CLASSIFICATION 



medica, C. Aurantium, and C. decummia or batabi- 

 nebu), usually characterized by winged and jointed 

 petioles (see fig. 29 (4)); bael or Wood-apple {^gle 

 Marmelos), kath-bael or Elephant-apple (Feronia 

 Elephantuvi), kamini-phul {Murraya exotica)^ and 

 ash-shaorha {Glycosmis pentaphylld). The twigs of 



the last-named plant 

 are largely used as a 

 kind of tooth-brush all 

 over northern India. 

 Todalia aculeata (fig. 

 173) is a shrub found 

 in Orissa and Khasi 

 Hills, armed with pe- 

 culiar spines. The 

 seeds of nebu are often 

 poly-embryonic. 



Nat. Order 31. 

 Meliacece. — Trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, usually pinnate, 

 leaflets generally ob- 

 lique at the base. Sti- 

 pules o. Flowers re- 

 gular, hermaphrodite 

 or polygamo-dioecious. Disk annular or tubular. 

 Calyx gamosepalous, entire, or 3- to 6-lobed. Petals 

 3 to 6. Stamens 4 to 12, the filaments cohering to 

 form a columnar tube, at the mouth of which are in- 

 serted the anthers, rarely free. Ovary 3- to 5-celled. 

 Fruit various. Seeds, with or without albumen, 

 sometimes arillate. 



The Order is mostly tropical. The common plants 

 are ghorha-neem {Melia Azedarach), common or 

 smaller neem {Melia Azadirachta), toon {Cedrela 



Fig:. 173. — Kada todali {Todalia aculeata) 



