402 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



of New South Wales is that of F. xmitlioxylay The Melias are 

 cultivated in our gardens, and in our hothouses some species of 

 Trichilia^ Guarea^ Ccdrela, and Swietenia, all remarkable for the 

 elegance of their divided foliage. Carapa guianensis flowers here 

 sometimes. The leaves are remarkable in theii* youth for the pro- 

 duction of a sweetish substance, secreted by glands whose existence 

 is temporary." Those of Ekchergia convallariœodora^ a species from 

 Madagascar, has in fact the very pleasant odour of the lily of the 

 valley. 



1 F. Oxktjana F. Muell. Fragm. 1, 65 ; iii. 

 25.— Benth. Fl. Austral, i. 389, n. Z.—OxUya 

 zanthoxyla A. Cunn. Hoolc. Bot. Misc. i. 246, t. 

 54. — KosENTH. op. cit. 170. Mentioned also 

 as useful woods are : that of F. Scliottiana F. 

 Muell. in Australia, and in New Caledonia that 



of F. Fotirnieri (Panch. et Seb. Bois N.-Calcd. 

 238), a species of doubtful autonomy [Manotié). 



- On the development of these leaves, see H. 

 Bn. Bull. Soc. Litin. Par. 22. 



■* H. Bn. Adansonia, xi. 263. 



