Melia.] 24. meliace^E. 39 



M. Azedaracli, Linn. ; Fl. Br. I. 1.544; Brand is For. Fl. GS ; Beil.l. 

 Fl. S^rlv. t. 14 ; 1/. senipervireiis, S\v. Prod. 67 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bumb. 

 Fl. Suppl. 15. Bastard cedar, bead tree, Per.sian lilac. I'ejrl, padrai, 

 M. ; mallanim, H. Cultivated sparingly throughout the presidency. 

 Flowers during the hot weather. Fruit ripe during the rains. 



M. dubia, Cav. Diss. (VII) 304 (ITSU) ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 545 ; .1/. composila, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 3G ; Brandis For. Fh 09; Bcdd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 12. Kitrlbcvan, K. ; nimharra, Veru. In the cvergrceen and deciduous 

 forests ot" the North Kanara and Koiikan ghats ; common on the Supa 

 ghats ; often planted. Flowers during March. Fruit ripe during the 

 rainy and cold seasons, October till January. 



CIPADESSA, Blumo. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves ocTd-pinuate. Calyx 5-toothe(L Petals 

 5, valvate in bud. Staminal tube deeply 10-lobed, lobes linear 

 bitid ; anthers short, subapiculate. Disc cup-shaped, adnato to the 

 base of the staminal tube. Ovary 5-celled ; ovules 2, collateral, 

 pendulous in each cell. Fruit a drupe, 5 -ribbed, 5-celled; cells 

 1-2-seeded. Seeds albuminous ; embryo sub-foliaceous. 



C. fruticosa, Blume Bijd. 1G2 ; Fl. Br. I, 1.545 ; AJalleallothii, Adr. Juss. 

 Dalz. & Gibs Bomb. Fl. 37 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 54. ¥al blla, H. In the 

 moist forests of the ghats ; from Poona to Belgaum, also in the Konkan. 

 Fl. and Fr. R.S. 



DYSOXYLUM, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets entire, oblique at the base, 

 coriaceous. Flowers in panicles. Calyx 4-5-fid, caducuous. Petals 

 4-5, oblong, spreading. Staminal tube cylindrical; anthers short, 

 6-lOj included or half exserted. Disc tubular equal to or twice as 

 long as the ovary. Ovary 3-4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell. Cap- 

 sule 1-4-celled, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds arillate or 0, ex- 

 albuminous. 



Calyx cup-shaped, subcntirc, r^ tlie length of flower... D. bi nectar i/erum. 

 Calyx short, 4-5-divided D. ijlandulosum. 



D. binectariferum, Hook, f. ex Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXV. 212 ; 

 Fl. l>r. I. 1.546; D. macrocarpum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv t. 150; Epicharis 

 cxarillata, Arn.; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 37. Yerindi, Veru. In ever- 

 green forests along the ghats from Khandala to the Mysore frontier of 

 North Kanara, common in the large evergreen forests near the Falls of 

 Gairsoppah. Flowers during the rainy season. Fruit ripe in Feb. 



D. glandulosura, sp. nov. — A large tree. Leaves 12 inches ; 

 petioles angled, 4-G-inches. Leaflets 8- 10-pairs, shortly petioluled, 

 2-9-inches long by 1| to 3 -inches broad, alternate or subopposite, 

 coriaceous, puberulous when young, ovate acuminate, base cuneate, 

 nearly g-labrous, pale and strongly nerved beneath ; lateral nerves 

 "lO-20-pairs with hollow glands, ciHate at the mouth, in the axils. 



