152 MELIACE^. [Hetnia. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Young parts tawny-pubescent. Leaves 

 1-3 ft. Leaflets 9-15, shortly stalked, opposite, 3-9 in. long, elliptic or- 

 ovate-acnminate, baseiusually obtuse. Male spikes panicled; female 

 simple. Flowers white, bracteate, subsessile. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 3. 

 Anthers 6. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 superposed ovules in each cell. Fruit 

 3-celled and 3-vaived, 1-li in. in diam., smooth, pale yellow or reddish. 



Oonda dist. CN. Oudh). Distrib. : Assam, Bengal to S. India and 

 Ceylon, Burma, Andaman Islands, Malay Pen. ; also in the Malay Archi- 

 pelago and the Philippines. In Bengal an oil is obtained from the seeds,, 

 which is used for burning and also for medicinal purposes. 



3. HEYNIA. Kosb. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. 565. 



Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves 5-llfoliolate ; leaflets opposite,, 

 entire. Panicles terminal and axillary, corymbose, long-peduncled. 

 Flowers small, bisexual. Calyx short, 4-5-fid., imbricated. Petals 

 4-5, oblong, sligbtly imbricated. Staminal-i\i^e> 8-orlO-fid. ; lobes 

 linear, bidentate at the apex, bearing the anthers between the linear 

 teeth. Disk annular, fleshy. Ovary immersed in the disk, 2-3-celled,. 

 Darrowing into the short style ; stigma 2-3-dentate, with a thickened 

 ring at the base ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit capsular, 1-celled,. 

 2-valved, 1 -seeded, glabrous. Seeds with a thin white aril, withont 

 albumen. — Species 1-3, restricted to India and the Indian Archi- 

 pelago. 



H. trijuga, Eoxb, Sort. Benq. 33 ; Fl. Ind. ii, 390; Boyle III. Ml ; D 

 & G. Bomh Fl. 38 ; Brand. For. Fl. 70; F.B.I, i, 565. H, quinquejuffa. 

 Boeh. l.c. 391 ; W. ^ A. Prod. 121. 



A moderate-sized tree. Leaves up to 5 in. long. Leaflets 5-11, ovate- 

 oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, shortly stalked, glabrous above, paler 

 and somewhat pubescent beneath, base obtuse. Panicles nearly equalling 

 the leaves. Floivers white. Calyx 5-4i-fid. Petals 5-4. Filaments 10 or 

 8, alternately rather shorter. Capsule round, i-5 in long. 



Forests of N. Oudh. Disteib. : Sub-Himalayan tract, from Eumaon 

 to Bhutan, Bengal, W. & S. India, Burma, M^y Penin. The bark and; 

 leaves possess bitter and tonic pinciples. 



4. SOYMIDA, A. Juss. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 567. 



Trees with paripinnate leaves ; leaflets opposite, entire, obtuse. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal. Flowers 2-8exual, 5-merous. Calyx 

 5-clef t. Petals free, imbricated, obovate, clawed, spreading. Staminal 

 tube short, cup-shaped, 10-cleft, lobes bidentate ; anthers 10, sessile 

 between the teeth. Dish flat. Ovary 5-celled, each with aljout 12 

 biseriate pendulous ovules ; style short ; stigma broad, fleshy. 



