142 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Meliacee. 
north as the valleys of Nepal. The other species of Amoora, Roxb. Corom. Plants, 
(Andersonia, of the Flora Indica; Aphanamizis? of Blume) extend from Silhet to the 
Delta of the Ganges, and from that to the Peninsula. A. cucullata, and Xylocarpus 
granatum, mentioned by Dr.Wallich, under Lamarck’s name Carapa moluccensis, are 
also found in the two latter situations. From Amoora must be kept distinct the decan- 
drous species which constitute the genus Spherosacme of Dr. Wallich, of which one 
species has been mentioned above, and is represented at t. 853, and another SS. spectabilis, 
at t. 351, of his unpublished plates. The dissections given in these plates resemble 
those given of Lansium by Dr. Jack, in Lin. Trans., vol. xiv. t. 4. In Silhet are also 
found Milnea edulis, allied to Lansium; species of Walsura; and the several plants which 
have been referred to Guarea, but which do not agree with the characters of that 
genus, as defined by M. Ad. de Jussieu; who states that Dr. Roxburgh’s two species, 
G. binectarifera and paniculata, ought to be referred to some other genus. The authors 
of the Prodromus of the Flora of the Indian Peninsula* have referred the first to 
Epicharis, and the second to Disorylon, genera which are both indigenous in Java. 
Dr.Wallich’s species they have referred to the last genus, and to Hartighsea. To 
one of these also, or to Epicharis, ought probably to be referred Dr.Wallich’s Melia 
penduliflora, No. 1255. 
Of the small order of Cedreleacea, Soymida (Swietenia, Roxb.) febrifuga, is found in 
all the central and southern parts of India, and Chikrassia tabularis in the Peninsula, - 
with Chlororylon Swietenia. Cedrela toona extends over every part of India, and may 
be seen all along the foot of the Himalaya. The specimens from Nepal having fre- 
quently a sixth part added, Dr.Wallich was induced to call this variety C. hexandra. 
There is, however, a distinct species, C. serrata, which may be readily recognised by the 
great length of its racemes of flowers, and may frequently be seen with Sapindus 
acuminatus, growing in the close valleys within the Himalayas. 
The group of Meliacee was admitted by M. De Candolle as one of those which rather 
confirm than-weaken the rule of the accordance of properties with the affinities and 
structure of vegetables. This has been proved by extended experience, and the better 
‘defined nature of the order. The Cedreleace@, as remarked by Ad. de Jussieu, are 
remarkable for the bitterness and astringency of several of their parts; to which is | 
frequently added an aromatic principle. To this is owing the absence of insects from 
their wood, and its consequent durability; and the febrifuge properties for which these 
plants are noted in their native country. Thus, Soymida febrifuga, the rohuna of 
Hindoostan, known for its astringent and particularly bitter taste, is reckoned a good 
. stomachic and powerful febrifuge, and an excellent substitute for the Peruyian bark. 
(As. Res. xi. p. 190.) So-the Khaya is employed for the cure of fevers, on the banks 
of the Gambia. In India, again, the bark of Cedrela toona, as well as that of the 
Chikrassee, 
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ve been made from a hasty glance at a 
* This valuable work I have just received ; the previous references he 
copy in sheets, with a sight of which I was favoured by Dr. Wight, previous to his departure for India. 
