276 DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Shrubs with alternate deciduous leaves; flowers spiked 

 axillary and terminal, bracteolate. 



Species. 1. C. alnifolia. 2. tomentosa. 3. scabra. 4. 

 paniculata. 5. acuminata. Some of these species are un- 

 questionably doubt full. The capsule in this genus is con- 

 structed similar to that of Andromeda calicidata, except- 

 ing the difference in the number of the cells, the seeds 

 are likewise angular. 



A North .American genus, with the exception of a sin- 

 gle species indigenous to the mountains of Jamaica. 



593. MYLOCARIUM. Jrilld. (Buckwheat-tree.) 

 Calix 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stigma capitate, 



3-angle(l, sessile. Capsule superior, suberose, 

 2 or 3-winged, 3-celled, cells 1 -seeded. Seed 

 subulate. 



A tall evergreen shrub with subverticlllated branches; 

 leaves very entire, veinless, aggregated towards the sum- 

 mits of the branches; racemes bracteate terminal, pe- 

 dicells 1-flowered bi bracteolate. A genus; nearly allied to 

 Sanistena? 



Species. M. li^tistrinum. On the margins of swamps 

 in Georgia and Florida, 8 to 12 feet high. The only spe- 

 cies known. 



594. MELIA. L, (Pride of China.) 



Calix 5-parted, small. Petals 5. Lepanthi- 

 7im cylindric 10-toothed, dentures bifid at the 

 points, orifice internally antheriferous. Sttjle 

 cylindric, stigma 5-rayed. Drupe globose, nut 

 5-celled, 5-seeded. 



Trees or shrubs, leaves unequally pinnate or bipinnate^ 

 flowers paniculate axillary. 



Species. 1. M. Azedarach. Leaves bi pinnate, leaf- 

 lets smooth, ovate, dentate. — Flowers odorous, somewhat 

 similar to jessamine, anthers alternating with the dentures 

 of the lepanthium. Hab. lutroditced into the southern 

 states from India, and planted in vistas; in many places it 

 is almost naturalized, it exists well without shelter as far 

 south as Virginia, and small trees may now and then be 

 seen in Philadelphia. The root has been used as a vermi- 

 fuge, and in Barbary lamp oil is expressed from the nuts. 



A genus indigenus to India. 



