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6. DODON^EA, Linn. 



2. BURMANNIANA, DC. A scandent shrub; leaves simple oblong 

 lanceolate cuneate, clammy ; flowers small, greenish, in terminal 

 panicles; capsules emarginate at both ends, winged. Kandalla ; near 

 JBelgnum ; common. " Dawa-ka-Jhar" of the natives, according to 

 (irah. Cat. ; Syn. D augustifolia, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 256; Ptelea 

 viscosa, Burm. Ind. Zeyl. t. 23. " Lutchmee," Maratha. 



XXXVII. MELIACE^E. 

 1. NAREGAMIA, W. and A. 



1 . ALATA, W. and A. Prod. 1 , 117. A very small shrub, 1 foot ; 

 leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneate obovate, entire petiole margined ; 

 flowers large, white, on longish axillary peduncles ; capsule 

 3-cornered 3-valved. Hast of Panwell ; rare, Nimmo. Plentiful on 

 the sides of nullahs at Vingorla. Syn. Turrea alata, Wight Mss. ; 

 Nela naregam, Rheed. Mai. x, t. 22. ; Wight Ic. t. 90. " Kapoor 

 Bendy," Maratha. 



2. TURRJEA, Linn. 



1. VIRENS, Linn. DC. Prod. 1, 620. A shrub, 3 to 4 feet high ; 

 leaves elliptic lanceolate acuminate, quite smooth ; flowers few, 

 white, long, slender ; calyx and fruit with silky hairs. Pretty com- 

 mon on the Ghauts. Smith Ic. i, t. 10. 



3. MELIA, Linn. 



1 . COMPOSITA, Willd. sp. iii, 559. A larger tree than the last ; 

 leaves bi-tripinnate ; leaflets 3 to 7 pair to each pinnate, ovate acu- 

 minated, crenulated, glabrous, young shoots, petioles, and panicles 

 mealy ; flowers white ; drupe, round, size of a plum ; flowers in 

 March. Parr Ghaut, Tullawaree, &c. Syn. M robusta, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, 397. 



4. AZADIRACHTA, Adr. Juss. 



1. INDICA, Juss. A middle-sized tree; leaves simply pinnated ; 

 leaflets unequal-sided, glabrous, serrated ; panicles axillary ; flowers 

 white, appear in May ; drupe with a one-seeded nut. The leaves and 

 bark are very bitter ; the former are used to preserve books from the 

 attacks of the boring worm, also in fomentations ; of great efficacy 

 in rheumatism. The bark is a febrifuge. The oil of the pericarp 

 is said to possess antispasmodic virtues. Native name " Neem." 

 Syn. Melia azadiracta, Linn. DC. Prod. 1, 6'22 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 

 394; Rheed. Mai iv, t. 52. 



