I 



Cedrela.] xxxvii. MELiACEiE. (W. P. Hiern.) 569 



i 



^ 



In ^^' 1 ^' ^"stralis, F. Muell Fragm. i. 4, teste Benth. Fl. Aitatral i. 387. 

 W multijuga, Kiirz in Journ. Asiat Soc. Beng, xli. ii. 297. Toona ciliata, 

 lebntnga, hexandm, serrata, and longifolia, Roem. Synops. i. 139, 140. 

 RurapK Herb. Aviboin. iii. t. 39. « ' ^ -^ 



Tropical Himalaya ; from the Indus eastward, ascending to 3000 ft. ; and throui^h- 

 out the hiliy tiistncts of Centkal and Southern India and Birma (absent in Ceylon !). 

 --yiSTKiH. Java, Australia. 



Leaves 1-.^ ft f1om'/1n<^,.a. 1^»fl/.f« o n \.^ 3 o ;„ *; «i j. i, .i_ 



"f fi^'*f ^^y ^f tli«ra constant, except that in the few examples that show it the seeds 

 w tlie former have wings at the upper end only, while those of the latter have wings at 



^tu ends ; it is common throughout the'Himalaya, attaining an elevation of 8000 ft. 

 ■lae flowers are used for dyeing : see Buchanan^ Journey ^ i. 215, iii. 288. ' 



\ c 





-* V 



19. CBX.oaoxirx.ON, DC. 



.... A ,. 



hi- 



A moderate-sized tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets obtuse, oblique, 

 witire. Panicles terminal and axillary, pubescent; flowers^sniall penta- 

 2ierous. Calyx deeply lobed. Petals spreading, unguioulate, imbricated in 

 ^?4' Stamens 10, inserted in the depressions of the disk, free ; filaments 

 ^form-subulate, the alternate ones rather longer; anthers small, versatile. 

 ^Hhick, 10-lobed, pubescent. Ovarij pubescent, immersed in the disk ; 

 globed, 3-celledj cells about 8-ovuled; style short, slender, glabrous, 

 stigma small, capitate. Capsule coriaceous, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved- 

 ^^eas compressed, exalbuminous ; margins angular, winged above; coty- 

 Gaons plano-convex. — Distrib. One endemic species. 



I- C. Surletenia, DC Prodr. i. 625 ; leaflets 20-40 opposite subopposite 



^r alternate glabrous pale and dotted on lower surface Dase very unequal 



^^^l^randis Fl. Sylvat. 74 ; Dalz. & Gibs. , 



T K ^^^^^• Oat 1268. Swietenia Chloroxylon, JSoxb. Cor. PI. l t. 64; M. 

 ^nd.n, 400, 



^ESTERN Peninsula, from the Concan to the Nilghiris ; Ceyloi?. 

 ^.T^^^^K parts petioles and inflorescence covered with grey pnbernlence; heartwood 

 f}^ a beautiful satin lustre and fragrant. Leaves 5-9 in. ; leaflets §-1 J by i-f in. 

 Wo 7*** i in. wide when open. Capmde 1 in. long by 4 in. thick.— Indian Satm- 



-■-'-"^ 



Mel 



. J^^^^ACEA PENANaiAKA, Wall Cat, 4889, from Penang, consists of 3 unnam 

 ^ apparently diverse species, one of which is probably a Canartum. * 



.J^Ieuacea kugosa, Wall I.e. 4891, from Penang is probably not Meliaceous. 



eable 



-:■:-. 



.Order XXXVIII. CHAILLETIACE-ffi. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



\ 



V 



Trees or strubs. Leaves alternate, quite entire ; stipules 2, deciduous. 

 J^ff* small, unisexual or polygamous, in fcorymbose cymes ; peduncles 

 f^n^etimes adnate to tlie petiole, i SepcUs 5, free or connate, sometimes 

 S!W' imbricate, retafs 5, free, ' subperigynbus, equal or unequal, 

 of f J^ ^ or 2-fid, with often an iriffexed lamina, which is adnate to the face 

 soml P^*a^ usually open in estivation. Stamens 5, subperigynous, all or 



"le only fertUe, free or adnate to the corolla ; anthers oblong, connective 



— I- ^ - -^< ■ .. . • ■-^. •' r-l "- 





% 



'-'•,.- .-^ - - .- . 



t -' 



- iM~ ^^rh y^ S . >K ^ ^ i ^rr^wkj-jL \ -n r._ 





I . I 



1' 



