262 ORDER XXXV. — MELIACELE. 



Gexus II.— TIL'IA. L. 12—1. 

 (Latin name of the genus.) 



Sepals 5, united at the base, deciduous. Petals 5. Sta- 

 mens numerous, hypogynous. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovules in 

 each cell, globose. Fruit ligneous or coriaceous, sometimes 

 only 1 -celled, 1 — 2-seeded. Trees with simple, alternate, cor- 

 date leaves. Floiuers with the peduncle attached to an oblong, 

 foliaceous bract. 



1. T. America'na, (L.) A large, beautiful tree, with light, soft, white 

 wood. Leaves obliquely-cordate, nearly orbicular, glabrous, somewhat 

 coriaceous. Flowers in axillary cymes. Sepals lanceolate, pubescent 

 without, woody within. Petals truncated at the summit, longer than 

 the sepals. Fruit small, covered with a grayish pubescence. — Yellow- 

 ish. $ . May — June. On the coast, from Penu. to Geo. 20 — 60 feet. 



2. T. al'ba, (Mich.) Leaves cordate, glabrous, pubescent beneath, 

 sparingly toothed. Flowers in loose panicles. Petals emarginate. 

 Styles longer than the petals. — Yellowish. *> . May — June. On the 

 coast, from Penn. to Geo. 30 — 50 feet. 



3. T. pubes'cenb, (Ait.) Trees with young branches pubescent, old 

 ones glabrous. Leaves alternate, cordate, glabrous on the upper sur- 

 face, pubescent beneath, serrate, slightly mucronate. Flowers with the 

 sepals scarcely united, deciduous, lanceolate, acute, tomeutose. Petals 

 lanceolate, longer than the calyx, crenulate at the summit. — Yellow. 

 7? . May — June. Fertile soils. Low and middle country. 20 — 60 

 feet. 



Order XXXV.— MELIA'CEJE. Juss. 



Sepals 5, united at the base, with an imbricate aestivation. 

 Petals 5, hypogynous, longer than the sepals, often cohering at 

 the base or attached to the stamen tube. Stamens usually 10, 

 usually with united filaments. Anthers sessile, within the ori- 

 fice of the tube. Ovary 5-celled, 1 — 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Fruit capsular, 5-celled, 1-seeded. Seeds mostly an atropous ; 

 cotyledons foliaceous ; albumen fleshy. 



Gimjs I.— ME'LIA. L. 10— 1. 

 (The Greek namo for Ash ; resemblance to it in its leaves.) 



1. M. Azbd'arach, (L.) A medium-sized tree, with thick, spreading 

 branches. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets smooth, about 5 together, ob- 

 liquely ovate lanceolate, toothed /''lowers in axillary panicles. Pet- 

 als glabrous or very slightly pubescent 



This tree, although B native of Penta, has become naturalized in the Southern 

 it affords n good shade, and la nol Babied to the attacks of insects. The bark 

 of the root has belt u-cl as a vermifuge, administered in decoction. It possesses 

 narcotic properties, sad should be followed by Borne cathartic medicine. 



