,] XXXVII. MELiACB^. (W. P. Hiem.) 645 



5. Mm dubia, Gav. Diss, (vii.) 364 (1789) ; leaves bipinnate or 6cca- 

 sionally tripinnate, ultimate leaflets 2-1 1 opposite ovate or oblong-lanceolate 

 entire or crenate-serrate acuminate, base more or less oblique, panicles mealy 

 with stellate hairs rather dense, calyx-lobes ovate, petals mealy, anthers 

 exceeding the numerous short subulate teeth of the hairy mouth of the 

 white stamina! tube, ovary 5-celled, fruit with 5 or fewer cells .and seeds. 

 M. composita, WiUd. Sp. PI. ii. 559 (1799), not of De Oandolle ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. i. 117 ; Dak. & Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 36 ; Thimites Enum. 59 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Mvat. t. 12 ; Brandis For. Flor. 69. M. superba, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 33 ; 

 M. Ind. ii. 396 ; Wall. Cat. 1254. M. r6busta, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 33 ; Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 397. M. australasica, Adr. Juss. in Mem. Mus. xix. 257. M. asthio- 

 pica, Wdw. Apontam. Phyto-geogr. Prov. Angola, 584. M. Bombolo, Weho. 

 1.0. 561. M. argentea, Etb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 1264, C. 



The Eastern and Westeen PEimrenLAS ; Bisma and Ceyloh ; wild and cultivated. 

 — DiSTKiB. Tropical Asia, Australia, and Angola. 



A large handsome tree. Leaves 9-24 in. ; leaflets |-3 by \-\\ in. Flowers greenish- 

 white, fragrant, J-J in. long. Drupe ellipsoidal, J in. or more long. — By the kindness 

 of Dr. Eoeper, Professor of Botany at the University of Roetock, I have been enabled 

 to examine the original specimen of M. dubia, Cav., and to ascertain its identity 

 with M. composita, WiUd. 



5. CXPADESSA, Blume. {MaMea, Juss.). 



Shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves, opposite or subopposite 

 coarsely serrate or entire leaflets, axillary peduncled panicles and sub- 

 globoae flowers. Calyx small, cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong, 

 rather short, spreading, free, valvate in bud. Starrdnal tube deeply 10-lobed, 

 adnate below to the disk, lobes linear, bifid at the apex ; anthers short, 

 inserted between the teeth, subapiculate. DiA shortly cup-shaped, wholly 

 adnate to the base of the starainal tube. Ovary 5-celled ; cells alternate 

 with the, calyx-lobes ; style rather short, stigma clavate-capitate ; ovules 

 two, collateral, pendulous. Drupe slightly fleshy, 5-ribbed, 5-celled ; ribs 

 alternate with the calyx-lobes ; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds with fleshy albu- 

 men ; embryo subfoliaceous. — Disteib. A genus of 2 species, limited to 

 India and the Malay Archipelago. 



1. C. frutlcosa, Blume Bijd. 162 ; leaflets 7-11 ovate or elliptic entire 

 or coarsely serrate pubescent on the nerves beneath, ovary glabrous. O. 

 baccifera, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iv. 6. C. ? subscandens, Miq. I.e. 7. 

 Melia baccifera. Roth Nov. Sp. 215. Ekebergia indica, EosA. Hort. Beng. 33; 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 392 ; Wall. Cat. 1256. E. ? integerrima, Wall. Gat. 1257. MaUea 

 Rothii, Adr. Jrns. in Mem. Mus. xix. 222, t. 13, i.Q;W.dsA. Prodr. i. 118 ; 

 Grah. Gat. Bomb. Pl.ZX; Thwaites Emm. 60 ; Dale. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 37; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. AnM. Gen. hv. t. 8, f. 5. M. integerrima, Wall, ex Voigt 

 Hort. Suh. Gale. 134. M. sabscandens, Teysm. & Binnend. in Nat. Tidjdschr. 

 Ned. Ind. xxvii 39. Melia montana, Hb. Madr. ex Wall. Gat. 1256, D. 



Western Peninsula; from the Concan and Circars southwards to Ceylon. — 

 DisTBiE. Java. 



A much branched shrub, erect or in dense moist forests somewhat scandent. Leaves 

 3-10 in.,; leaflets 1-34 ty 4-1 4 in., shortly _ petiolulate. Flowers \-\ in. long; 

 panicles mostly on long peduncles. Frwit f-J in. diam. 



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