Chickrassia.] xxxv. meliace^. 415 



15. CHICKRASSIA, Adi. Juss. 



Tree with paripinnate leaves ; leaflets alternate or opposite 

 oblique entire. Panicles terminal. Flowers 4- or 5-merous. 

 Calyx toothed. Petals oblong imbricate. Stamen-tube cylindric, 

 teeth 10; anthers 10. Disc o. Ovary cylindric stalked 3-celled; 

 ovules numerous in 2 rows; style short stout. Stigma capitate. 

 Capsule woody 3-celled loculicidal. Seeds numerous flat winged 

 below. Species i. 



(i) C. tabularis Juss. Mem. Miis. xix. 251, /. 22,/. 27; Wight, 

 III. t. 56 ; King, I.e. 88. 



Tall tree. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long; leaflets 10 to 16 ovate 

 to oblong acute or acuminate, base rounded on one side, narrowed 

 on the other, glabrous above, velvety beneath (var. vehitina) or 

 glabrous, 2 to 5 in. long, i to 2*5 in. wide; petiolules "15 to -35 in. 

 long. Panicles 6 in. long pubescent. Flowers white '4 to '5 in. 

 long pubescent. Capsule ovoid 175 in. long. Seeds "65 in. long. 

 Hcib. Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). Penang, Balik Pulau (Curtis). 

 Possibly introduced from India. Distrib. India, China. Native 

 names: Chenana Putih ; Suntang; Suntang Putih. Use: Timber 

 for building. Bark a decoction used for fever. 



15. CEDRELA, Linn. 



Tall tree. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous opposite or sub- 

 opposite entire or serrate. Panicles sub-terminal. Flowers 5- 

 merous white. Calyx short 5-lobed. Petals oval. Stamens 5 

 free on a thick 5-lobed disc. Ovary sessile on the disc 5-celled, 

 8 to 12 ovules in each cell in 2 rows ; style filiform. Stigma discoid. 

 Capsule thinly woody 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds flat winged at 

 each end. Species 16, tropics of both worlds. 



(i) C. febrifuga Forst. Diss. Cedrel. 16 ; King, I.e. 89. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 15 to 24 in. 

 long glabrous ; leaflets 7 to 10 pairs oblique ovate-oblong mem- 

 branous, base broad unequal; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, 3*5 to 4*25 in. 

 long, 175 to 2 in. wide ; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles 12 to 18 in. 

 long lax, glabrous. Flowers "2 in. across pubescent. Capsule i in. 

 long, pale lenticellate. Seeds "6 to 7 in. long. Hab. Perak, Ulu 

 Bubong, dense jungle (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. India, 

 Java. Probably introduced from India by Tamils. 



Order XXXVI. CHAILLETIACE/E. 



Shrubs or trees often scandent. Leaves simple alternate cori- 

 aceous. Stipules 2. Flowers small uni- or bi-sexual, white or 

 yellow, in axillary rarely terminal cymes. Sepals 5 more or less 

 connate at base imbricate. Petals 5, bilobed or notched. Stamens 



