MELIACEAE 275 



colored, about 1 cm long. Fruit globose or depressed-globose, yellowish, 



4 to 6 cm in diameter, the pericarp thick, the seeds large and surrounded 

 by a soft, translucent or pale, edible, acid pulp. (Fl." Filip. pi. 127.) 



Commonly cultivated, fl. Feb.-March; throughout the Philippines, wild 

 and cultivated, undoubtedly introduced. India to Malaya. 



3. AG LA I A Loureiro 



Shrubs or trees with pinnate, rarely 3-foliolate or simple leaves, gla- 

 brous, lepidote, or stellate-pubescent; leaflets entire. Flowers small, glo- 

 bose, polygamo-dioecious, numerous, in axillary or terminal panicles. 

 Calyx 5-lobed or toothed. Petals 5, concave, imbricate. Staminal-tube 

 urceolate, subglobose, or obovoid, entire or 5-toothed. Anthers 5, included 

 or half-exserted, or in one section inserted on the rim of the tube. Ovary 

 1- to 3-celled, small. Fruit berry-like, 1- or 2-celled and -seeded, the seeds 

 usually surrounded by a gelatinous, fleshy integument. (Greek "splendor," 

 from the beauty of the original species.) 



Species 100 or more, India to China through Malaya to Australia and- 

 Polynesia, about 40 in the Philippines. 



* 1. A. ODORATA Lour. Cinnamomo de China (Sp.-Fil.). 



A small, much-branched, glabrous tree 4 to 7 m high. Leaves 5 to 12 

 cm long, the rachis slightly winged, leaflets 5, obovate to oblong, obtuse, 2 

 to 7 cm long, the lower ones smaller than the upper. Panicles axillary, 



5 to 10 cm long, rather lax. Flowers numerous, yellow, very fragrant, 

 about 3 mm in diameter, racemosely arranged. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, 

 about 12 mm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. ilO.) 



Commonly cultivated for its fragrant flowers, but not spontaneous, fl. 

 Aug.-Dec. A native of southeastern Asia, now more or less cultivated in 

 many tropical countries. 



4. LANSIUM Jack 



Trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Flowers small, subglobose, polygamo- 

 dioecious, the males often panicled, the females in axillary or cauline 

 spikes or racemes. Sepals and petals 5, rounded, imbricate. Stamens 

 united in a tube; anthers 10, included, mostly in 2 series. Ovary 3- to 

 5-celled; cells 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy, 3- to 5-celled, with 1 or 2 seeds sur- 

 rounded by a soft, fleshy pulp. (From its Malay name.) 



Species 5 or 6, India to Malaya, 2 in the Philippines. 



■''1. L. DOMESTICUM Jack. Lansones (Tag.). 



A tree 4 to 8 m high or more, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, 20 to 40 cm long; leaflets 5 to 7, oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, 7 to 18 cm long, the nerves prominent on the lower 

 surface. Perfect flowers in spikes which are solitary or fasicled on the 

 trunk and larger branches, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers sessile, 

 small. Fruit edible, oblong-ovate or ellipsoid, pubescent, usually about 3 

 cm long, the pericarp tough. Seeds 1 or 2, surrounded by translucent pulp, 

 as are the remaining 3 or 4 aborted seeds. (Fl. Filip. pi. 117.) 



Rarely cultivated in our area, fl. June; widely distributed in the 

 Philippines in cultivation, certainly introduced. Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 



