Swietenia. decanuria monogynia, 399 



2, S. CJiickrassa. R. 



Leaflets from six. to ci<?ht-pair, sub-alternate, oblique- 

 ly oblong, pointed. Panicles terminal, diffuse. Capsules 

 three-celled. 



Beng. Chikrassee. 



A native of the mountainous parts near Chittagong, &c. 

 to the eastward of Bengal. Flowering time the hot sea- 

 son, viz. April, and May. It is a timbertreeof great size, 

 with a thick, strai. ht trunk, and dark rust-coloured bark, 

 which is pretty de ply cracked, but inwardly very firm 

 and of a pretty deep reddish brown colour, which is pow- 

 erfully astringent, but without bitterness. 



ieai;e4' alternate, abruptly-pinnate, in luxuriant plants 

 often bipinnate, from six to eighteen inches long- Leaf- 

 lets subopposite, from two to ten pair, subsessile, ob- 

 liquely-ovate ; with a pretty long tapering point, entire, 

 smooth on both sides, increasing in size towards the apex 

 of the leaf. Petioles round, with here and there a small 

 scabrous speck. Stipules none. Panicles terminal, erect, 

 pretty large. Flowers numerous, pretty large. Bractes 

 small. Calyx inferior, small, five-parted, the divisions ex- 

 panding, linear, wedge-formed, slightly emarginate. Nec- 

 tary nine-leaved, subcylindric, rather shorter than the pe- 

 tals, striated ; mouth most slightly ten-toothed. Filaments 

 minute, inserted into the top of the toothlets of the necta- 

 ry. ^w//te>s cordate. Germ oblong, striated, a little hairy. 

 67i//€ just long enough to raise the large peltate. Stigma 

 even with the mouth of the nectary. Capsule oval, some- 

 what pointed, scabrous, the size of a small pullet's egg, 

 three-celled, three-valved, with double integuments, and a 

 three-winged receptacle. Seeds numerous, winged and 

 imbricated in a double series across the cells. 



The wood of this tree is greatly admired for its beauty, 

 being of alight colour, and most elegantly \eined ; at 

 the same time very close in the grain. It is employed to 

 make furniture of various kinds. 



