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MELIACE^E. V. CANELLA. VI. CIPADESSA. VII. SANDORICUM. VIII. MELIA. 



to Europe in long quills, which are about three quarters of an 

 inch in diameter, somewhat thicker than cinnamon, it is of a 

 whitish or light-brown colour, with a yellowish hue. In taste it 

 is moderately warm, aromatic, and bitterish ; its smell is agree- 

 able, and resembles that of cloves. Its virtues are extracted 

 most perfectly by proof spirits. This bark has now superseded 

 that of Drymis Winteri. It has been supposed to possess con- 

 siderable virtues, and is said to be useful in scorbutic and many 

 other complaints. It is now, however, considered merely in the 

 light of an aromatic, and lik many other spices is employed for 

 the purpose of correcting disagreeable drugs. 



W kite-barked Canella. Clt. 1735. Tree 15 feet. 



2 C. AXILLA'RIS (Nees. et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 18. 

 t. 3.) flowers axillary, nodding, decandrous. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Bark white, smooth. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, quite 

 entire, smooth, paler beneath, coriaceous. Calyx of 3 rounded 

 lobes. Petals 5, sessile, ovate-orbicular. Crown of 5 obovate, 

 ciliated segments, alternating with the petals. Tube short, gird- 

 ing the germen, bearing 10 sessile anthers; anthers- 2-celled. 

 Ovary ovate. The bark of this tree has the same properties as 

 that of C. alba. 



Axillary-Ro-wered Canella. Tree 20 feet. 



3 C. LAURIFOLIA (Lqdd. cat. Sweet, hort. brit. p. 05.) leaves 

 obovate, lanceolate, narrower, green beneath ; flowers terminal. 

 Jj . S. Native of the West Indies. 



Laurel-leaved Canella. Clt. 1817. Tree 15 feet. 



Cult. These valuable trees will thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand ; and well- ripened cuttings, taken ofF at a 

 joint, will root in sand under a hand-glass, in a moist heat, but 

 care should be taken not to deprive them of any of their leaves. 

 Mr. Sweet says that large old cuttings are best. 



VI. CIPADE'SSA (meaning unknown). Blum, bijdr. 4th 

 number. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, obsoletely 

 5-toothed. Petals 5; filaments 10, nearly the length of the 

 petals, emarginate, connected into a tube at the base ; anthers 

 adnate inside. Ovary girded by a ring, 5-celled; cells con- 

 taining 2 ovulae. Style short, crowned by a capitate, 5-toothed 

 stigma. Capsule globose, 5-furrowed, containing a 5-celled, 

 5 -seeded nucleus. A shrub with pinnate leaves. 



1 C. FRUTICOSA (Blum. 1. c.). Tj . S. Native of Java. Lan- 

 sium domesticum, Jack, mal. mis. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 252. 



Shrubby Cipadessa. Shrub. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this shrub well , 

 and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



VII. SANDO'RICUM (altered from Santoor, the Malay 

 name of the tree). Cav. diss. 7. p. 359. D. C. prod. 1. p. 621. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx short, bluntly 

 5-toothed. Petals 5, linear. Stamens joined into a 10-toothed 

 tube, and bearing the anthers within the tube. Stigmas 5, bifid. 

 Berry in the shape of an apple, containing 5 ovate-compressed 

 nuts, which are 2-valved and 1 -seeded at the base. Seeds arched 

 at the hilum. Trees with trifoliate leaves, that is to say, im- 

 pari-pinnate, with an odd leaflet. Flowers yellow. 



1 S. I'NDICUM (Cav. diss. 7. p. 359. t. 202. and 203. Roxb. 

 cor. 3. t. 261.) leaflets ovate, oblong, entire, pubescent. >2 . S. 

 Native of the Philippine and Molucca islands and other parts of 

 the East Indies. Sandoricum, Rumph. amb. 1. 1. 61. Lam. ill. t. 

 350. Hantol, Lam. diet. This last is its name in the Philippine 

 islands. Racemes axillary, somewhat panicled. Flowers yellow. 

 Fruit fleshy, agreeably acid. 



