THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL 
OF 
PHARMACY. 
OCTOBER, 1835. 
QviQiml (tommunicuttouB. 
ART. XXXIX. — ON MELIA AZEDARACH. 
Bx R. Eglesfeld Griffith, M. D. 
Nat. Ord. Meliace^. 
Sex. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 
Melia: Calyx, five-parted, small : Petals five. Lepanthium cylin- 
dric, ten-toothed, dentures bifid at the points, orifice internally antheri- 
ferous. Style cylindric; stigma five-rayed; Drupe globose; nut five- 
celled, five-seeded. — Nuttall. 
M. Jlzedarach. Leaves bipinnate, leaflets smooth, ovate, dentate. — Lin. 
Synon. M. Jlzedarach. Lin. Sp. PI. 550. Willdenow. Sp. PI. II. 558. 
Nuttall. Gen. Am. PL I. 276. Michaux. Arb. Forest. III. 4. &c. 
Jlzedarach. Dodon. Pempt. 848. Brown. Zeyl. 40. Raii. Hist. 1546. 
Parkin. Herb. 1443. 
Arbor fraxini folio, flore cceruleo. Bauhin. Pin. 415. 
Azadirachta indica, folios ramosis minoribus, &c. Comm. Hort. 1, 147. 
Jlzedaraca, Tourn. Institut. Adanson. 
J. amaena. Rafinesque. Med. Flor. U. S. 
Jl, deleteria. Moench. 
Pseudo Sycamorus. Cam. Epit. 181. 
Zizypha Candida. Ger. 1306. 
Icon. Cavanilles. Diss. t. 207. Hort. Cliff. 161. Camer. Herb. 103 
f. 2. Lamark. Illus. Ency. Met. t. 252. Michaux. arb. Forest III. 1. 
Bot. Mag. t. 1061. 
Officinal. Bark of the Root. 
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