XXXV. MELIACE^E. 
[Mclia. 
3&4 
(1) M. composita Willd. Sp. PL ii. 558; King, l.c. 18. 
Tall tree. Stem thick. Leaves 1 to 2 ft. long; leaflets 5 to 
xi, ovate-lanceolate or round, often oblique at base, 2 in. long, 
6 in. wide. Panicle sub-terminal, 7 in. long. Flowers '2 in. 
long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Petals linear-spathulate, concave. 
Staminal-tube io-toothed. Stigma 5-toothed. Drupe ovoid, 1 to 
1*5 in. long, yellow. Hab. Penang Hill (Maingay). Probably 
planted. Distrib. India, Australia, Africa. 
(2) M. Azadirachta Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 385; Hook. F.B.I. i. 
544 - 
Large or small tree. Leaves simply pinnate. Leaflets 9 to 15 
lanceolate acuminate oblique serrate 1 to 3 in. long, ’5 to 1*5 in. 
wide. Panicles slender 6 to 7 in. long. Flowers white 1 in. long. 
Fruit oblong, -5 to *75 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Griffith). The 
Neem tree, introduced, no doubt, from India. 
(3) M. Azedarach Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 384; Hook. l.c. 544; 
Bot. Mag. t. 1066. 
Small tree. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets 3 to 12, ovate or lanceo¬ 
late acuminate serrate slightly oblique, -5 to 3 in. long, -3 to i'2 in. 
wide. Panicles small and lax. Flowers -25 to '3 in. long, lilac. 
Stamen-tube purple. Ovary 5-celled, Drupe globose ‘5 in. 
through, yellowish then brown. Cultivated in gardens, hardly 
established outside. Distrib. India. 
Excluded Species 
M. excelsa Jack, Mai. Misc. 112; Hook. fil. l.c. 544, is a Chiso- 
cheton. 
3 . SANDORICUM, Cav. 
Big trees. Leaves trifoliolate coriaceous. Flowers in axillary 
panicles pentamerous imbricate. Calyx cup-shaped, tube adnate 
to the ovary base, lobes short. Petals oblong obtuse recurved. 
Stamen-tube cylindric, nearly as long as the petals, io-toothed; 
anthers 10 or 8 included. Disc tubular embracing the ovary and 
base of the style. Ovary immersed in calyx-tube narrowed upwards 
to the columnar style, 5-celled; ovules 2 in each cell collateral. 
Stigmas 5 erect. Berry globose pericarp; leathery indehiscent 
3- to 5-celled. Seeds as many, with a sweet white translucent aril. 
Species 7, Indo-Malayan. 
Stigmas united, tips recurved . . . C 1 ) S- nervosum 
Stigmas distinct; stamen-tube cylindric. . 
Leaves thin ovate, pubescent, 4 to 8 in. long . (2) S. indicum 
Leaflets thick obovate, narrow to base, glabrous, 
2 to 4 in. long . . . . • (3) S. emargmatum 
Leaflets stiff elliptic glabrous 2 to 5 in. long; 
stamen-tube ventricose at top . . • (4) S. Maingayi 
