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5. MALLEA, Adr. Juss. 



1. RoTHii, Juss. Mem. Mus. xix, t. 13, f. 6. — Shrubby ; leaves 

 unequally pinnated ; leaflets 4 to 6 pair, unequal-sided, entire, or 

 serrated above the middle ; peduncles axillary, with the flowers 

 in a corymb or panicle ; flowers small, white ; berry small, red, 

 ripens in March. Katruj Ghaut, near Poona ; between Ram 

 Ghaut and Belgaum. Syn. Melia baccifera. Roth. nov. sp. 216; 

 Ekebergia indica, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 392. 



6. NEMEDRA, Adr. Juss. 



]. N NiMMONii, Dalz. — A tree; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 2 to 



3 pair ; flowers in axillary racemes, small, white ; fruit pear-shaped, 

 size of a plum, indehiscentj abounding in a white resinous juice. 

 Kandalla, hills near JVagotna, jungle near Rohe, an interesting 

 discovery of the late Mr. Nimmo. Its only congener is in New 

 Holland. Native name " Boorumb." Syn. Epicharis exarillata, 

 Nimmo. 



7. AMOORA, Roxb. 



1. A CucuLLATA, Roxb. Cor. PI t. 258. — A tree; leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets 2 to 4 pair ; obliquely ovate lanceplate obtuse, 

 smooth ; male panicles axillary, drooping, about as long as the 

 leaves ; fruit bearing peduncles 3 fo 6-flowered, young fruit like 

 small pears, with a smooth coriaceous epicarp, when ripe, nearly 

 spherical. Parwar Ghaut. Syn. Andersonia cucuUata, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, 212. 



8. EPICHARIS, Blum. 



1. E Exarillata, Arnott. — A tree; leaves pinnate; leaflets 



4 to 6 pair, taper-pointed, entire, smooth on both sides, 6 inches 

 long, 2 to 3 broad, panicles axillary short, rigid ; flowers small, 

 pale-yellow ; capsule globose, size of an apple, smooth ; when ripe 

 yellow ; seeds like chesnuts, polished, dark-purple. Near Kan- 

 dalla and Vingorla ; flowers in August and September. Guarea 

 binectarifera, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 240. 



9. WALSURA, Roxb. 



1. W PisciDiA, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 387. — A tree; leaves 

 ternate ; leaflets oblong entire, smooth, 2 to 3 inches long, and one 

 broad ; flowers in terminal panicles, numerous, yellowish white ; 

 berry size of an olive, oblong, dark-brown, velvetty. Ram Ghaut ; 

 plentiful. The bark is used to poison fish. 



