Notes on Indian Botany. 13 



same genus, so long, at least, as the fruit of both remains un- 

 known ; and even supposing they corresponded in that point, 

 still there are distinctions enough in the flowers, to separate 

 them. Under the belief then, that this is a new and most dis- 

 tinct genus, I have great pleasure in dedicating it to its presum- 

 ed discoverer. Its place in the natural system, is exactly in- 

 termediate between Nemedra and Amoora, the former having 

 quinary, the latter ternary flowers, while this has them quarter- 

 nary ; they all agree in having a 3-celled ovary, but Nemedra 

 and Nimmonia has solitary ovules, Amoora two in each cell. 



NIMMONIA, R. TV. 

 N. O. Meliaceae. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx gamosepalous, 4-toothed. Petals 

 4, aestivation imbricative. Staminal tube ovoid, entire or 

 slightly crenated on the margin, orifice contracted : anthers 

 8, oblong, included, attached by the back to the middle of the 

 tube. Ovary 3-celled, with one ascending ovule, attached 

 near the bottom, in each : stigma 3-lobed, sessile. Fruit ? 



Arboreous ? leaves unequally pinnate, leaflets about five al- 

 ternate, oblong elliptic, entire, obtuse or shortly accuminatej 

 penninerved, glabrous. Inflorescence, racemosely panicled, 

 axillary : flowers numerous, short pedicelled, small white ( ? ) 

 peduncles and calyx shortly hairy. Petals three or four 

 times longer than calyx, very obtuse, about the length of 

 the tube. Staminal tube ovoid, orbicular above, with a small 

 circular aperture, nearly the length of the petals : anthers 

 2-celled, attached by the middle of the back. Ovary, in 

 the dried specimen, triangular, hairy, surmounted by a sessile 

 3-lobed stigma. 



N. Lawii (R. W.) Epicharis exarillata ? Nimmo, Bombay 

 Catalogue, No. 227, p. 31. 



Hab. — Bombay, J. S. Law, Esq. Exact station not men- 

 tioned. 



