426 DICOTYLEDONE.E. 
Calyx 5- dentatus. Petala 5, æstivatione valvata. Stamina 5-10, fila- 
inentis inferne in tubum brevem basidiscoideum coalitis, superne li- 
beris, apice 2- denticulatis, inter denticulos antheriteris. Ovarium 
liberum 5- loculare, rarius pauci- vel- 4- loculare, loculis cum petalis 
alternis, sylvus ovarium circiter æquans, stigmate capitato termina- 
tus. Ovula in singulis loculis 2, collateralia. Fructus baccatus subear- 
nosus, loculis 1-2- spermis. Semina subangulata, albumine sarnoso ; 
embryonis curvi cotyledones oblongæ, radicula supera. 
Arbores parvie vel frutices. Folia alterna vel subopposita, impari- 
pinnata vel trifoliolata ; foliola integra. Flores hermaphroditi in race- 
mos, axillares plus minusve ramosos dispositi. — In Asia et Oceania 
tropicalibus. 
1. €. baccifera (Miq. ann. mus. bot., v. 4, p. 6); foliis alternis 
brevissime petiolatis, impari-pinnatis 4-6- Me 'iotiolis oppositis bre- 
vissime peliolutatis, lanceolatis, basi æquali acutis, apice acute cus- 
pidatis, a melio apicem versus acute serratis integrisve, supra glabris 
subtus ad nervos adpresse pilosis; racemis peduneulatis, breviter 
ramosis, quam folia brevioribus; floribus pedicellatis , calyce leviter 
acule 5- dentato, extus puberulo; petalis antherisque 10 glabris; 
ovario glabro 5- loculari, inferne in stipitem brevem Matth 
superne subeupuliformi. Melia baccifera Roth. pl. or. p. 
Prodr. v. 1, p. 622, Ekebergia Indiea Roxb. Hort. Ben pa 33. 
Cip. fruticosa B1.! Bijdr. v. 4, p. 162; A. Juss.! Mem. Mel. , p. 70 
(exclus, syn. Jack); Miq. Flor. Ind. bot. v. 1, pars 2, p. 933; ; Hiern! 
in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. pars 3, p. 545. Mallea Bothii A. Juss.! 
Mem. Mel. p. 70. Cip.? subscandeus Miq. in Ann. mus. bot. v. 4, 
p. T? 
Frutex, ramulis fuscescentibus pallide lenticellosis glabris. Folia 
22 cent. longa; foliola 8 cent. longa, 35 mill. lata, membranacea sub- 
opaca epunctulata ; nervi secundarii subadscendentes utrinque 8-10 ; 
rhachis petiolusque 5 cent. longus teretes glabri. Petala 3 !/, mill. 
longa, membranacea oblonga apice acuta. Stamina quam petala 
paullo breviora, antheris ovata-acutis. Stigma capitatum apice bre- 
viter 5 denticulatum, 
In Java (Bl. in herb. Lugd. bat.); India orientali ad Ac Dong 
(Wall. n. 1257 in herb. DC); a Conean et Circars ad Ceylon (Hiern 
L c., Leshnault n. 146 in herb. DC et mus. Par. Ja 
2. €. Borneensis (Miq. aun. mus. bct. v. 4, p. 6); foliis petio- 
latis, impari-pinnatis 2-4- jugis; foliolis oppositis petiolutatis integer- 
rimis, subtus ad nervum medium ochraceo-tomentellis, inferioribus 
minoribus ovatis, reliquis oblongis basi leviter inæqualibus, apice 
lato-apiculatis, vario gradu sed constanter emarginatis, terminali e 
