116 LXXX. OLKACEiE. 



t. 240 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. eJ. 2, p. 217 ; AVoodr. in Jouni. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1898) p. 164 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 434.— Flowers 

 more or less throughout the year. Yern. Har ; Shiuli ; Pdrijdtalc. 



It is doubtful if this plant is truly wild in the Bombay Presidency ; indeed 

 Roxburgh saj8 that he has never met it at all except in a cultivated state. Dalzell 

 says he recollects to have seen it veild in the Satpura forests near Arawad iu Khandesh, 

 whence it has also been obtained by Woodrow. It is very widely cultivated and is 

 found in most gardens in the Pi-esidency. The flowers come out in tiie evening and 

 iall off in the early morning. They may be collected in large quantity on the ground 

 beneath the shrubs. They have a delicate honey-like scent. The leaves are very 

 rough and used as sandpaper for polishing wood. 



3. SCHREBERA, Eoxb. 



Glabrous trees. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate ; leaflets opposite. 

 Flowers in terminal. 2-3-chotomous cymes. Calyx campanulate, trun- 

 cate or unequally 4-6-toothed. Corolla bypoerateriform ; tube cylin- 

 dric : lobes 4-7, spreading, imbricate in bud. Stamens 2, inserted near 

 the apex of the tube ; filaments short ; anthers included in the tube 

 or shortly exserted. Ovary 2-celled ; ovides 3-4 in each cell, pendulous 

 from its apex ; style cylindric, elongate; stigma shortly 2-fid. Capsule 

 woody, obovoid, 2-celled, loculioidally 2-valved. Seeds pendulous, 

 winged ; albumen ; cotyledons fleshy, longitudinally plaited ; radicle 

 short, superior. — Distrib. Species 4, of which 1 is East Indian, the 

 others African. 



1. Scbrebera swietenioides, Eoxh. Cor. PI. v. 2 (1798) p. 1, 1. 101. 

 A moderate-sized tree 40-50 ft. high, with erect trunk and numei'ous 

 branches ; bark ash-colored, scabrous. Leaves opposite or nearly so, 

 imparipinnate, 9-12 in. long (including the common petiole which is 

 2-3 in. long) ; leaflets 7-9, opposite ; leaf-rhachis pubescent, at length 

 nearly glabrous. Leaflets 2-4 by 1-2 in., the lowest pair often smaller 

 than the others, ovate, acute or acuminate, glabrous when mature, base 

 often unequal-sided ; main nerves 6-8 pairs ; petiolules of lateral leaflets 

 short, those of the terminal leaflets l-\\ in. long. Flowers yellowish- 

 brown, fragrant at night (lioxh.), numerous, in trichotomous cymes 

 3-7 in. long and broad; bracts linear, obtuse, pubescent; pedicels 

 0-| in. long, pubescent. Calyx ^ in. long, pubescent ; limb with 5 

 distinct or obscure teeth, often splitting so as to beconte 2-lipped, 

 Corolla ^ iu. long; tube ^ in. long, glabrous outside; lobes elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, the central portion of each covered inside with brown 

 glandular raised specks, the margins glandular-cihate. Stamens inserted 

 near the top of the coroUa-tuhe ; filaments very short. Stvle cylindric, 

 slightly longer than the corolla-tube ; stigma shortly bitid. Capsule 

 pear-shaped, pendulous, 2 in. long, very hard and woody, dotted with 

 white scabrous specks. Seeds 3-4 in each cell, winged ; cotyledons 

 contorted. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 604; Grab. Cat. p. 112; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 138 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. t. 248 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 218 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 164; Watt, Diet. Ec(m. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 2, p. 488.— Flowers : Apr.-May. Verx. MoJchd ; 

 Molciri ; Gold. 



Konkan: Dahdl\\ Tlial Gliat near Pliewndi, Graham. Deccan : Bowdlian 8 

 niilcs W. of Pwma, Bkiva ! ; Cliatte-einghi hill near Pnona, Kanitkar ! ; Gokak, lUtchie, 



