Mmrmia.] xxxvii. meliacb^. (W. P. Hiern.) 543 



Seeds winged, albumen thin. — Dibtkib. Three species confined to India 

 and the Malay Archipelago. 



1. M. pumlla, Wight Ic. t. 91 ; lU. i. 147 ; leaflets 3 rarely 4-5 elliptic- 

 lanceolate terminal one longer, peduncles axillary few-flowered crowded 

 near the top of the short stem. Thwaites Enwm. 59. MeUa pumila, Moon 

 Cat. 35. 



Ceylon ; not uncommon in the warmer parts of the Island. 



More or less hirsute, 3-6 in. above the ground ; haves about as long ; petiole 

 scarcely half as long ; lateral leaflets subsessile ; terminal one 1 i-SJ in. long. Flowers 

 \\-\\ in. long, white, somewhat hairy outside. Peduncles short, bracteate. SUi- 

 minai-Me with subulate teeth. Fruit | in. diam., hairy. — Much valued in India as a 

 medicinal plant. 



2. nX. Walllchii, Wight III. i. 147 ; leaflets 5-9 usually 7 opposite or 

 subopposite lanceolate or ovate lateral ones very shortly petioled, base 

 obliquely rounded or rarely cuneate, peduncles axillary bearing a few 

 fascicled flowers crowded at the top of the stem. Turrsea pinnata, Wall. 

 PI. As. Ear. ii. 21, t. 119. M. neilgherrica, Wight lU. i. 147, t. 54. 



Eabteen Tropical Himalaya, in Sikkim. Khabia Mts. Nilchiki Mts. at Koondah 

 Ghat. 



A shrub. Leaves approximated at the ends of the branches, 6-12 in. ; leaflets 

 .1-5 in. by S-1,4 in. ; petiole 2-4 in. Flowers 1-1 J in. long, pale rose or white, hairy 

 outside. FedMndes 1 in. long, hairy, bent downwards after flowering, bracteate. Star 

 minal-tuhe with short subulate teeth. Fruit J-f In. diam., hairy. 



4. nXEIiXA, Linn. 



Trees with pinnate or 2-3-pinnate leaves, toothed or entire leaflets and 

 panicled axillary flowers ; pubescence often stellate-mealy. Calyx short, 

 6-6-lobed, imbricated. Fetals 5-6, free, spathulate-oblong, patent, imbri- 

 cated in bud. Staminal-tube cylindrical, dilated at base and apex, 10- or 

 12-striate and -toothed ; anthers 10 or 12, included or partly exserted, short, 

 inserted near apex. Disk annular. Ovary 3-6-celled ; cells alternate to the 

 sepals when equal in number to them ; style slender, nearly as long as the 

 tube, stigma capitate; ovules 2, superposed. Fruit drupaceous. Heeds 

 with thin fleshy albumen ; cotyledons foliaceous.— Distrib. A genus con- 

 taining scarcely more than the following five species. 



Mdia latifolia, in Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 402, is a misprint for Meliea latifolia, Koxb. 



* Leaves simply pinnate. 



1. M. tomentosa, Foxb. Hart. Feng. 90 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 394.; leaves ' 

 simply pinnate, leaflets subsessile 20 or more opposite lanceolate acumi- 

 nate needle-pointed firmly coriaceous, base obtuse, panicles spike-like on 

 long peduncks, flowers 5-merous, teeth of staminal tube linear-oblong 

 notched about equalling the anthers, ovary 5-celled. 



Penako, Roxburgh. 



A large tree, with the young parts petioles lower surface of leaflets bracts calyx ex- 

 terior of petals interior of staminal-tube ovary and style downy. Leaves 6 ft. or more 

 long continuing to expand leaflets at the apex ; leaflets ranging up to 1 ft. Fknmrg 

 pretty large, very numerous, crowded. Bracts subulate. Calyx cup-8haped,_ subentire. 

 Young fruit 5-celled, with 1 seed in each cell.— There is a coloured drawing of this 

 plant amongst Roxburgh's drawings in the Kew Herbarium, but no specimen. 



