128 MELIACE:^. 



lanceolate ; capsule winged, roundish, nearly as long as the pedicel : luings surrounding the. 

 cell, broader above than near the base : terminal sinus narrow, but open. — As. Or. Gen. Bor. 

 Amer. t. 182. — D. viscosa, Cav., As. Or. D. jamaieensis, DC. sec. Mas. Bks. {exclus. syn. 

 Sw.). D. Thunbergiana, Hail. !; brasiliensis, ScMecht. I; pallida, Miq.!; Dombeyana, Bl. 

 — Leaves 12"'-4"' broad; capsule 6"'-8"' diam. — HiB. Jamaica!, Maqf., March, on the 

 arid seashore ; [Morida and Mexico ! to Montevideo I and Peru !, Mascate ! to the Cape !, 

 East Indies !, Pacific Islands ! to New Zealand !] . 

 ■ 31. D. angustifolia, Sw. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; capsule winged, roundish, as 

 long as the pedicel ; wings surrounding the ceD, broader above than near the base : terminal 

 sinus open, Z-angular. — P. Br. Jam,, t. 18./. 1. — :D. bialata, Kth.; linearis, E. Meg.! 

 Mundtiana, EcH.; Schiedeana, Schlecht. ! — Leaves 6"'-2"' broad ; capsule 5"'-6"' diam. — ■ 

 Hab. Jamaica I, Al., March, in the mountains ; [Bermudas 1, Cuba !, Mejdco I, Guayaquil !, 

 Southern China I, East Indies !, Afghanistan !, Cape !]. 



XLIII. STAPHYLEACEJ;. 



' Petals S. Stamens as many, inserted into a hypogynons disc. Ovary 3-2-oelled : ovules , 

 several (or solitary) , in each cell. Seeds bony, albuminous; radicle , inferior ; cotyledons 

 large, fleshy. — ^Trees or shrubs; leaves compound, mostly opposite, stipulate; leaflets 

 serrate. 



1. TURPINIA, Vent. 



Sepals 5, distinct, deciduous. Styles 3, cohering below, or separable. Pericarp di'upa- 

 ceous : putamen 3-celled. — Leaves impari-pinnate ; racemes compound. 



1. T. occidentalis, Bon. Leaflets 3-3-jugal, elliptical-oblong, crenate or serrate, 

 glabrous, petiolulate, stipellate ; primary divisions of the panicle racemiform, opposite, 

 bearing small ooiymbs, of which the superior ones are usually alternate ; drape globose, 

 3-mncronate: points {i.e. rudiments of the styles) distant.— S^. t. 220./. 1; Vent. Choix, 

 t. 31. — Staphylea, Sw. St. corymbosa, BG. T. paniculata, Vent. : identical with Swartz's 

 Jamaica plant, but the pntamen-cells 8-2-seeded, while in our specimens only one of the 

 ovules ripens, and sometimes one or two of the cells are abortive. — A tree, 20'-30' high ; 

 flowers white ; drupes dark blue.— Hab. Jamaica 1, all coU., common ; Dominica, Imr, ; S. 

 \ineejxt\. Guild.; [Cuba I, Mexico]. 



XLIV. MELIACEJ;. 



(Cedrelese.) 



Petals 5-4 (-3). Stamens twice as many, inserted into a hypogynons disc, monadel- 

 phous : anthers usually sessile on the margin of the staminal tube, or on its inner side. 

 Pistil syncarpons ; style simple. — Woody plants ; leaves usually pinnate, exstipulate. 



Drastic, poisonous; and bitter substances prevail in this Order (the latter chiefly in the 

 Gedreleie) ; some produce aromatic resin, or have a smell of musk (Moschoxylon, Guarea, 

 TrichilicC). The Mahogany (<SwJeima), and the West Indian Cedar {Oedreld) are excellent 

 timber-trees. 



Tbibe I. MELIE.S. — Seeds albuminous : cotyledons foliaceaus. 

 Ovary-cells Z-ovulate. 



; 1. MELIA, L. 



Calyx B-partite. Petals oblong-liuear, convolutive-imbrioative. Staminal tube 20(^30)- 

 toothed : anthers 10, sessile at its throat. Ovary 5-celled : ovules superimposed, inferior 

 fertile. Pericarp drupaceous. — Leave's bipinnate; eymea paniculate. 



1. M. semperrirens, Sw. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, deeply 

 sen-ate below the point; drape ovoid-globose.- -Bot. Reg. t. 643. — A shrub, or low tree; 

 leaflets variable, 5-7 (-11) in the middle divisions; petals blue-variegated ; drupe yellow. 



