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6. DODONiEA, Linn. 

 2. BoHMANNiANA, DC— A scandent shrub; leaves simple oblong; 

 lanceolate cuneate, clammy ; flowers small, greenish, in terminal 

 panicles; capsules emarginate at both ends, winged. Kandalla ; near 

 Belgaum ; common. " Dawa-ka-Jhar" of the natives, according to 

 (-irah. Cat. ; Syn. D augustifolia, Roxb. Fl Ind.ii, p256; Ptelea 

 viscosa, Burm. Ind. Zeyl. t. 23. " Lutchmee," Maratha. 



XXXVII. MELIACEiE. 



1. NAREGAMIA, W. and A. 



] . Alata, W. and A. Prod. 1 , 117. — A very small shrub, 1 foot ; 

 leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneate obovate, entire petiole margined ; 

 flowers large, wliite, on longish axillary peduncles ; capsule 

 3-cornered 3-valved. East of Panwell ; rare, Nimmo. Plentiful on 

 the sides of nullahs at Vingorla. Syn. Turrea alata, Wight Mss, ; 

 Nela naregam, Rheed. Mai. x, t. 22.; Wight Ic. t. 90. " Kapoor 

 Bendy," Maratha. 



2. TURREA, Linn. 



1. ViHENS, Linn. DC. Prod. 1, 620.— A shrub, 3 to 4 feet high ; 

 leaves elliptic lanceolate acuminate, quite smooth; flowers few, 

 white, long, slendpr ; calyx and fruit with silky hairs. Pretty com- 

 mon on the Ghauts. Smith Ic. i, t. 10. 



3. MELIA, Linn. 



] . CoMPOsiTA, Willd. sp. iii, 559. — A larger tree than the last ; 

 leaves bi-tripinnate ; leaflets 3 to 7 pair to each pinnate, ovate acu- 

 minated, crenulated, glabrous, young shoots, petioles, and panicles 

 mealy ; flowers white ; drupe, round, size of a plum ; flowers in 

 March. Parr Ghaut, Tullawaree, &c. Syn. M robusta, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, 397. 



4. AZADIRACHTA, Adr. Juss. 



L Indica, Juss. — A middle-sized tree; leaves simply pinnated; 

 leaflets unequal-sided, glabrous, serrated ; panicles axillary ; flowers 

 white, appear in May ; drupe with a one-seeded nut. The leaves and 

 bark are very bitter ; the former are used to preserve books from the 

 attacks of the boring worm, also in fomentations ; of great efficacy 

 in rheumatism. The bark is a febrifuge. The oil of the pericarp 

 is said to possess antispasmodic virtues. Native name " Neem." 

 Syn. Melia azadiracta, Linn. DC. Prod. 1, 6^2; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 

 394 ; Rheed. Mai iv, t. 62. 



