382 XXXIV. BURSERACEAi. [. Icicaster . 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall, 14 to 15 in. through. Branclilets pube- 
rulous. Leaves 5 to 10 in. long; leaflets coriaceous oblong-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, base round slightly oblique, glabrous except mid¬ 
rib beneath; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 2 to 4 in. long, *9 to 1*5 in. 
wide; petiolules -15 to *3 in. long. Panicles numerous 3 in. long. 
Flowers green ‘i in. long. Calyx tomentose. Petals tip subulate 
inflected. Anthers ovate. Ovary in female glabrous. Drupe 
*4 to -5 in. long yellow beadlike. Hab. In forests. Singapore, 
Bukit Mandai, Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Malacca, Ching (Griffith). 
Selandor (Goodenough). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Selangor. 
Kwala Lumpur. 
Order XXXV. MELIACE/E. 
Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate pinnate (rarely simple, 
Turrcea, Beddomea ) ; leaflets opposite or alternate more or less at 
base. Flowers bisexual or unisexual regular in axillary panicles 
usually racemose or spicate, white or yellow. Calyx 3- to 6-lobed 
rarely entire or with free sepals, usually imbricate in bud. Petals 
3 to 6, free, rarely connate at base. Stamens 3 to 12, insert out¬ 
side a disc; filaments connate in a tube (free in Cedrela ); anthers 
sessile in the tube hardly exsert. Disc tubular, annular or obsolete. 
Ovary 3-celled; ovules 2 in a cell; style 1. Stigma capitate. 
Fruit capsular, drupaceous or baccate with coriaceous pericarp. 
Seed arillate. About 700 species, mostly tropical, both hemi¬ 
spheres (King, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. Ixiv. (2), 16). 
Stamens united in a tube. Cells of ovary 1- to 
2-ovuled. 
Leaves simple; flowers axillary 
Leaflets serrate ...... 
Leaflets entire; flowers and staminal tube 
elongate, narrow. 
Leaves trifoliate; fruit baccate; stigma 3- to 
5-toothed ...... 
Leaves pinnate; fruit capsular; stigma 1, 
entire. 
Petals in 2 rows; disc short below ovary 
Petals in one row; disc short, annular . ‘ 
Disc cylindric, longer than ovary . 
Flowers globose; stamen-tube globose. 
Petals 3; stamens 6 or 10 
Petals 3; stamens 3 or 6; flowers unisexual 
on different trees ...... 
Petals 5; fruit pulpy indehiscent; style none . 
Petals 5; fruit large pulpy indehiscent; style thick 
Stamens only partly joined exsert. 
Petals 5; fruit baccate *. 
Petals 4 or 5 ; fruit capsular ... 
Leaves simple, anthers on a fleshy ring 
1. Turra-a 
2. Melia 
3. Sandoricum 
4. MeGAPHYLLALA 
5. Chisocheton 
6. Dysoxylum 
7. Amoora 
8. Aphanamixis 
9. Aglaia 
10. Lansium 
11. Walsura 
12. Heynea 
13. Beddomea 
