542 XXXVII. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hiem.) [Turnea. 



or lateral clusters, shortly peduncled. Calyx shortly 5-fid, hairy. Staminal-tuhe about 

 1 in. long, with 10 lanceolate teeth. Ovary 5-celled. Oapsvle J in. long, hairy. Seeds 

 not winged. 



2. T. villosa, Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 182; more or less pubescent with 

 short hairs, leaves elliptic or ovate shortly acuminate thin, base obtuse or 

 cuneate, flowers white, style far exserted, capsule glabrate. Wight let. 

 1593. Euonymus (sp.) Beddome Flor. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Mv. 



Western Pehinsula ; on the Anamallay and Mahableshwur hills ; Guzerat, at 

 Dolra, Hove in Sb. Banks. 



A large shrub or small tree. Leaves in flower usually about 1^ in., in fruit 2-4 in. 

 and sometimes glabrate, entire, shortly petioled. Flowers sweet-scented, 1-1| in. 

 long, in axillary clusters or short racemes, 3-6 together, about double the length of the 

 peduncles. Calyx short, pubescent. Slamindl-tuhe |— 1 in. long, glabrous as well as 

 the petals ; teeth very short. Ovary 5-oelled. Cofpsmh subglobose, about \ in. long. 

 Seeds not winged. 



2. ZTAREGAiaiA, W. & A. 



A small glabrous and shining undershrub. Leaves trifoliolate. Pedundes 

 axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. Calyx smaJl, campanulate, 5-cleft, deciduous. 

 Petals 5, free, elongate-spathulate, imbricated in bud, at length spreading 

 above. Staminal-ttibe elongated, inflated above, obsoletely 10-crenate at 

 the mouth; anthers 10, terminal, shortly oblong, inserted at the crenatures of 

 themouth, exserted, setaceous-apiculate. i>is^ annular. Ovary 3-ceIled, ovules 

 2 collateral in each cell, pendulous ; dyle filiform, stigma capitate. Capsule 

 ovoid-globose, 2-lobed, 3-celIed, locuHcidaUy 3-valved; valves separating 

 from the 3-winged axis. Seeds 2 in each ceU, albumen fleshy ; embryo 

 f oliaceous. — Disteib. One Indian species, represented in Angola, West Tro- 

 pical Africa by a shortly hairy form scarcely likely to prove specifically 

 distinct. 



1. N. alata, W. & A. Prodr. i. 117; leaflets sessile cuneate-obovate 

 quite entire or obtusely lobed, common petioles winged. Wall. Cat. 9038 • 

 Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 30 ; Balz. <k Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 36 ; Drury Ind. Fl. i. 161 ' 

 Wight Ic. t. 90. K dentata, Miq. in PI. Hohmack. No. 79. Turrsea alata! 

 Wight exW.&A. l.c—Rheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 22. 



Western Peninsdla ; or the Western Ghats from the Concan southwards. DiBipm; 



Angola (a pubescent form). 



Branches erect or decumbent, from a few inches to 2 ft. long. Leaves 1-4 in. long • 

 terminal leaflets rather larger than the lateral ones and about the length of the common 

 petiole. Flowers l-l\ in. long, quite white, longer than the peduncles. Style 

 yellow. 



3. laXTITRONIA, Wight. 



Shrubs or undershrubs with trifoliolate or unequally pinnate leaves 

 entire or coarsely toothed leaflets, elongated flowers, and axUlaiy few- 

 flowered peduncles. Calyx 5-partite, short at least in flower, persistent 

 subf oliaceous. Petals 5, elongate-spathulate, cohering half way. Stamina^ 

 tube adnate below to the corolla, cylindrical, 10-toothed at the apex • 

 anthers 10, terminal, alternating with the teeth, setaceous-apiculate. Disi 

 membranous, tubular, sheathing the ovary and base of the style. Ovary 5- 

 ceUed ; cells opposite the sepals, 2-ovuled ; style elongated, slender, stigma 

 capitate ; ovules superposed. Capsule depressed-globose, 5-lobed, coria- 

 ceous, locuiicidally 5-valved; valves separating from the 5-winged axis. 



