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XXXV. MELIACE^E. 
[Amoora. 
7 . AMOORA, Roxb. 
Trees often large. Leaves usually imparipinnate; leaflets 
oblique. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles often unisexual in 
the same panicle. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 3 short concave im¬ 
bricate. Stamen-tube sub-globose or campanulate, entire or 
6- to io-toothed; anthers 6 or 10. Disc obsolete. Ovary sessile 
3-celled, cells 1- or 2-ovuled. Stigma sessile. Fruit capsular, 
sub-globose; pericarp coriaceous or woody 3-celled and 3-seeded 
loculicidally 3-valved or indehiscent. Seeds with a coloured fleshy 
aril usually only partly covering the seed. Species about 25, 
Indo-Malaya, and 1 in Australia. 
Stamens 6. 
Leaflets lanceolate 8 in. long red-scurfy beneath . (1) A. rubiginosa 
Leaflets not red-scurfy about 5 in. long. 
Leaflets oblong lanceolate caudate oblique; 
flowers -2 in. long . (2) A. Ridleyi 
Leaflets ovate lanceolate falcate blunt; flowers 
*15 in. long . (3) A. cucullata 
Leaflets lanceolate narrow 4 by 1-25 in.; flowers 
very small . (4) A. malaccensis 
Leaflets lanceolate 2 by -5 in.; nerves very 
faint . . (5) A. lanceolata 
Stamens 10. 
Leaflets coriaceous 6 in. long; panicle 8 to 
10 in. red-scurfy . . . . . . (6) A. rubescens 
Leaflets thin 4 in. long; panicles 1 to 2 in. long (7) A. Maingayi 
Leaflets thin 4 in. long ; panicles lax 6 in. long (8) A. decandra 
(1) A. rubiginosa Hiern, l.c. i. 561; King, lx. 54. 
A superb tree 100 ft. tall, 2-5 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 18 to 
24 in. long; leaflets 8 to 10 pairs coriaceous glabrous above rusty 
orange-tomentose beneath, oblong or elliptic-oblong sub-acute, 
base cordate; nerves 20 to 24 pairs bold beneath, 5 to 9 in. long, 
1*25 to 275 in. wide; petiolules -15 in. long, thick. Panicles 
bisexual 6 to 14 in. long rusty-tomentose; branches 3 to 8 in. long 
few; branchlets short. Flowers ovoid *25 in. long rose pink. 
Calyx campanulate 3-lobed tomentose. Petals 3 obovate round, 
glabrous. Stamen-tube ovoid; anthers 6. Fruit sub-globose 
apiculate 2 to 3 in. through red. Hub. Forests, low ground. 
Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Tempayan River. Malacca 
(Maingay, Griffith). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(2) A. Ridleyi King, lx. 56. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 18 to 24 in. 
long; leaflets n to 17, glabrous sub-coriaceous oblong to ovate- 
lanceolate caudate, base rounded or cuneate very unequal; nerves 
8 to 13 pairs, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 1-35 fo 2 in. wide; petiolules -25 to 
*4 in. long. Panicles 18 in. long on long peduncles much branched 
stellate-pubescent; branchlets cymulose. Flowers *2 in. long 
ovoid. Calyx cupular tomentose, 3 broad lobes. Petals 3 fleshy 
