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balsams; that of C. Zeylanica is used for torolies in Ceylon. The oil expresed from tlie nuts of C. com- 

 mune is used for lamps and as food, but if eaten fresh brings on diarrhoea ; its bark is said to yield a 

 pungent terebinthaoeous oil, which has the properties of Copaivi. ~ C. striatum is the Black Dammar 

 tree of Malabar, which yields a transparent resin. — Ed.] 



LVIII. MELIACE^. 



(Meliace^ et Cedeelace^3 Adr, Jussieu,] 



Melia. 

 Stone (mag.). 



Melia. 

 Seed, entire and cut longitudinally. 



Melia. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Melia. 

 Diagram 



Swielenia. 

 Parb of androecium (mag.). 



Pistil, entire and cut vertically (mag.). 



Petals hypogynousy 4-5 or 3—7, distinct or coherent, or adnate to the staminal 

 tube, cestvvation contorted^ imbricate or valvate. Stameists usually double the number 

 of the petals, inserted with, them ; filaments joined into a tube, Ovaut free, girt or 

 sheathed at the base by a more or less developed disk of 2-several 1-2- or severaUovuled 



