564 xxxvii. MELiACEJE. (W. P. Hiern.) 



A small tree, subglabrons. Leaves about 8 in. ; leaflets 4-5 by 1 in. ; petiolules 

 J-|. Panicles puberulent ; flowers J in. long. " IHsk saker-shaped with a large high 

 callous margin. Berry narrow oblong." Beddome. 



tt Filaments connate one third way or less, 

 % Leaflets usually 3 only. 



4. W. piscldta, Eoxh. Hort. Bmg. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 387 ; leaflets sub- 

 ternate elliptic obtuse often retuse glabrous shining pale beneath, flowers 

 pentamerous, petals imbricated, staminal tube half the length of the petals 

 equally IG-cleft for two thirds of its length divisions all bifid at apex 

 hairy above, ovary 2- rarely 3-celled, fruit covered with a short tomentum. 

 WigM III. i. t. 55 ; Beddome Anal. Gen. Ivi. t. 8, f. 6 ; Wall. Gat. 1265 ; 

 l)cdii. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 37. Heynea trifoliata, A. Jvss. in Mim. Mus. xix. 

 235. Trichilia coriacea, [^Rattl.f]; WaU. Cat. 1265. Trichilia trifoliata, 

 Wall. Cat. 8093. 



WssTHKif Pehihscla ; Malabar and Travancor. Ceyloh, Walker. 



Leaves 2-7 in. ; leaflets 1-4 by,f-l|in. ; petiolules jS-— J in., terminal one longer. 

 Flowers J in. long, sordid-yellowish ; bracts minute, caducous. Frnit egg-shaped, f in. 

 long. — The bark acts as a fish poison, 



K Leaflets 5. 



5. W. villosa, Wall. Cat. 1264; young parts tawny- velutinous, 

 leaflets 5 elliptic or ovate obtuse sometimes shortly acuminate glabrescent 

 whitish beneath, at least when young, panicles equalling or shorter than 

 .the leaves, calyx partite, filaments equal thinly pubescent narrowii;g 

 upwards but not subulate connate one third way from base, anthers ter- 

 minal. Wight & Am. Prodr. i. 120- Trichilia? viUosa, WaU.\.c. 



Tenasseeim, at Moulmein, WdlMch, Griffith. ' 



Leanies 6-10 in.; leaflets 2-4 by_ |-2 in., petiolules J-2 in. or the tenninal ones 

 longer. Flowers velutinous. — Schmidelia (sp.), WaU. Gat. 8056, also from Moulmein 

 with narrowly ellipsoidal acuminate shortly tomentose fruit scarcely 1 in, long, probably 

 belongs to this E{)ecies. 



6. W. taypoleuca, Kmrz Rep. Veg. Andam. ed. iL 33 ; in Journ. Asiat. 

 Soc. Beng. xli. ii. 1872, 296 ; leaflets 5 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 quite glabrous chartaceous glaucous beneath smooth, panicles puberulent 

 shorter than the leaves, calyx partite, filaments linear densely pubescent 

 on both sides not subulate free except base equal, ovary densely tawny- 

 tomentose, berries (immature) hoajry-velutinous oblong acuminate. W. sp. 

 Kv/rz Rep. Veg. Andam. ed. i. p. iv. 



South Andaman Islahd; in the Jungles especially of the interior, common, Kurss, 

 Leaves 9-lS in. ; leaflets 4^6 by 1^3 in. ; petiolules J-1 in., terminal ones -longer. 

 Blowers J in. long, white. Petals 5, occasionally 8. Stamens 10, sometimes as many 

 as 15. Fruit (young) \ in. long. — I have followed Mr. Kurz ; but perhaps the flowering 

 and frujting specimens belong to difierent species. 



7. W. neurodes, Hiem. ; leaflets 5 elliptic shortly acuminate shining 

 above strongly nerved beneath glabrous base obtuse, panicles equalling or 

 exceeding the leaves puberulait, filaments linear equal densely pubescent 

 base connate, anthers subterminal, fruit 1-2-celled, aril thin. 



Malacca, Oriffith, Maingay.. 



Leaves 4-12 in. ; leaflets 2-6 by 1-2 in., faintly pellucid-punctate ; petiolules J-i in. 

 or terminal one longer. Flowers Jin. long. Ovary 2-celled; siagma discoid; ovules 

 2 in each cell, collateral, horizontal. Fruit ellipsoidal, J-| in. long. 



