25. MELIACE^. 



77 



Disk obsolete. Ov^ary globose, 3-5-celled ; cells 1-2-ovuled ; style 

 short, thick ; stig-ma 3-5-lobed. Fruit a berry, 1-5-celled ; cells 1-2- 

 seeded. iSeeds enclosed in a pulpy aril, exalbuminous. 



L. anamallayanum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 131 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 558. West- 

 ern peninsula from N. Kanara southwards; common in the ever- 

 green forests near the Gairsoppah, Dodmune and other eoathern ghats 

 of N. Kanara, at abont 2000 ft. elevation. A moderate sized tree with 

 smooth, grey bark. FL from March till May. Fruit ripe during the 

 rainy season. 



7. AMOORA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets oblique. Flowers 

 axillary, paniculate or racemose. Calyx 3-5-divided. Petals 3-5, 

 thick, concave. Staminal-tube subglobose 6-10-crenate j anthers 

 6-10, included. Disk obsolete. Ovary sessile, 3 5-celled ; stigma 

 sessile, cells 1-2-ovuled. Fruit a subglobose capsule, 3-4-celled and 

 seeded, usually loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds with a fleshy arillus. 



Leaflets usually very oblique at the base. Petals 

 usually 3. Fruit dehiscent. 



Leaflets 9-15, opposite. Panicles spicate ... 1, A* RoMtuha, 



Leaflets 4-6, alte mate. Male panicles dense, 



pyramidal, erect ... ... 2. A. canarana. 



Leaflets opposite. 3-13, terminal one often 

 hooded. Male panicles drooping ... 3, A, cucculata. 



Leaflets 3-5, usually not so oblique at the base, 

 alternate. Petals 3-4, Fruit pear-shaped, in- 

 dehiscent ... ... ... ... 4» A. Lawii. 



1. A. Rohituka, W. & A. Prod. I. 119 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 559. ; (Bedd Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 132). Brandis For. Fl. 69. Amoora macrophylla, Mmmo, in 

 Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 31. 



Western Peninsula from N, Kinara southwards to the Anamallays. 

 Fl. during the hot season in the Goond forests of N. Kanara, where 

 it is fairly common in some of the evergreen kans. Fruit 3-celled, 

 globose 1*5-2 in. in diam. Seeds covered with a bright red, thick 

 arillus, testa dark chestnut. Fl. and ripe fruit hot season (May). A 

 moderate sized tree with rough, grey bark. Wood reddish, close and 

 even-grained, hard. Pores small, joined by reddish, concentric wavy 

 lines. Med. rays fine, uniform. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 The bark is a useful astringent. 



2. A. canarana, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. I. 335 j Fl. Br. I. 1. 

 5C0. 



Assam, Eastern Bengal, Silhet, Southern and Western India and 

 Ceylon, Konkan and N. K^naia ghats in evergreen forests. Fl. 

 May-July. Fr. Jan.-May, A medium sized, smooth-barked ti'ee. 

 Wood reddish, smooth, very hard and close-grained. Pores small, joined 

 by short lines in the autumn wood and by more continuous fine white 



