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GENUS I. MELIA. 
Deeandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From the Greek name of the 4sh, applied to this genug 
on account of the resemblance in the leaves. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees, with alternate, bipinnate leaves: leaflets 
in pairs with an odd one: calyx 5-partite: petals 5, patent: sta- 
men-tube with 10 anthers in the throat: ovary 5-celled: cells each 
with 2 ovules: style columnar, breaking off from the top of the 
ovary: stigma 5-lobed: fruit a drupe, with one 5-celled, bony 
nut: cells 1-seeded. 
(1) M. Azeparacn. (Linn.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 117.—Dec. prod. I. p. 621.—= 
Roxb. fl. Ind. Il. p. 395. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 160.—Bot. Mag. XXVII. t. 1066, 
Spec. Cuan. Leaves deciduous: leaflets about five together, 
obliquely ovate-lanceolate, serrated, finely acuminated : petals 
nearly -glabrous; peduncles axillary, panicled above, many-flow- 
ered: flowers smallish, white, externally lilac at the top, fragrant. 
Northern India. Concans andthe Deccan. Flowering in March, 
This is the common Bead-tree, or Persian lilac. The root is bitter 
and nauseous, and is used in North America as anthelmintic. 
(2) M. comrostra. (Wilid.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 117. 
Syn. M. superba, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 396.—M. robusta, Roxb. 
fl. Ind. II. p. 397. 
Spec. Cuar. Young shoots, petioles and panicles very. mealy: 
leaves 2 or 3 pinnate: leaflets 3-7 pair, ovate, acuminate, crenu- 
lated: calyx and petals mealy: flowers small, greenish-white, fray 
grant. 
Concan Hills, Mysore. Flowering in the hot season. 
GENUS I. AZADIRACHTA. 
Deeandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst 
. Deriy. A name applied by Avicenna to a poisonous tree. 
Grn. Cuar. Calyx 5-partite: petals 5: stamen-tube bearing 
10 anthers in the throat, shortly 10-lobed: lobes reflexed: anthers 
opposite the lobes and equal to them: ovary 3-celled: ovules 2 
in each cell, collateral: style columnar: stigma 3-cleft : drupe 1s 
celled, 1-seeded, 
