150 ME LI A CEJS. [ M e lia . 



superintendence of Dr. EoxTanrgh, and with excellent results. There are- 

 some fine specimens in the Saharanpur garden over 80 years old. 



Filaments united 

 Seeds not winged, ovules 1-2 in each cell. 

 Stam-tuhe cylindrical, fruit a drupe . . 1. Melia. 



Stam-tube globular, fruit a 3-celled capsule . 2. Amooea. 



Stam-tube divided into 8-10 bidentate segments 



fruit a 2-celled 1-seeded capsule ... 3. Hetnia 



Seeds winged, ovules many .... 4. Sotmida. 



Filaments free, fruit a capsule .... 5. Cedrela. 



1. MELIA> Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 543. 



Trees. Leaves pinnate or 2-3-pinuate ; leaflets toothed or entire. 

 jP^ower* in axillary panicles; pubescence often stellate-mealy. Calyx 

 short, 5-6-lobed, imbricated. Petals 5-6, free, spathiilate-o])loDg, 

 spreading, imbricate in bud. 8taminal-\.\x}oQ. cylindrical, dilated at 

 the base and apex, 10-12-striate and toothed ; anthers 10 or 12, in- 

 cluded or partly exserted, short, inserted near the apex. Dish annular. 

 Ovary 3-6*celled ; style slender, nearly as long as the stam-tube ; 

 stigma capitate; ovules 2, superposed. jP^^-m*^ a drupe. Seeds v)\ih. 

 or without albumen ; cotyledons leafy. — Species about 5, in Tropical 

 Asia and in Australia. 



Leaves pinnate, flowers whrbej-drupe-l-eelled 1. M. Azadirachta, 

 Leaves bipinnate, flowers lilac, drupe usually 

 5-celled • . . . . . 2. M. Azedarach. 



1. M. AzadirskClita, Linn. 8p. PI. 885; Boxh, Fl. Ind.ii, 894; F. B. 



I. i, 544; ^Vatt E. D. M. indica, Brand. For. Fl. 67. Azadirachta indica, 



A. Juss. ', W.<^ A. Prrd. 118; Boyle III. 140 ; D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 86. Vera, 



Mm. (Neem or Margosa tree). 



A large tree. Leaves 8-15 in. long, crowded near the ends of the branches, 

 simply pinnate ; leaflets 9-15, shortly stalked, 1-3 in. long, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, oblique or subfalcate, often somewhat lobed near the obtuse 

 base, serrate, glabrous. Flowers ^ - ^ in. long, white, honey-scented. Calyx 

 5-fid, with obtuse or rounded lobes. Petals shortly ciliate. Anthers 

 nearly equalling the obtuse teeth of the staminal-tube. Ovary 3-celled. 

 Brujpe oblong |-|- in. long, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Planted or seK-sown throughout the area. Stewart mentions that there 

 are one or two places in the Bijnor forests where it is doubtfully wild ; 

 and in the Dehra Dun and Saharaupur forests it has all the appearance of 

 an indigenous tree. Distrib. : Westward to the Jhelum, and over the 

 greater portion of India, ascending to 5,000 ft. in Kumaon. The tree is 



