MELIACEAE 273 



or the terminal one oblong-obovate, acuminate, 7 to 12 «n long. Racemes 8 

 to 20 cm long. Flowers bright-red, the corolla about 2.5 cm long. 



Cultivated only, fl. Nov.-March. A native of tropical America, of com- 

 paratively recent introduction here. 



71. BURSERACEAE (Canarium orPili Family) 



Trees or shrubs, resiniferous, with alternate or opposite, odd-pinnate 

 leaves. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, paniculate or racemose. Flow- 

 ers small, regular, perfect or polygamous. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed. Petals 

 3 to 6, free, rarely connate, imbricate or valvate. Disk annular or cup- 

 shaped. Stamens 3 to 12, equal or unequal, inserted at the base of, or on 

 the margin of the disk, free, or sometimes united at the base. Ovary free, 

 1- to 5-celled; ovules 1 or 2 in each cell; style simple. Fruit drupe-like, 

 indehiscent, the pulp usually thin, the endocarp bony, often 3-angled, 

 1- to 3-seeded. > 



Genera 19, species about 400 in the tropics of both hemispheres, 4 genera 

 and about 40 species in the Philippines. 



1. CANARIUM Linnaeus 



Usually large trees with fragrant sticky resin. Leaves alternate, odd- 

 pinnate. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary, often narrow panicles, 

 perfect or polygamous. Calyx short, 3-lobed. Petals 3, free. Stamens 6, 

 inserted on the margin of the disk, or outside of it. Ovary 2- or 3-celled; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe ovoid to ellipsoid, often distinctly 3-angIed, 

 the pulp thin, the stone 1- to 3-celled, 1- to 3-seeded. (From the Malay 

 name of one species.) 



Species about 100 in tropical Asia and Malaya, about 35 in the Philip- 

 pines. 



1. C. vlllosum (Blume) F.-Vill. Pagsainguin (Tag.). 



A tree reaching a height of 20 m, the young branches, leaves, and in- 

 florescence more or less covered with soft brown hairs, in age becoming 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves 20 to 50 cm long; leaflets 7 to 15, ovate to oblong- 

 ovate, 6 to 18 cm long, entire, acuminate, base rounded or subcordate, 

 oblique, the nerves prominent beneath. Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, 

 10 to 30 cm long, the primary branches distant, very short, or sometimes 

 none. Flowers pubescent, greenish-White, 4 to 5 mm long, sessile, fasci- 

 culate. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, terete, not 3-angled, abput 1 cm long. (Fl. 

 Filip. pi. SiS, C. pimela.) 



In thickets, Masambong, occasional, fl. Mar .-Apr.; widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. Endemic. 



72. MELIACEAE (Santol Family) 



Trees or shrubs, rarely small undershrubs or herbs, with alternate^ 

 usually pinnate, sometimes 2- or 3-'pinnate, rarely simple leaves. Flower* 

 perfect or polygamo-dioecious, regular, in axillary or terminal panicles, 

 racemes, spikes, or fascicles. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed, rarely entire or of free 

 sepals. Petals 3 to 6, free or connate at the base, sometimes cohering with 

 the staminal tube below. Anthers 4 to 12, sessile, usually borne inside of, 

 or on the margin of a staminal tube. Disk tubular, annular, or none. 



* 111E6B — 18 



