Chloroxylon. | Melacee. 47 
Planted about Kandy, Kurunegala and Gampola. 
Native of Honduras. 
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Chloroxylon Swietenia DC. Purush, 7. (Gamble). 
CEDRELA Linn. 
Staminodes wanting; leaflets entire . ' % ; - ©. Toosa. 
Staminodes present; leaflets serrate . : ‘ <4 (Cu Serraia. 
C. TOONA Roxb. ex. Rottl. et Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. 
IV, p. 198 (1803); C. DC. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. III, p. 364 (1908). 
Toona ciliata Roen. Syn. p. 139 (1847). Santhana vembu, 
Thevatharam, T. (Gamble). 
C. SERRATA Royle Ill. p. 144 (1833-44); C. DC. 1. c. p. 361. Toona 
serrata Roem. Syn. p. 139 (1847). 
Page 254.—For Chailletia DC. read: 
DICHAPETALUM Thou. 
For Chailletia sumatrana Miq. read: 
Leaves coriaceous : : P E : . I. D. GELONIOIDES. 
Leaves membranaceous . . 2. D. HELFERIANUM. 
. Dichapetalum eeigutes Engl. in a u. Prantl. Nat. 
PA. III, IV, p. 348 (1897). Moacurra gelonioides Roxb: PT, Tad: if, 
p- 70 (1824). Chailletia gelonioides Hk. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I, p. 570 
(1872). C. sumatrana Trim. FI. Ceyl. I, p. 54 (1893) non Mig. 
Shrub; young parts somewhat pubescent; twigs reddish; 
leaves 24-4 in. obovate-elliptic, entire, tapering at the base, 
acuminate, rather thick, with numerous prominent veins be- 
neath, drying yellowish-green; fl. small, shortly pedicellate, 
2 or 3 together; sepals obtuse, pubescent; petals almost twice 
as long as the sepals, bifid; ovary tomentose; fruit 4 in., 
2 valved, orbicular. 
Low country; rather common. FI. March. 
Hantane; Kalutara; Hevesse; Ambagamuva. 
Also in India. 
According to Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. p. 150, D. sumatranum (C. 
sumatrana Miq.) is quite different, and has much smaller fruits. 
2. D. Helferianum Pierre. Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 48 (1880-97). 
Chailletia Helferiana Kurz, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLI, p. 297 
(1872). 
As D. gelonioides but leaves 34-5 in. long cuneate at the 
base, rather thin veins less prominent, drying brown; fils. sub- 
sessile in larger cluster; fruit larger ovate-orbicular. 
Low country. Ambagamuva; Titta veraluva Kotha; Morove Kor- 
ale. FI. Feb. March. 
Also in Burma and Malaya. 
This was determined by Kew as D. Helferianum, but it does not 
agree well with the description. 
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