230 SimarubaceCB . [Samadeta. 



I. AIX.ANTUS,* Des/. 



Larf^e trees ; 1. pinnate ; fl. polygamous, in large panicles ;. 

 cal. 5-fid ; pet. 5, valvate ; stam. 10 (in bisexual fl. often 

 fewer) ; disk lo-lobed ; ov. 2-5-celled (usually 3-celled), with 

 I ovule in each cell, styles combined ; fruit of 1-5, distinct, 

 flat, indehiscent, winged samaras ; seed solitary in each 

 samara, pendulous, with scanty endosperm. — Sp. 4 ; 2 in 

 F/. B. Ind. 



A. malabarica, DC. Prod. ii. 89 (1825). Kumbalu, "Wal- 

 bilin, 5. 



Thw. Enum. 69. C. P. 3456. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 518. Wight, Ic. t. 1604. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 122. 



A lofty tree, with straight trunk and rough bark, branch- 

 lets with large, closely placed leaf-scars, young parts pubes- 

 cent, with fine, simple or stellate hairs; 1. very large, 1^-2 ft.,, 

 crowded, spreading, pinnate, rachis cylindrical, with a raised 

 line along upper side, very finely stellate-pubescent, much 

 thickened at base, Iflts. 16-20, distant, opposite or sub-opposite, 

 shortly stalked, 3-5 in., ovate-oblong, tapering, acute, unequal at 

 base with upper half larger and rounded and lower half acute, 

 entire, margin slightly reflexed, glabrous, glaucous beneath^ 

 rather thick ; fl. small, the bisexual rather larger than the male, 

 numerous, shortly pedicellate, in long, loose, stalked, axillary 

 panicles ; cal. small, hairy, segm. acute ; pet. oval-oblong,, 

 acute ; stam. exceeding pet. ; ov. ovoid, glabrous ; samara 

 2i-3 in., flat, oblong, obtuse at both ends, papery, glabrous,, 

 with the seed about the middle ; seed much compressed, 

 circular. 



Low country of the moist region ; rather rare. Seven Korales \ 

 Colombo ; Heneratgoda. Y\. Jan. ; white. 



Also in Southern India and Cochin China. 



The bark is tonic and febrifuge. A brown, fragrant, resinous exudation' 

 is given by the inner bark, and is used in dysentery as well as material 

 for incense. Wood very light, soft, and spongy. 



Moon, Cat. ']% gives Ailaiitus excelsa, Roxb. for Jaffna. The present 

 species was probably intended by him. 



2. SADIADERA, Gacrtn. 



Small trees ; 1. simple ; fl. large, bisexual, in stalked 

 umbels ; cal. 4- (or 5-) fid ; pet. 4 (or 5), convolute-imbricate ; 



* From ' Ailanto,' said to be the native name of A. glandulosa in the 

 Moluccas. 



