554 XXXVII. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hicrn.) 



Stammal tube terminating in 8 or 10 subglabrate emarginate lobes. Flowers J in. 

 long. Fruit (immature?) | in. long. 



3. S. nXain^ayl, Eiem; subglabrous, leaves elliptic subaouminate, 

 base obtuse, lateral nerves strong above depressed beneath, panicles shorter 

 than the leaves, pedicels equalling the flowers mostly exceeding the subulate 

 bracteoles, calyx fleshy obscurely toothed very minutely pilose. 



Malacca, Maingay. , , . • i 



A tree. Leaves about 6-8 in. ; leaflets 2-5 by 1^-3 in.; peticlules J in. ; terminal 

 one quasi-articulated near apex, Ij-lf in. Flowers J-| in. long. Calyx J-f m. long. 

 Pefafe white tinged with pink, glabrous, marked outside with pale glandular dots. 

 Staminal tube ventricose-cylindrical, contracted at the throat, ribbed externally and 

 5-lobed near the apex, each lobe obtusely 4-toothed, the 2 central teeth larger. AntUrs 

 2-8eriate. Stigma subacute. — Cfr. 8. borneense, Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 

 iv. 33. 



9. AGXiAXA, Lour. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrous lepidote or steUately pubescent. Leaves pinnate 

 or trifoliolate ; leaflets quite entire. Flmuers polygamo-dioecious, minute 

 or small, numerous, paniculate, subglobose. Calyx 5-lobed, imbricated in 

 bud. Petah 5, concave, short, imbricated. Siamirud tube urceolate or sub- 

 globose, 5-toothed at the apex or entire ; anthers 5, included orhalf-exserted, 

 erect. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary ovoid or shortly so, 1-3-ceUed, with 

 2-1 ovules in each ceU ; style very short. Berry dry, 1-2-celled and -seeded. 

 Seeds with a fleshy integument. — Disteib. Species about 50, inhabiting 

 China, the Malay islands and the islands of tne Pacific ocean, as weU. as 

 India. 



Milnea ? racemosa, Eoemer Synops. i. 98 {Nyalelia racemosa, Dennstedt Schli^ss. 

 Hort. Mai. 23. Nyalel, Eeede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 16), has, according to the figure, the 

 structure of the stamens incompatible with the Order Meliaceae. 



Sect. I. Shoots leaves and inflorescence lepidote or glabrous. 



* Leaflets 3-5, rarely 7. 



+ Inflorescence lax, pedicels slender, about equalling the flowers. 



1. A. odorata, Lowr. Fl. Cochinch. 173 ; glabrous or quickly becoming 

 so, leaflets obovate or oblong obtuse shortly petiolulate terminal one 

 longest, base cuneate, panicles rather lax, flowers on slender pedicels about 

 as long as themselves, ovary hairy. Wight Ic. t. 511 ; Mvq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd.-Bat. iv. 48 ; WaM. Gat. 1275 ; Adr. Juss. in Mem. Mus. xLs. t. 14, f. 7. 

 Camunium sinense, Rumph. Amh. v. 28, t. 18, f. 1. C. chinense, Eoxh. 

 Hort. Beng. 18; Fl. Ind. L 636. Opilia odorata, Spr. Syst. Veg. i. 766. 

 Murraya exotica, Reinw. ex Miq. l.c. A. pentaphylla, Kurz ex Miq. Lc. 



Eastern Peninsula; Malacca, Penang, and Sinoapore; (CErLON, oultiv.). — Distkib. 

 Siam, Java, China. 



An elegant shrub or small leafy tree ; extremities of young shoots covered with stel- 

 late ferruginous scales. Leaves 2-6 in. ; leaflets 1-3 by J-li in. Flowers yellow, frag- 

 rant, ^7 in. diam. — Often cultivated for its sweet-scented flowers. 



tt Inflorescence dense ; pedicels very short. 



2. A. khaslana, Eiem; leaves narrowly elliptical obtusely narrowed 

 towards both ends glabrescent on rather long petiolules, panicles short fer- 

 ruginous, branches short patent, flowers subsesaile not minute. 



Khasia Mtb. ; alt. 4-6000 it., J. D. H. & T. T.; (? Sikkim, Himalaya, J. D. M.). 



