptical-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, emarginate, quite smooth ; calyxes and fruit silky- 



villous. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies among heaps of 

 Scoria on worn out volcanoes. Smith, icon. ined. 1. t. 10. 

 Flowers white, disposed in small axillary spikes. 



Var. /3? BillardiZrii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 620.) leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate, acuminated, young ones pubescent, at length becom- 

 ing smooth ; calyx pubescent ; stigma protruding much. Tj . 

 S. Native of the East Indian Islands. Perhaps a proper 

 species. 



Green Turraea. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



2 T. PUBE'SCENS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 555.) leaves ovate, emar- 

 ginate, pubescent beneath ; calyxes villous. Tj . S. Native of 

 the Island of Hainan. Hellen, in act. holm. 1788. p. 296. t. 10. 

 f. 3. Flowers reddish, disposed in umbels. 



Pubescent Turrsea. Tree 20 feet. 



3 T. MACULA'TA (Smith, icon. ined. 1. t. 11.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, smooth ; calyxes ciliated ; petals smooth, fj . S. Native 

 of Madagascar. T. glabra, Cav. diss. 7. p. 360. t. 204. Flowers 

 2 or 3 inches long, disposed in lateral bundles, with pale-red 

 petals. Leaves with pale spots, especially at the nerves beneath, 

 deciduous. 



Spotted-leaved Turraea. Tree 20 feet ? 



4 T. SERI'CEA (Smith, icon. ined. 1. t. 12.) leaves ovate, 

 bluntish, downy on both surfaces ; calyxes, peduncles, and pe- 

 tals villous. Jj . S. Native of Madagascar. T. tomentosa, 

 Cav. 1. c. p. 361. t. 205. f. 2. Petals linear, 4 inches long, 

 longer than the staminiferous tube. Flowers -red, large, rising 

 from the lateral buds, usually solitary, seldom 3-4 together. 

 Leaves deciduous. 



&'%-calyxed Turraea. Tree 20 feet. 



5 T. LANCEOLA'TA (Cav. diss. 7. p. 361. t. 205. f. 1.) leaves 

 lanceolate, bluntish at both ends, smooth ; segments of calyx 

 lanceolate, longer than its tube ; petals linear, shorter than the 

 staminiferous tube. Tj. S. Native of Madagascar. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1-2-flowered. Flowers an inch long. Petals yellow, 

 with scarlet bases. Capsules clothed with a rufous down. 



Lanceolate-leaved Turrsea. Shrub. 



6 T. RI'OIDA (Vent, choix. t. 48.) leaves elliptical, acuminated, 

 with revolute margins, stiff, shining ; calyxes and petals smooth- 

 ish ; branches straight. 1? . S. Native of the Mauritius. Petals 

 yellow, rather pilose, an inch long, a little longer than the stami- 

 niferous tube. 



Stiff-leaved Turraea. Clt. 1816. Tree 50 feet. 



7 T. HETEROPHY'LLA (Smith in Rees' cycl. 36. no. 6.) leaves 

 ovate, undivided or 3-lobed, with villous veins ; calyxes hairy, 

 with short teeth ; petals reddish, somewhat spatulate, longer than 

 the staminiferous tube. Tj . S. Native of Guinea at Cape Coast. 



Variable-leaved Turraea. Tree 20 feet ? 



8 T. QUERCIFOLIA ; leaves cuneated at the base, triangularly 

 3-lobed at the top, somewhat 5-lobed ; pedicels solitary, axillary, 

 1 -flowered. T? . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers appa- 

 rently red. 



Oak-leaved Turraea. Tree. 



9 T. PINNA'TA (Wall, pi, asiat. rar. 2. t. 119.) leaves impari- 

 pinnate, with 2-3 pairs of stalked, cordate-lanceolate, acute, 

 quite entire, pubescent leaflets ; calyx pubescent, with ligulate, 

 obtuse segments ; claws of petals connate. ^ S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Corolla pink. 



Pinnate-leaved Turraea. Tree. 



10 T. ? HERBA'CEA (Poir. diet. 8. p. 187.) leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, smooth ; flowers solitary ; calyxes striated, 

 smooth. ? S. Native of Rio Janeiro. Petals jagged at the 

 apex. Filaments shorter than the corolla. This is probably a 

 distinct genus, and not belonging to Meliaceae. 



Herbaceous Turraea. PL 



Cult. The species of this genus will grow well in a mixture 

 of loam, peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will strike root in 



