66 XXI. MELIACE^. [Melia. 



4-5-cleft. Petals generally 4-5, free, rarely connate. S.tamens generally .. 

 double the number of petals, rarely 5 ; tbe filaments in most genera united 

 into a tube, rarely free, inserted on the disc, or outside at its base ; an- 

 thers 2-ceUed, dehiscing longitudinaUy, introrse. Disc annular, cup -shaped 

 or tubular. Ovary free, 3-5-celled ; style 1 ; ovules either 2 m each cell 

 or numerous ; placentation axile. Fruit various; seeds with or without 

 albumen.— Gen. PI. i. 327; Eoyle 111. 139; Wight 111. i. 145, 148. 

 (Cedrelacese.) 



Stamens united in a tute ; ovules 1-2 in each cell. 



Staminal tube cylindrical, 10-tootlied, bearing 10 anthers at 



the top ; petals erect . . • " •, Melia. 



Staminal tube globular or campanulate, bearing 5-10 anthers 



on the inside ; petals concave, connivent at the top . 2. Amoora. 



Staminal tube cleft into 8-10 divisions, each bearing an an- 

 ther ; petals erect 3. Heynea. 



Stamens united in a tube ; ovules numerous. 



Staminal tube urceolate, 10-toothed ; seeds winged at the 



upper end, with a thin fleshy albumen . . .4. Swietenia. 



Staminal tube cup-shaped, 10-cleft, each division 2-toothed ; 



seeds winged at both ends ; no albumen . . .5. Sovmida. 



Stamens free, inserted on the disc. 



Stamens 4-6, ovary 5-celled, capsule opening septifragally . 6. Cedeela. 



Stamens 10 ; ovary 3-celled ; capsule opening loculicidally . 7. Chloroxylon. 



Besides the trees here described, this family contains the Chittagong wood, 

 Chichrassia tabularis, Juss. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 9. A large tree of the hills of 

 Eastern Bengal, Buima, and South India, with light-reddish wood, abruptly pin- 

 nate tomentose leaves, terminal panicles ; staminal tube cylindrical, with 10 

 anthers on its edge ; a woody 3-ceUed capsule, with numerous winged seeds. 



1. MELIA, Linn. 



Trees with alternate pinnate, bipinnate, or tripinnate leaves. -Flowers 

 white or purple, in large, branched panicles. Calyx 5-6-cleft, imbricate. 

 Petals 5-6, linear-spathulate, convolute in bud. Stamens 10-12, mona- 

 delphous, edge of tube with 10-30 teeth ; anthers inserted on the edge of 

 the tube between the teeth, or within the tube below its mouth. Ovary 

 3-6-celled, surrounded at the base by the annular disc, continued into a 

 cylindrical or filiform style, bearing a 3-6-lob6d, deciduous stigma ; ovules 

 2 in each cell. Fruit a fleshy or dry drupe, the putamen 1-5-celled, 

 each ceU containing 1 pendulous seed, with a crustaceous testa; albu- 

 men scanty or none ; cotyledons foliaceous. 



Leaves pinnate ; ilowers white ; fruit 1-celled ; endocarp carti- 

 laginous . . . . . . . 1. M. indica. 



Leaves bipinnate ; fruit 5-celled ; endocarp osseous. 



Leaflets serrate, with large, often unequal, teeth; staminal 

 tube glabrous, purple, edge with 20-30 teeth as long as 

 anthers . . . . . . . 2. M. AzedaraA. 



Leaflets entire or crenate ; staminal tube hairy, white, edge 

 with an indefinite number of short subulate teeth, shorter 

 than anthers . . . . . . 3. J/. compoaUa. 



