Walsura] XXIX. MELIACEiE 137 



piomiueiit beneatli. 7. W. tubulata, Hiern, Sikkim, Kliasi liills, leaflets 3, quite 

 glabroute, shining above, glaucous beneath, fl. J in. cliam., btaminal tube 10-lobed at 

 apex, lobes bifid, anthers between the segments. 



8. W. robusta, Eoxb. ; Vern. Gijobo, Burm. 



An evergreen tree, attains 60 ft. Leaflets 1-2 pair, glabrous, shining 

 above, dull beneath, sec. n. 6-7, more or less prominent. Eilaments quite free, 

 subulate, pubescent. Fr. | in. diam., 2-celled, seed 1. 



Afeteam, Khasi liillte, Lower Burma, Andamans. Fh May. 



Cipadessa fruticosa, Blunie {Mallea JRotJdi, A. Jusb. ; Bedd. PL S3dv. Man. t. 8). Vern. 

 Manahlli, Uriya ; Cliitimdi, Kan. ; Pidipan, Tarn. Ohota Nagpore, Orissa, Western 

 Peninsula, Upper Burma, Ceylon, Java, Philippines. A shrub or small tree. L. 

 imparipinnate, leaflets 3-5 pair, entire or coarsely serrate. PI. white, in axillary pedun- 

 culate panicles, ijetais 5, J in. long, valvate in bud, filaments broad, connate at base 

 into a shoi't tube, bifid at the apex, anthers inserted between the teeth, ovary 5-celled. 

 Pr. scarlet, 5-furrowed, J-J diam. 



3. TURR^A, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 541. 



L. simple. Calyx campanulate, 4-5-fid, petals 4r-5 elongate, linear or 

 spatliulate, imbricate in bud. Staminal tube long, anthers 8-10 inserted 

 within the mouth, alternating vt^ith the teeth of tube. Ovary 5- or more- 

 celled, 2 superposed ovules in each cell, stigma capitate. Capsule loculicidal, 

 valves woody or coriaceous, separating from the winged axis. Albumen 

 fleshy, embryo foliaceous. Species 40, tropical, chiefly in Africa and Mada- 

 gascar, a smaller number in Asia and Australia. 



T. villosa, Benn. ; Wight Ic. t. 1593, 



A large shrub or small tree, deciduous, more or less pubescent with short 

 hairs. PL appearing before the leaves, white, sweet-scented, 1-lV in. long, in 

 axillary clusters, anthers longer than the short teeth of staminal tube. Cap- 

 sule globose, h in. diam. 



"Western Ghats, from Mahabaleshwar bOu.thwards, also reported from Guzerat. PL 

 April, May. 2. T. virens, Linn. *, a glabrous shrub with shining coriaceous leaves, 

 hlightly emarginate at the tip, anthers shorter than the subulate teeth of staminal 

 tube, capsule ^ in. long, hairy ; doubtful whether a native of the Peninsula. 



4. SANDORICUM, Cav. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 553. 



Evergreen trees with trifoliolate coriaceous leaves, the lateral shortly, the 

 terminal long-|)etiolulate. PL 5-merous, in axillary panicles. Disk enclosing 

 ovary and base of style. Ovary 5-celled, on the enlarged torus, 2 collateral 

 ovules in each cell, Pr. globose, fleshy, 3~5-celled, 1 seed in each cell, 

 cotyledons thick, fleshy, no albumen. Species 6, all Indo-Malayan. 



S. indicum, Cav. ; Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 261 ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 819. Vern. 

 ThiftOj Burm. 



Attains 60 ft., wood close-grained, moderately hax'd, med. rays conspicuous 

 on radial section. Branchlets, inflorescence and leaves velvety. FL yellow, 

 in narrow axillary paDicles. Staminal tube 10-dentate, style articulate at base, 

 clavate above, ending in a thickened ring, bearing 5 obtuse stigmatio lobes. 

 Pr. globose, 3 in. diam,, yellow and velvety when ripe, exocai-p a fleshy 

 and edible pulp, endocarp lining the cells, horny, covered with a densely 

 felted mass of long pluricellular nairs, over ^ in. long. Cotyledons filled with 

 starch and oil. 



Evergreen forests of Pegu and Tenasserim, largely cultivated in Burma. PL C. ; 

 Pr. H. S. 



