Carapa.] 



XXXI. MELIACEiE. 387 



long. Sta- 



The species are few, ranging over the tropical seacoasts either of America and Africa or of 

 Alnca and Asia. The Australian one belongs to the latter categorj. 



1. C. moluccensis, lam.; DC. Prod. i. 626. A tree, glabrous in all 

 ns parts. Leaflets 4, rarely 2 or 6, opposite, ovate, obtuse, shortly acurainate 

 or rarely acute, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 in. long, somewhat coriaceous, more reticu- 

 late than in any of the preceding genera. Panicles short, loose, and few- 

 no^vered, sometimes reduced to simple racemes or with few divaricate branches, 

 talyx small, irregularly lobed. Petals 4 or rarely 5, 2^ to 3 lines .,-.„. ..„ 

 ttimal tube crenate or splitting into short lobes. Ovary very small, in the 

 centre of a large thick depressed disk. Ovules 2, 3, or 4 in each cell, exces- 

 sively minute. Fruit often 3 or 4 in. diameter, ii-regularly globular. Seeds 

 usually 4 to 6, large, irregularly shaped, closely packed ; testa very thick, of a 



jard spongy (towdsimcQ^—Xj/iocarpus Granatum, Keen. ; Willd. Spec. PL ii. 

 o28. 



r ?; ■ ;^^stralia. Saltwater Creek, near Macadam Range, F. Mueller; islands of the 

 <^uif of Carpentaria, }Ie?i7ie. 



Queensland. N.E. coast, A. Cunningham; islands of Howick's group, -F. Mueller ; 

 ^ort Uemsou, Fifzalafi (in leaf only, with loose fruits). 



t fi?^A^T ^^ *^^ seacoasts of tropical Asia, extending westward to E. Africa and eastward 

 the Moluccas. It varies considerably in the more compact or looser intlorescence, in the 

 size of the flowers, and in the teeth of the stamiual tube. 



Tribe III, CEDUELEiE.— Stamens free. Ovules more than 2 in each cell, 

 ^eeds winged. Leaves phmate or rarely simple. 



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9. CEDRELA, Linn. 



Calyx small, 5-cleft. Petals 5, imbricate. Disk tliicls: or raised. Stamens 

 ^ to 6, inserted on tlie summit of the disk, alteriiating sometimes ivith as 

 Jiany stamiuodia, filaments subulate, aniliers versatile. Ovary 5-celled, style 

 nUtonn, with a dl.sk-like stigma; ovules 8 to 13 in each cell, in 2 rows. Cap- 

 sule membranons or coriaceous, 5-cellcd, opening in 5 valves, leaving the dis- 

 sepiments attached to the persistent axis. Seeds flattened, winged ; albumen 

 scanty J cotyledons flat ; radicle shoi't, superior.— -Tall trees, with coloured 

 ^vood. Leaves pinnate. Flowers small, in large panicles. 



'f te genus is spread over tropical America and Asia. The Australian species is a common 

 Asiatic one. 



L C. Toona, Eox5. Fl. Corom. iii. 33, t 238. A tall, handsome tree, 

 quite glabrous or the young shoftts minutely pubescent. Leaves large, deci- 

 ^>ious; leaflets 11 to 17, opposite or irregularly alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 ^cumulate, 3 to 5 in. long, oblique at the base, petiolulate, membranous, 

 i^anicles large, pyramidal, many-flowered, glabrous. Pedicels short. Sepals 

 oi-l)!cn]av, ciliate.'very small. Petals nearly 3 lines long. Stamens 5, as long 

 as the petals, inserted in cavities on the outside of the veiy thick pubescent 

 msk. Ovary half immersed in the disk. Capsule glabrous, oblong, 1 to T j 

 m. long.--\Vigiit, Ic. t. IGl ; 0. australis, P. MucU. Frngm. i. 4. 



Queensland. Morelon Bay, IFerb. F. Mueller; iWackenzie's Station, Lr>chJ,arclt. 

 «• S. Wales, lliawarra, Ihri. F. Mueller. " Red Cedar " of the colonists. 

 * ''^'^- Ptrvljlora. Petals scarcely 2 lines Jong.— Clarence river, JFileo.r. 



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