146 MELLE. [Cl. 13. 



Ternstromia (Touabea Juss. being the same genus), 

 Tkea and Camellia. These serve to connect the Au- 

 rantia and Melice, without much real affinity perhaps 

 to either. They have some points of relationship to 

 the Malvacete, Orel. 74 ; at least to Gordonia and 

 Stuartia. 



Orel 71. MELIJE. " Calyx of 1 leaf, more or less 

 deeply divided. Petals 4 or 5, with broad claws, 

 generally connected at the base. Stamens definite, 

 as many, or more frequently twice as many ; their 

 Filaments united into a tube, or cup, toothed at the 

 summit, each tooth either bearing, or overshadowing, 

 a close-pressed internal Anther. Germen and Style 

 single. Stigma rarely divided. Fruit pulpy, or more 

 frequently capsular, of many cells, with 1 or 2 Seeds 

 in each, the valves as many as the cells, each with 

 a central partition. Stem shrubby or arboreous, with 

 alternate branches. Leaves simple or compound, alter- 

 nate, without Stipulas." 



Sect. 1. Leaves simple. Candla(JVinterania3uss.]. 

 Symphonia, Tunis, excluding the " Peruvian shrub/' 

 xvhich is Sjtrigilia of Cavanilles, Monad, t. 201., Ge- 

 mma Forsk., Altonia, Quiyisia Commers. Larn. II- 

 lustr. t. 302, and TurrtEa, fig. 225, see Sm. Plant. 

 Ic. t. 10-12. 



Sect. 2. Leaves compound. Ozophyllum Schreb. 

 (Ticorea Aubl.), Sandoricum Rumph., Portesia Juss. 

 Lam. Iliustr. t. 302, Trichilia, Elcaja Forsk., Guarea, 

 Ekebergia, Melia and dquilicia (which is Leca). 



