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Rowers and staminaUube globose or turbinate. Style short or 



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' Anthefs included in the staminal-tube or nearly so. Ovules 1-2 

 together. Seeds not angular. 

 Anthers 5, isomerous '...... 9. Aglaia. . 



anthers 6-10; flowers diplosteraonous. *' ' 



a ^errj indehiscent . \ .. \ . \ 10. LANgira. 



Upsule locuhcidal . ; . . . . .11. Amoora. 



Anthers exserted, or filaments free. Ovules 1-2 together. Seeds 

 ■ ...not angular except ^etidZowea. ,: . ■; , 



feeedsanllate. Calyx 4-5-fid. Flowers small, . ..V ^ 



^rrymdehiscent, shortly tomentose ;• • v .... 12. Walsura. 



' tapsule locuhcidal, glabrous . . . . . . : . . . 13. Heya-ea. • 



oeeds exanllate. Calyx 4-5-partite. Flowers of moderate > 



A„,t"^^'. \ 14. Beddomea. 



•tinttiers^ mcluded. Ovules 2-8 together. Seeds angular . ' , 15. Carapa. 



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u^"^^ III- Swietenieae. Stamens ^mit^di into ^ tube. Celh of ovary 



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numerous ovules. - Seeds no^vnugedi: ^ i ^- ''■ 



«tais obovate, spreading. Staminal-tube cup-shaped. Disk wide. 

 p„^?'7f -celled . ." \ : .16. Soymida. 



,„5°?^o°g. erect-patent. Staminal-tube cylindrical. Disk ob- 



solefe..^^^ Ovary S-celled . .•;■■. . . /. . .... . 17. CmcKiassu. 



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^^^.tlT: Cedreleae. Stame7is distinct. Cells of ovary 8-12-ovuIed. ' 



'si-^^?^' ^^^^^- Stamens 4-6, sometimes with alternating 

 ammocies. Ovary Swelled. Albumen thin fleshy ; cotyledons 

 snWohaceous. ................ . 18. Cedbela. ■ 



^1^ unguicnlate, spreading. Stamens 10. Ovary 3-celled. 



^■^-, ;W^nting ; cotyledons plano-convex _ . , . .. . . . 19. Chloeoxylon. • 



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Petals 

 full flower, StaminaU 



* ^^u^^l ^^ ,^^^^bs. Leaves simple, quite entire or obtusely lobed. 

 whiti^ ^^iHary, with numerous small bracts at base, bearing elongated ' 

 spathiT •^^^^^^^^- Cc?/ya:canipanuIate,^-4-fid. "-^-'^ ' -' ^^-^ 

 ty}^ el ' ^^bricated in bud, free, diverging in i 



^thin +1^^'^^' toothed at the apex; anthers 10 or ^, «^w*u, ...^^.^^.^ J^.^^, 

 Od^ tile mouth, alternating with the teeth. Bisk annular or obsolete. 

 fium^A ^ ^^ niore-celled ; cells opposite the calyx-lobes when equal in 

 Rtimn ^^- ^^^^j with 2 superposed ovules ; style elongated, .exserted, 

 coriap ^^P^^^*^- Capsule 4- or more-celled, loculicidal; valves woody or 

 Jiilum ^^u ' ^"^^P^^^ting from the winged axis. Seeds with a broad ventral 

 apecip ^'^^^en fleshy; embryo foliaceous.— Distkib. A genus of 12-16 

 "^^^ confined to tramVji.l A.<^ia. and trooical and South Africa 



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eUiutJ" ■ki*'®'*®' ^^^^- ^^^^*- P^^^^' ^^^' 237 ; glabrate, shining, leaves 

 »»jL->"^P*ong subacuminate emarginate coriaceous, Mse obtuse, flowers 



hi^l ^i^^e just exserted, capsule hniry. Sm/ FL let 10; not of Ild- 

 K2'v,^' ^<^- Bmnb. PI. 31 ; Benn. ^l. Jav. Ear. 181; Ddz. d: GU>s. 



Q^ ^^^ Peninsula ; amongst lava heaps, Kocmg; common on the Uhata, Ualz, cfe 



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Wol7^^^'^^^-^ shrub, 3-4"ft; Wgh:' or a Iree. ''^^^^ 2Jr3i by 1-1| in., shortly 



"^i «iargins s%htlvm-olute. paler beneath. Flowers 1-1 i m. long, in axillary 



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