548 XXXVII. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hiem.) [Dysoxylum. 



7. D. Kamiltonli, Hiern ; shoots tawny velvety, leaflets 9-17 oppo- 

 site or subopposite oblong acuminate velvety on the midrib beneath, 

 panicles lax axillary shorter than the leaves, pedicels slender about equalling 

 or shorter than the flowers, calyx very small 4-partite with rounded con- 

 cave imbricated lobes pubescent, petals 4 glabrous, staminal tube pubescent 

 on both sides, anthers 8, disk glabrous on both sides twice the length of 

 the ovary, style slender pubescent below glabrous above, ovary pubescent 

 3-celled. Guarea mollis. Wall. mss. G. paniculata. Wall. Cat. n. 4882, not 

 ofRoxb. Epicharis mollis, Wall, ex Voigt Sort. Sub. Gale. 135. G. Alliaria, 

 HamUt. in Mem. Wern. Soc. vL 305 (1832) excl. syn. Rwnvph. Hartighsea 

 Alliaria, Am. ex Voigt Hart. Svb._ Gale, 136. 



Assam and Silhet. 



A large tree. Leaves erect, 16-20 in. ; leaflets 4 by \\ in. ; petiolules ^ in. InjU)- 

 rescence 6 in. long and wide ; flowers i in. long, greenisli- white. 



8. D. malabaricum, Bedd. mss. ; leaflets about 8 subopposite ovate 

 or subelliptic acuminate obsoletely puberulent base cuneate shortly 

 petioMed, panicles many-flowered puberulent, pedicels short, flowers 4- 

 merous, calyx cleft halfway short, disk short mouth not very hairy, ovary 

 shortly pubescent 4-celled, ovules 2 together collateral, fruit globose both 

 ends pointed. Dysoxylum (sp.), £edd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 212 ; M. 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. p. liv. 



Western Pehihsula ; Mountains of Kurz and Travanoor, alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddome. 



An immense tree, ieaues .pallid, 14 ft. ; leaflets 5-8 by l|-;2 J in. ; petioles angular, 

 44 in. ; petiolules ^ in. Mowers I in. Anthers short. Fruit 2 in. diam., verrucose, 

 longitudinally lined, nearly glabrous, bright yellow when ripe, 3-4-seeded. Seeds 

 bluntly 3-sided, attached by their whole inner face to the central placenta ; testa 

 reddish-brown ; cotyledons green. — Called Porap^. by the Kaders on the Anamallays. 



** Flowers racemose or spicate. 

 t Leaflets alternate. 



9. D. pallens, Hiem ; leaflets 5-10 alternate oblong or eUiptic narrowly 

 acuminate glabrous, inflorescence axillary racemose, pedicels not exceeding 

 the closely puberulent 4-merous flowers, calyx shortly cup- shaped 4-ti(l, 

 anthers 8, disk glabrous on both sides coarsely toothed about equalling 

 the hairy 3- (-2)-ceUed ovary, style shortly hairy below, fruit pyriform, 

 seeds exarillate ? 



SiKKTM HiMALATA {Merl. Griff.) ; Mishmi and Khasia Mts., Griffith. 



A small or moderate-sized tree ; shoots pale. Leaves 9-32 in. ; leaflets 3-8 by 

 lJ-3 in. ; petiolule J-^ in. Flowers ^ in., greenish ; calyx -fjr~i '"• '""S i Petals valvate; 

 staminal tube glabrous on both sides, obtusely 6-8-toothed. Fruit 1^ by 1 in., slightly 

 pubescent. 



10. D. Seddomeii Hiem; leaflets 7-9 alternate glabrous submem- 

 branous ovate- or elliptic-oblong narrowly and obtusely acuminate base 

 oblique obtuse or cuneate, inflorescence axillary spicate somewhat branched 

 near the base, flowers subsessile or very shortly pedicelled 4-merous pube- 

 rulent, calyx very short, teeth short obtuse, staminal tube puberulent on 

 both sides, disk glabrous exceeding the hirsute ovary. 



South Tkatakcok, Beddome. 



A middling-sized tree ; young parts puberulent. ieaaes pale-green, 12-15 in.; leaf- 

 lets 4-6 by 14 to 2 in., midrib and lateral veins pale beneath ; petiolules J-J in. Injk)' 

 rescence 3-6 in., 1-2 in. -wide. Flowers ^ in. \ong. Pefafe imbricated. Staminal tube 

 shortly toothed. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules collateral. 



