CEDRELACEtE. 

 Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 103. 



SWIETENTA. 



Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals reflexed. Filaments 10, 

 united into a campanulate cup, having the anthers below the 

 apex, inside. Ovary surrounded by an annular disk, with 5 cells 

 and about J 2 ovules in each cell; stigma discoidal. Capsule 

 egg-shaped, 5-celled, septicidal, 5-valved ; the sarcocarp woody, 

 very thick, separating from the endocarp ; and both from a large 

 5-cornered permanent axis. Seeds imbricated, winged. 



305. S. Mahagoni Linn.sp.pl. 271. Jacq. amer. 127. Cav. 

 diss. 365. t. 209. A.deJ. Meliac. 97. — Hotter parts of America. 

 (Mahogany tree.) 



A large tree, with a very rough tuberculated bark when young. 

 Leaves equally pinnated ; leaflets opposite, very smooth, ovate, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, oblique, and as it were falcate. Flowers in axillary 

 panicles. Flowers small, whitish. Fruit the size of a hen's egg. — 

 Bark used in the West Indies as a substitute for Peruvian Bark, but 

 inferior to it. 



SOYMIDA. 

 Sepals 5. Petals spreading, unguiculate. Stamen-tube cup- 

 shaped, 10-lobed, each lobe with 2 teeth at the apex, and an 

 anther between the teeth, below them. Ovarium seated on the 

 disk, which is broader than itself, and covers the bottom of the 

 tube, 5-celled: ovules 12 in each cell. Style short, equal, 

 5-angled : stigma thick, peltate 5-angled. Capsule, oblong- 

 obovate, 5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing from the apex, septifragal: 

 the thin woody sarcocarp in each valve becoming detached from 

 the endocarp, and both from the large persistent 5-angled axis. 

 Seeds pendulous, winged all round, especially upwards and 

 downwards. — Leaves abruptly pinnate: leaflets opposite, 

 3-6-pair, oval-oblong, obtuse. Panicles large, terminal, or in 

 the axils of the uppermost leaves. 



306. S. febrifuga A. de J. Meliac. p. 98. t. 26. W. and A. 

 i. 122. — Cedrela febrifuga Roxb. corom. i. t. 17. fi. ind. ii. 39b. 

 DC. prodr. i. 625. Swietenia febrifuga S. and C. ii. t. 81. — 

 Mountains of India. 



A large forest tree. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnated, in 3-4 

 pairs, about a foot long ; leaflets opposite, ovate, obtuse or emarginate, 

 unequal at the base, smooth, shining, 3-4 inches long by 2-3 broad. 

 Panicle terminal, large, diffuse, smooth. Sepals 5, ovate, deciduous, 

 Petals 5, ovate, obtuse, concave, spreading. Stamen-tube urceolate, 

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