MELIA, MÉLIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). ADT 
Hort. visit ks 121 ; Walp. Ann., v. 4, p. 386; Miq. in Ann. mus. 
bot., v. 4, 
Kebür. Eve stellato-squamulosæ. Ramuli primum argil- 
lacei, dein rubescentes, parce et minute lenticellosi. Folia ad 40 cent. 
longa; foliola ad 12 cent. longa ; pinnulis membranaceis subpellu- 
cidis, epunctulatis, ad 25 mill. longis, 23 mill. latis; nervis secunda- 
riis, alternis, patulo-adscendentibus, rectis, subtusvix prominulis, ad 
sinus vergentibus, utrinque circiter 10. Khachis, cum petiolo 91/, cent. 
iongo, teres glabra. Paniculæ pedunculus ad 9 cent, longus ; rami ad 
6 cent. longi, oppositi vel vercillati, pedunculati, apice corymboso- 
ramulosi ; sepala oblongo-elliptica apice obtusa vel acutiuscula, circiter 
3 mill. longa. Petala membranacea circiter 8 cent. longa, spathulato- 
obovata, obtusa, inferne linearia. Antheræ oblongo-ellipticæ, mucro- 
nulatæ, circiter 45 mill. longe. Stylus glaber; stigma breviter cy- 
lindricum inclusum. Drupa eirciter 16 mill. longa, 12 mill. lata. 
In Japonia prope Yokohama et Nagasaki (Maxim. et Oldham, n. 137, 
in herb. Petrop. et Kew.). 
B, albicans; foliorum rhachi et nervis pose, — In Nagasaki 
(Oldham, n. 159, in herb. Berol.). 
9. M. Birmanmiea (Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., v. 43, 
pars 2, p. 183); foliis longe petiolatis, impari-bi-pinnalis, 5-6- jugis; 
foliolis oppositis, petiolulatis, impari- pinnatis 3-4- jugis ; pinnis oppo- 
sitis, petiolulatis, basi æquali acutis, apice acute cuspidatis, utrinque 
glabris; paniculis longe peduneulatis, folia dimidia circiter æquan- 
tibus, subeorymboso-ramosis, densifloris, apice squamulosis ; flori- 
bus breviter pedicellatis ; calyce acute 5- sepalo, extus dense vil- 
losulo ; petalis extus albido-villosulis ; tubo cylindrico extus costulato, 
parce pilosulo, intus presertim ad faucem tomentello ; antheris 
villosulis vix mucronulatis ; ovario glabro 5- loculari, drupa glo- 
bosa. M. dubia Hiern in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind., pars 3, p. 545, 
pro parte. 
Arbor excelsa. Ramuli juniores dense velutini dein glabri atro- 
rubescentes, elenticellosi. Folia ad 40 cent. longa ; foliola ad 11 cent. 
longa, pinnis 35 mill. longis, 15 mill. latis, membranaceis, epunc- 
tulatis; nervis secundariis patulo-adscendentibus, subtus subpro- 
minulis, utrinque circiter 8. Petioluli et rhachis, cum petiolo circiter 
9 cent. longo, teretes subtiliter puberuli. Panicule pedunculus 
9 cent. longus, rami suboppositi, amd peduneulati, apice corym- 
boso-ramulosi, inferiores: ad 9 cent. longi; bracteolæ lineares 
3 mill. longæ, villosulze. Flores oblongi, sordide rubelio-albidi. Ca- 
lycis dentes ovato-aeuti. Petala membranacea subpellucida, spathu- 
lato-oblonga, obtusa, 8 mill. longa. Antheræ oblongo -ellipticæ, intra 
tubi dentes inclusæ, 1 mill. superantes. Stylus glaber sulcatus, eum 
