MELIACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehdeb and E. H. Wilson. 



CEDRELA L. 



Cedrela sinensis A. L. de Jussieu in Mem. Mus. Nat Hist Paris, 

 XIX. 255, 294 (1830),— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 114 

 (1886). — Andr6 in Rev. Hort. 1891, 573, fig. 150, 151, 152. 

 Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. II. t. 35, fig. 1-13 (1908). — Dunn & 

 Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 58 (FZ. Kwangtung and 

 Hongkong) (1912). 



Toona sinensis Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. I. 139 (1846). ~ Diels in Bot. Jahrh. 



XXIX. 425 (1900). — Schneider, III. Handh. Lauhholzk. II. 131 fig- 83 b, 



84l-q(1907). 

 Ailanthits flavescens Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1865, 366. 

 Cedrela chinensis Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, V. 220 (-Pt- 



David. I. 68) (1883). 

 Toona sinensis, var. grandis Pampanini in Nouv. Giorn. Bot Ital. n. ser. XVII. 



171 (1911). 



Kiangsi: Kiukiang Plain, often cultivated, alt. 100 m., August 

 2, 1907 (No. 1543; tree 13 m. tall, bark grey, fissured; young shoots 

 eaten). Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, wild and 

 cultivated, alt. 30-1500 m., June and September 1907 (No. 585; tree 

 6-20 m. tall, girth 0.6-1.5 m., flowers white; shoots eaten); without 

 locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 2708); without locality. A, Henry 

 (No. 3657). Western Szech'uan: near Monkong Ting, roadside, 

 alt. 2300 m., June 29, 1908 (No. 585*; tree 15 m. tall, girth 1.5 m., 

 flowers white in long pendulous panicles). Yunnan: Mengtze, alt. 

 1800 m., A. Henry (No. 11131)'. Hongkong: without precise local- 

 ity, C. i^ord. Korea: around Chinnampo, September 1, 1906, U* 

 Faurie (No. 469). 



This is a very common tree in central and western China, especially in 

 western Hupeh, up to 1500 m. alt. It is often cultivated and the young shoots are 

 esteemed as a vegetable. To facilitate the gathering of the shoots the trees are 

 kept dwarf and stunted. In the woods it is a tree from 20 to 25 m. tall, with a 

 straight trunk clean of branches for two-thirds its height, and with relatively 



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