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Cells of ovary 2- to 8-ovuIed; fruit globose de¬ 
hiscing with very large corky seeds . . 14. Carapa 
Cells of ovary many-ovuled ; fruit capsular with 
winged seeds . . . . . 15. Chickrassia 
Stamens quite separate ; seeds many winged . .16. Cedrela 
1 . TURR/EA, Linn. 
Shrubs (or trees). Leaves alternate, simple. Inflorescence 
axillary on short racemes. Flowers few (usually elongate, white) 
or small green. Calyx small with 4 or 5 teeth. Petals 4 or 5, 
elongate, narrow. Staminal-tube cylindric of 4 or 5 teeth with 
slender filaments from the top ; anthers 4 to 10 with ligulate points 
or apiculate. Disc none or thin lining the base of the stamen-tube. 
Ovary 5- to 10- or 20-celled ; style filiform. Stigma discoid or capitate. 
Capsule 5- or many-celled. Seeds 1 or 2 in a cell, 5 or more valved; 
valves coriaceous or woody. Seeds oblong curved, edges winged, wing 
reflexed like an aril. Species 20, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia. 
(1) T. breviftora Ridl. 
A glabrous shrub. Leaves thin, membranous lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate cuspidate, narrowed and cuneate at base; nerves about 10 
pairs elevate beneath, 6*5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. 
Flowers 3 to 4, green on a very short - i in. long raceme shortly 
pedicelled. Sepals 5, very short lanceolate acute, pubescent. 
Petals 5, linear blunt, green, *25 in. long. Stamen-tube stout, 
cylindric, shorter than petals with rather long filaments alternating 
with the anthers which are 10, sessile on the top of the tube, elliptic 
terminating with a long process. Disc short, thin lining the tube- 
base. Style rather stout, hairy; ovary conic. Stigma pulvinate- 
capitate hairy. Hab. In woods. Not common, Singapore, Seran- 
goon (Ridley). Selangor, Ranching on limestone rocks (Ridley) ; 
Uhi Selangor (Goodenough). 
This plant is very unlike any of the Asiatic species, and only somewhat 
resembles some of the African ones in its very short flowers. It may be 
generically distinct, but till fruit is known it is inadvisable to separate it. 
2 . MELIA, Linn. 
Trees. Leaves pinnate or 2- to 3-pinnate, toothed (or entire). 
Flowers panicled axillary. Calyx 5- to 6-lobed, imbricate. Petals 
5 to 6 spathulate. Stamen-tube cylindric, dilate both ends, 10- 
to 12-toothed; anthers 10 to 12, Disc annular. Ovary 3- to 
6-celled; ovules 2; style slender. Stigma capitate. Fruit a 
drupe. Species about 12, Indo-Malaya. 
Big tree. 
Leaflets nearly entire; petals concave; drupe 1 to 
1-5 in. long . . . . . (1) M. composita 
Small trees or shrubs. 
Leaflets always serrate; drupe *6 in. long. 
Leaflets 3-5 in. long (or less) ; flowers 1 in. long . (2) M. Azadiraehta 
Leaflets i‘75 in. long, ovate cuspidate, hardly 
oblique; flowers 3 in. long . . (3) M. Azedarach 
