40 24. MELIACE.E. [D. glandulosuiu. 



Flowers hcrmaplirodito, small, ^-incli, iu axillary panicles, shortly 

 pedicelled, pedicel J -inch. Calyx short, deeply 4-lobed. Petals 4, 

 broad, slightly imbricate iu bud, bluutly pointed, pubescent, |-iuch. 

 Stamiual tube urceolate, mouth creuulate, anthers 8, included. Disc 

 entire, cup-shaped, equalling or half the ovai'y, ciliate on the margin, 

 hairy within, glabrous without. Ov^ary 4-celled, densely white 

 tomeutose. Style equalling staminal column, stigma capitate, 

 exserted. Fruit 2-inches, size and shape of a fig, verrucose, bright 

 yellow when ripe, 3-4-seeded ; seeds angular, with a dark-brown 

 testa ; cotyledons green. 



This tree is closely allied to D. malaharicum, Bedd. MSS. Speci- 

 mens sent to Kew were considered distinct. Specimens sent to 

 Calcutta were doubtfully referred to D. Beddomei, Iliern. As it 

 differs from both these species I have described and named it as 

 above. It is found in the evergreen forests of North Kanara. 

 Flowers in Feb. Fruit ripe in May. 



AGLAIA,,Lour. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate or trifoliate, scaly or pubescent. 

 Flowers polygamo-dioecious, minute, paniculate. Calyx 6-lobed. 

 Petals 5 concave, imbricated. Staminal tube urceolate or sub- 

 globose, 5-tootlied at the apex or entire ; anthers 5, erect, included 

 or half exserted. Disc minute. Ovary 1-3-celled; cells 1-2-ovuled. 

 Fruit a dry berry 1-2-celled and seeded. Seeds with a fleshy 

 covering 



A. Roxburghiana, Miq. Ann. Mus. Ludg-Bat. IV. 41 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 



555 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t, 180. In the evergreen forests of the gh;U.s of 

 North Kiinara from Ainshi southwards, also in the Koukan. A large tree. 

 Fl. Nov., Dec. Fi\ ripe July. There is also a variety of the above or a 

 new species, very common in waste places aud in the forests of the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, near the coast, sometimes a small tree 

 usually only a shrub. Panicles elongate, exceeding the leaves ; pedicils 

 short or 0. Fruit ovoid, 2-sccded. Seeds surrounded with a thick, white, 

 transparent, veined, glutinous, pulp. Epicarp thin leathery, Icpidote, 

 bright yellow. Fl. and Fr. R. S. 



LANSIUM, Rumph. 



Trees. Lsavcs oddpinnate. Flowers polygamo-dioecious, 5- 

 mcrous in axillaiy panicles or racemes. Sepals and petals rounded, 

 imbi'icated. Staminal tube globose, crenulated ; anthers 10, in 2 

 rows. Ovary globose, '3-5-celled ; cells 1-2-ovuled ; stigma 3-5-lobed. 

 Fruit a berry, 1-5-celled ; cells 1-2-seoded. Seeds enclosed in a 

 pulpy aril, exalbuminous. 



L. anamalyanum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 131 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 5i58. Abun- 

 dant on the southern ghats of North Kiuara in cvorgreeu forests. 

 Flowers during April and May. 



