134 XXIX. MELIACE^E [Heynea 



Order XXIX. MELIACE.E. Gen. PI. i. 327. 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate, generally pinnate, leaflets in most genera 

 quite entire, stipules 0. Fl. regular, mostly bisexual, cjmose, cymes generally 

 panicled. Calyx small, mostly 4-5-clef t. Petals free, rarely connate. Stamens 

 as a rule double the number of petals, filaments generally united into a tube, 

 anthers 2-celled. Disk, when present, between stamens and ovary, often 

 forming a tube, enclosing the ovary partly or entirely. Ovary 3-5-celled, 

 style 1 or stigma sessile ; ovules, either 1-2 in each cell or numerous. Er. 

 a capsule or indehiscent, mostly with coriaceoas pericarp, seeds with or with- 

 out albumen. 



Engler in Engler u. Prantl iii. 4. 171 places Chloroxylon under Sutacece chiefly on 

 account of the translucent glands in the leaves, "which form one of the distinguishing 

 characters of that order. 



A. Ovules 1 or 2 in each cell, seeds not winged. 



I. Starninal tube half the length of stamens or less, or stamens free. Leaflets 

 always entire. 



L. imparipinnate, leaflets 9. Panicles axillary, corym- 

 bose, long pedunculate, tube half the length of sta- 

 mens, capsule 2-valved ....... 1. Heynea. 



L. imparipinnate, 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate. Panicles 

 terminal or axillary, stamens free or connate, fr. 

 tomentose 2. "Walsura. 



Leaflets often serrate, stamens connate only at base, 

 fr. scarlet Cifadessa (p. 137). 



II. Staminal tube complete, oblong or linear. 



L. simple ......... 3. Turr-ea. 



L. trifoliolate 4. Sandoricum. 



L. pinnate, leaflets entire. 



El. bisexual, oblong, anthers short, ovules 2 . .5. Dysoxylum. 



El. polygamous, linear, anthers linear, ovule 1 . 6. Chisocheton. 

 L. pinnate, leaflets mostly serrate. 



Petals cohering half way, disk tubular, fl. 1-1J in. Munronia (p. 139). 



Petals free, disk inconspicuous, fl. J in. . . 7. Azadirachta 



L. bi- or tri-pinnate ....... 8. Melia. 



III. Staminal tube complete, globose, fl. bisexual. 



Littoral trees, leaflets 3-7, anthers 8 . . . .9. Carapa. 

 Shrubs or small trees on the Ghats, leaflets 1 or 3, 

 anthers 5 or 6 Beddojiea (p. 141). 



IV. Staminal tube complete, globose, fl. polygamous. 

 Petals 3 or 4, ovary 3-celled, anthers 3-10, capsule 



dehiscent .10. Amoora. 



El. 5-merous, anthers 5, fr. dry, indehiscent . . 11. Aglaia. 



El. 5-merous, anthers 10, fr. fleshy . . . .12. Lansiuji. 



B. Oviiles numerous, seeds winged, staminal tube complete. 



Seeds winged at both ends 13. Soymida. 



Seeds winged at one end 



Petals ^— J in., capsule 3-6 in. .... Swietenia (p. 144) 



Petals i in., capsule 1J in 14. Chukrasia. 



C. Ovules 8-12 in each cell, seeds winged, stamens distinct. 



Stamens 4-6, ovary 5-celled 15. Cedrela. 



Stamens 10, ovary 3-celled, translucent glands in leaves 16. Chloroxylon. 



8. HEYNEA, Roxb. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. 565. 

 United with Walsura by Kurz and others. Species 3, Indo-Malayan region. 



H. trijuga, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 260.— Syn. //. affinis, A. Juss. ; Bedd. PL 

 Sylv. t. 134; Walsura trijuga and pubescens, Kurz, E. Fl. i. 225. Vera. 

 Gundira, Mar. ; Kora, Kan. ; Kora hadi, Mai. 



A tree, sometimes shrubby. L. imparipinnate, leaflets opposite 4 pair, 2-6 



