138 XXIX. MELIACE2E [Dysoxylum 



5. DYSOXYLUM, Blume ; El. Brit. Lid. i. 54G. 



Evergreen trees, leaves pari-, rarely im.pari-pinn.ate, leaflets entire, base 

 oblique. El. bisexual, 4-5-merous, calyx deciduous, petals slightly imbricate 

 or valvate, anthers short, inserted inside the staminal tube below its edge. 

 Disk tubular, as long as or longer than ovary. Ovary usually hairy, 3-5- 

 celled, ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule coriaceous, 4-5-valved, loculicidal. 

 Seeds without albumen, cotyledons thick, fleshy, plumule often hairy. Species 

 100, Indo-Malayan. 



A. Fl. in ample pyramidal panicles. 



1. D. procerum, Hiern; Kurz, E. FL i. 214. Vern. Lasuni, Nep. 



Wood bright red, moderately hard, medull. rays the colour of the intervening 

 tissue, young shoots slightly pubescent. Leaflets 7-12, opposite or alternate, 

 6-14 in. long, fl. white on short bracteolate pedicels, in ample panicles about 

 as long as leaves. Disk woolly inside, twice the length of the hairy 3-4-celled 

 ovary. Fr. 2 in. diam. 



Sikkim, Khasi hills, Assam. Manipur, Pegu and Tenasserim. PI. C. S. Malacca. 

 2. D. Hamiltonii, Hiern, Sikkim, Assam, Silhet, leaflets 10-18, opposite or nearly so, 

 hairy beneath, very oblique, fl. smell strong of garlic. 3. D. thyrsoideum, Griff., South 

 Andaman, Malay Peninsula, leaflets 6-8, glabrous, shining, 4-10 in., disk densely 

 hairy at mouth. 4. D. grande, Hiern, Silhet, leaflets 12, alternate, 5-9 in. long, disk 

 glabrous outside. 5. D. arborescens, Miq., South Andaman, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago, small tree, leaflets opposite, 2-3 pair, panicles lax, 2-4 in. 



B. Panicles contracted, racemiform, sparingly branched. 



6. D. binectariferum, Hook. fil. — Syn. D. macrocarpum, Thwaites (not of 

 Blume) ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 150. Vern. Kadu gadda, Kan. 



A large tree, wood close-grained, young shoots and inflorescence minutely 

 puberulous. Leaflets alternate, 6-8, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, 

 tertiary nerves indistinct. Fl. white, tetramerous, - 1 - in. long, calyx cup- 

 shaped truncate obscurely toothed, disk glabrous inside, 8-dentate, closely sur- 

 rounding the hairy ovary. Fr. 2h in. long, red, 4-celled, 4-seeded, seeds 

 polished, dark purple. 



Sikkim, Khasi hills, Chittagong, "Western Ghats from Khandala southwards. Fl. 

 P. S. Ceylon, Cochinchina. 7. D. reticulatum, King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 65, ii. 

 (1897) 114. Sikkim, Cachar, leaflets mostly alternate, tertiary nerves prominently 

 reticulate, fl. J in., disk fleshy, glandular-pubescent. Capsule pyriform, 3 in. long. 



8. D. malabaricum, Bedd. — Syn. D. glandulosum, Talbot List 39. Vern. 

 Vellei agiJ, Mai. 



A large tree. L. 12 in. long, young shoots grey-pubescent with minute 

 hairs, petiole sharply angled, leaflets 6-10, nearly opposite, 4-9 in. long, sec. n. 

 conspicuous beneath. Panicles contracted, with few branches, shorter than 

 leaves. Fl. 4-merous, \ in. long, calyx deeply 4-lobed, disk truncate, hairy 

 inside. Fr. 2 in. long, nearly globose, bright yellow and verrucose when 

 ripe. Seeds 3-4, angular, dark brown. 



Evergreen forests of the "Western Ghats, North Kanara, Coorg, Anamalais, 

 Travancore. PI. Pebruary. Yields the white cedar wood of Travancore. Nearly 

 allied : 9. D. Beddomei, Hiern (Adantkei, Tarn.). South Travancore, evergreen forest. A 

 very large tree, wood pale yellow and scented, petioles terete, leaflets alternate. Pr. 

 purple, smooth, globose, 2-3 in. diam. 10. D. pallens, Hiern, Sikkim, Khasi hills, Upper 

 Assam, leaflets 6-10, alternate, 4-10 in. long, sec. n. prominent, calyx deeply 4-cleft, 

 disk glabrous on both sides. Pr. 1§ by 1 in. 



The only species with glabrous ovary is 11. D. Oliveri, n. spec, a large tree in the 

 evergreen forest above Katha 6,000 ft., Ruby Mines district (J. W. Oliver, May, 1890), 

 nearly allied to the Malayan D. cosiulatum, Miq. (D. brevipes, Hiern), leaves glabrous, 

 paripinnate, common petiole angular, leaflets opposite, 6-24 in. long, sec. n. 14-16 pair, 

 prominent beneath, panicles ample, as long as leaves; fl. J in., sweet scented, calyx 



