2. Cedbila.] 30. MJ2LIACEJ3. [3. Soymida. 



A mod.-sized tree with large spreading leaves 1-2J ft. long 

 with 5-12 pre. of alt. or opp. lanceolate or oblong-lanc. finely 

 acuminate glabrous or pubescent entire or faintly undulate 

 lflts. with oblique acute bases. Fls. £--£-" long in drooping or 

 sub-erect panicles on the new shoots* Seeds winged both 

 ends. 



VaUeye in Singbhum, and Santal P.; Parasnath in Hazaribagh but not 

 attaining large size and rather scarce. Lohardaga 2,500 ft., Gamble. I have 

 not seen it wild elsewhere, bnt it is largely planted in all the districts. 

 Fls. March-April. Fr. June- July, bnt the capsules often remain a whole 

 year on the tree. Deciduous Dec'.-Feby. 



The typical C. Toona has quite glabrous leaves, panicles glabrous long 

 and drooping, usually as long as or exceeding the leaves, Jts. without 

 ataminodes. Anths. minutely apiculate. Capsules f smooth. This is 

 rarely, if ever, found in Chota Nagpur, certainly not wild. 



Var. a=C. Hainesii, C. D.C. sp. 



L. 18'' long glabrous except the petioles and the axils of the sec. n. of 

 the lflts. Panicle puberulous 8-9'' only, erect. Fls. £''. Btaminodes 

 5 filiform. The fruit is believed to bo that of the type and about f " long. 

 Truly wild in the valleys. It may be a distinct species, bnt a larger 

 series of specimens is required. 



Var. /3 (This is also included in C. Hainesii by De Candolle ? but it 

 appears to me not to differ from C. Toona, var. pubescens, Franch). 

 L. sometimes 2 ft. in length with 10-12 prs. of lflts. more or less perma- 

 nently pubescent both sides. Sec. n. 14-16 prs. with pubescent pits in 

 their axils. Fls. not seen, and it is possibly the same as a« Chiefly in 

 village lands. 



Var. y Haslettii. Lflts. opp. 6-10 prs. under 4''. Panicles erect 6" 

 glabrous. Fls. £". Ant hers with a tail £-fths as long as themselves. 

 Btmds. 0. Capsule under f '' with small white lenticles. Seeds as in 

 type. Santal P. Khatikhund, Haslett ! 



The fact that the young leases appear at the commencement of the 

 hot weather make the Tocn a most desirable avenue tree. 



o. Soymida, A. Juss. 



1« S« febrifuge -4- Juss. Rohini, K, ; Ruhen, S. ; Rohan, 

 Rohana if., Khar. 



A large or moderate straight tree with dark brown bark 



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