\'2 Notes on Indian Botany. 



of the order Meliacece, occupying, in the present series of 

 genera, a place midway between Nemedra and Amoora. 



In 1830, A. de Jussieu established the genus Nemedra for 

 the reception of a New He-Hand plant, described as having a 

 woody stem, unequally pinnated leaves, the leaflets few pairs, 

 sub-opposite, with axillary and terminal panicles and small 

 flowers : different parts of the plant are, moreover, said to be 

 sprinkled ' h furfuraceous scales. The character of the genus 

 >bed. Petals 5. Filaments 8-10, united into a 

 - urceolate tube, thickened at the base, forming 

 8-10, prominent. Costse bearing the enclosed, erect pyramidal 

 anthers, (as if sitting on chairs, whence the name). Stigma 

 sessile, ovoid, 3-lobed. Ovary 3-celled with a single ascending 

 ovule in each. Fruit unknown. 



Some months ago, I received from Mr. Law, along with 

 many others, a single specimen of a plant labelled, " Meliacea, 

 appears to be the type of a new genus. Staminal tube glo- 

 bose, with a very small aperture. Probably Epicharus exaril- 

 lata of Graham's Catalogue/ 3 



On examining this plant, rather hurriedly at that time, I 

 made the following memorandum of its generic characters. 

 cc Calyx minute scutelliform, slightly 4-lobed or toothed. 

 Petals 4, oval, very obtuse, imbricating in aestivation. Sta- 

 minal tube ovoid, orifice very small, entire, not costate within : 

 anthers eight, included, attached by the back near the middle 

 of the tube, oblong. Ovary 3-celled with one ovule in each : 

 ovules attached, near the bottom of the cell ascending : stigma 

 sessile, 3-lobed. Fruit ? — Probably Nemedra, but differs in 

 the quaternary proportion of its flowers and the form and mode 

 of attachment of its anthers." 



At the time of making the above note, it seems to have oc- 

 curred to me, that by slightly modifying the character, this 

 plant might be admitted as a new species into the genus 

 Nemedra, and accordingly so named my specimen. A more 

 careful consideration of the characters of the two plants has 

 led to the conviction, that they cannot be associated in the 



