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25. MELIAC^liU. 



[Turrm, 



1. TURRJEA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or obtusely lobed. Flowers elong- 

 ated white or yellow, axillary ; peduncles bracteate at the base. Calyx 

 campanulate, 4-5-fid. Petals 4-5, spathulate, elongated, spreading in 

 flower. Staminal tube long ; anthers 10-8, within mouth of tube, 

 alternating with the teeth. Disk annular or obsolete. Ovary 5 or 

 more celled ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule 4 or more celled ; loculi- 

 cidal, valves woody, separating from the winged axis. Seeds with a 

 broad ventral hilum ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons foliaceous. 



Leaves glabrate, shining. Fruit '2 in. long ... 1. 7\ virens. 

 Leaves pubescent. Fruit '5 in. long 2. T. viltosa, 



1. T. virens, Linn., Fl. Br. I, 1. 541 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bora. Fl. 36 ; 

 Grab. Cat. Bo. PI. 31. 



Western Peninsula ; common on the Khdndalla and other ghats , not 

 observed on the gh^ts of N. K^nara. In the Fl. Br, I. this shrub is said 

 to be evergreen. However, Graham in Oat. Bo. PI. states that the plant 

 is destitute of leaves when in flower daring April and May, 



2. T. villosa. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar, 182 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 542. Euonymus 

 sp, Bedd. Fl. SyL 64 ; Wight Ic. t. 1593. 



Western Peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan southwards. On 

 the Mahabaleshvar hills ; in Guzerat; common in the moist forests of the 

 Supa sub-division of North Kanara in open situations. Flowers during 

 April and May. A small shrub. 



2. MELIA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, 1-3-pinnate; leaflets toothed or entire. 

 Flowers often showy, in axillary panicles. Calyx 5-6 lobed. Petals 

 5-6, free, twisted in bud. Staminal-tube cylindrical with 10-30 teeth ; 

 anthers 10-12, inserted near apex. Disk annular. Ovary 3-6-celled ; 

 style slender; stigma capitate, deciduous ; ovules 2_, superposed. Fruit 

 a drupe containing a 1-5-celled stone. Seeds pendulous albuminous ; 

 cotyledons foliaceous. 



Leaves 1 -pinnate ... ... 1. Jf. Azadirachta. 



Leaves 2-3-pinnate. 



Leaflets serrate. Flowers lilac, not mealy- 

 pubescent , 2. M. Azedarach. 



Leaflets crenate. Flowers white-mealy- 

 pubescent ... 3, ilf. dulia, 



1. M. Azadirachta, Linn, ; FL Br. I. 1. 644 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 13 ; 

 Melia indioa, Brandis For. Fl, 67. AzadiracMa indicaf Adr. Juss. Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 36. Nim, niruuri, hal nimh, haha-yan, limba, kaduhhojurf 

 limacha-jhada, M. ; Kai hevu, K, The Nim or Margoaa Tree. 



