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balsams; that of C. Zeylanica is used for torches in Ceylon. The oil expresed from the nuts of C. com- 

 mune is used for lamps and as food, but if eaten fresh brings on diarrhoea ; its bark is said to yield a 

 pungent terebinthaceous oil, which has the properties of Copaivi. C. stnctum is the Black Dammar 

 tree of Malabar, which yields a transparent resin. ED.] 



Melia Azedarach. 



Melia. Melia. 



Fruit (mag.). Stone (mag.). 



LVIII. ME LI AC E^. 



ET CEDRELACE^E, Adr. Jussieu.} 



Melia. 

 Vertical section of flower (mag.). 



Melia. 

 Seed, entire and cut longitudinally. 



Swietenia. Swielenia. 



Part of andnBcium (mag.). Pistil, entire and cut vertically (mag.). 



PETALS hypogynous, 45 or 3-7, distinct or coherent, or adnate to the staminal 

 tube, aestivation contorted, imbricate or valvate. STAMENS usually double the number 

 of the petals^ inserted with them ; filaments joined into a tube. OVARY free, girt or 

 sheathed at the base by a more or less developed disk of 2-several 1-2- or several-ovuled 