Indian Sandal-tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 



% S. SERRA'TUM ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, acuminated, repandly- 



crenated. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Differs from S. 

 1'ndicum in the leaves being crenate, not entire. 



Serrate-leaved Sandal-wood. Tree. 



Cult. These trees will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, 

 and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



VIII. ME'LIA (^utXitt the Greek name for the ash ; resem- 

 blance in leaves). Lin. gen. no. 576. D. C. prod. 1. p. 621. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx small, 5-cleft 

 (f. 114. a.). Petals 5 (f. 114. 6.), oblong-linear, spreading. 

 Stamens 10, with the filaments joined into a 20-toothed tube 

 (f. n't. c.), bearing the anthers on the inside at the throat. 

 Ovary seated on a somewhat stipitate torus. Style filiform. 

 Stigma capitate, 5-angled. Drupe ovate, containing a 5-fur- 

 rowed, 5-celled nucleus, each cell containing 1 seed. Albumen 

 fleshy, with flat leafy cotyledons and a superior radicle. Trees 

 with impari-pinnate or bipinnate leaves, and axillary panicles of 

 white or blue flowers, with reddish or purplish tube, and yellow 

 anthers. 



1 M. AZEDARA'CH (Lin. spec. 550.) leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 

 deeply serrated, somewhat quinate. Tj.G. Native of Ceylon and 

 Syria. Cav. diss. 7. p. 363. t. 207. Lam. ill. 372. Comm. 

 hort. 1. t. 70. Leaves deciduous in autumn, remaining so all 

 the winter in Europe, but within the tropics they are evergreen. 

 Petals violet ; tube of stamens reddish. Fruit the size of a 

 cherry, pale-yellow when ripe. The pulp surrounding the nucleus 

 is poisonous, and when mixed with grease is said to kill dogs. 

 The seeds are bored and strung for beads by the Roman Ca- 

 tholics. Azadaracht is a name under which Avicennes speaks of 

 a poisonous tree. 



Azedarach Bead-tree. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1659. Tree 40 ft. 



2 M. ROBU'STA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.) leaves bipinnate, 

 especially with the leaflets either pinnate or ternate, membra- 

 nous, roundish or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, toothed ; 

 young leaves, branches, and petioles covered with a kind of 

 scurfy pubescence ; panicles axillary. Tj . S. Native of Ma- 

 labar. Flowers probably bluish. 



Robust Bead-tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 



3 M. AUSTRA'LIS (Sweet, hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 85.) leaves bi- 

 pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, crenate-toothed ; panicles axil- 

 lary. T; . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves sometimes pinnate. 



Southern Bead-tree. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 feet. 



4 M. JAPONICA ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, 

 slightly crenate ; panicles axillary, divaricated. Tj . G. Native 

 of Japan. Differs from M. Azedarach, in the leaves being slightly 

 crenated, not deeply toothed, and in the panicles being divaricate, 

 not racemose. Flowers the colour of those of M. Azedarach. 



Japan Bead-tree. Tree 30 feet. 



5 M. SEMPERVIRENS (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 737.) leaves 

 bipinnate ; leaflets deeply toothed, usually 7 in number, when 

 young shining ; petioles roundish at the base. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica in hedges. Ker. hot. reg. 643. M. Azeda- 

 rach /3, Lin. spec. 550. Smaller than the M. Azedarach, 

 usually flowering the second year from seed, and the leaves are 

 later of falling off in the autumn. This tree is known in the 

 West Indies by the name of Indian lilac. Flowers bluish. 



Ever-green Bead-tree. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1656. Tr. 25 ft. 



6 M. COMHOSITA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 559.) leaves somewhat 

 bipinnate, but at the apex of the petioles they are simply pin- 

 nate ; leaflets almost entire, lower ones ternate ; peduncles, ca- 

 lyxes, and petals rather velvety. *J . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, the Island of Timor, and is now cultivated in the Canary 

 Islands. M. dubia, Cav. diss. 7. 364. is probably distinct from 

 this, but is not sufficiently known. Burm. ind. t. 24. Flowers 

 with whitish or pinkish petals, and the tube of the stamens 

 purple. Leaves falling off in winter. 



