558 XXXVII. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hiem.) [Zandum. 



cated. Siaminal tube globose, crenulated ; anthers 10, obtuse, usually in 

 two rows, the shorter ones included, the longer partly exserted sometimes 

 apiculate. Bisk obsolete. Ovary globose, 3-5-celled ; cells 1-2-ovnled j 

 s^le very short, thick, stigma truncate 3-5-lobed. Fruit baccate, edible, 

 1-5-ceUed ; cells l-2-seeded. Seeds oblong, with ventral hile, invested in a 

 pulpy aril, exalbuminous. — Distbib. A genus of scarcely more than the 

 following 4 species, confined to India and the Malay Archipelago. 

 The juicy envelope of the eeede is the part eaten, and the taste ib cooling and 



* Leaflets 3-5. 



1. Ii. anamalayanum, Beddome in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 212 ; Ic. 



PI. hid. Or. 104 ; Fl. Syhiat. t. 131 ; leaflets alternate elliptic obtusely 

 acuminate base cuneate glabrous except occasionally hairy glands in axUs 

 of veins beneath, sepals shortly ciliate, ovary stiigose 3-lobed and -celled, 

 cells 2-ovuled, fruit oblong, radicle pubescent. 



Westeen Peniksijla ; common in the moist woods on the Anamallay hills, and in 

 the Wynaad, alt. about 2000 ft., Beddome. 



A good-sized tree. Leaves 6-9 in. ; leaflets 3-44 ^y li-2 in. ; petiolule J-| in. Her- 

 maphrodite fiowers sessile, about J in. diam. Fruit as big as a large grape. 



2. Ii> pedioellatunx, Hiem; leaflets 3-5 alternate or subopposite 

 elliptic acuminate glabrous base oblique obtuse or cuneate, ? racemes 

 short simple or branched at the base, flowers pedicelled, ovary shortly 

 tomentose 4-celled. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Shoots pale brown, ohsoletely lepidote. ieo»e« 9-12 in.; leaflets 3-6 by 14-3 in. 

 petiolule J-^ in. long. 9 Inflorescence 1-2 in. long ; pedicels J-J in. long. Towig 

 fruit subglobose, fleshy, shortly tomentose, 4 in. diam. 



3. Ii. cinereum, Hiernj leaflets 3-5 opposite eUiptic obtusely acu- 

 minate base cuneate coriaceous glabrous shining except the veins, sepals 

 short, ovary hairy 5-celled, cells 1-ovuled. 



Malacca, Maingwy. 



Branches cinereous, tawny-puhescent at the extremities. Leaves 3-5 in. ; leaflets 

 pallid, 2-34 ^y T-^k i°- i petiolule J-fin. Hermaphrodite spikes nearly equalling the 

 leaves. Longer anthers apiculate. ' 



** Leaflets 6-8. 



4. Xi. domesticum, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 115, t. iv. f. 1, var.; 

 leaflets alternate eUiptic oblong or obovate abruptly shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate more or less narrowed at the base reticulate coriaceous shining 

 nearly or quite glabrous, petiolules tumid at the base, hermaphrodite 

 spikes springing from the trunk and naked branches solitary or fasciculate 

 pubescent shorter than the leaves, ovary tomentose S-ceUed, cells 1-2' 

 ovuled. Gorrea de Serra in Ann. Mvs. x. 157, t. 7, f. 1. 



Malacca, Griffith {Maingay, cult.).— Distbib. Widely cnltiTated in India, and per- 

 haps spontaneous in the Malay Archipelago. Philippine Islands, according to Blanco. 



A tree. Leaves 9-18 in. long ; leaflets 4^8 by 2-4 in. ; petiolules J-4 in. Mowers 

 sessile or subsessile. Fruit I-I4 in. long, yellowish, ttu-binate-ellipsoidal. — ^According 

 to Griffith the spikes are proliferous at the apex. 



L. javanicum, Boemer Synops. Monogr. i. 99; Aglaia Dookkoo, Griffs Notid. iv. 505; 

 L. aqueum, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iv. 31 ; and L. humile, Massk. Beta. ed. 



