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resinous juice which exudes fromthe bark is an excellent remedy 
in dysenteric affections, owing to its balsamic properties, 
GENUS V. MELICOPE. 
Octandria Monogynia. Sex. Syst: 
Deriv. From Meli, honey, and Kope, division, alluding to the 
4 honey glands at the base of the ovaries. 
Gren. Cuar. Calyx 4-cleft: petals 4, spreading ; stamens shorter 
than the petals: filaments subulate: ovaries 4, with 4 large didy- 
mous glands at ‘the base: styles 4, combined, and terminated by a 
thick tetragonal stigma: carpels 4, each 1-seeded. 
(i) M. Invica. (R. Wy) 
Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. III, 
Lngrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1051. 
Spec. Cuar. Shrub or small tree: leaves somewhat alternate’ 
glabrous, tapering below, abruptly and shortly acuminated, simple’ 
obovate: flowers long-peduncled, about 3 together: capsules 47 
dehiscing above: flowers pale-yellow. 
Woods near the Avalanche bungalow and Sisparah Ghaut, Neil- 
gherries. Flowering in February. 
ORDER XLV. SIMARUBACEZ. 
Flowers usually bisexual: calyx 4-5-cleft: petals alternate 
with the sepals, hypogynous, spreading or combined into a, tube: 
twisted in exstivation: stamens twice as many as the petals: 
filaments arising from the back of a scale: anthers opening 
lengthwise: ovaries 5: ovules solitary in each cell: styles dis- 
tinct at the base, united at the apex: stigmas 4-5, distinct or 
combined: fruit of 4-5 indehiscent drupes: seeds pendulous: 
albumen none. 
GENUS I. SAMADERA. 
Octandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
. Gen. Car. Flowers bisexual: calyx: 4—5-cleft: petals much. 
longer than the calyx: stamens 8-10, shorter than the petals: 
ovaries 4-5: styles distinct at the base, uniting together into one, 
which is terminated by an acute stigma: fruit drupaceous, eonsist~ 
ing of one or more carpels, 
