XIX VI. MELIAOE^. 215 



p. 565 ; Grah. Cat. p. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 38 ; DC. Monogr. Phan. 

 V. 1, p. 713 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 42; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 269.— Flowers : Peb.-Mar. Veen. Limhdm. 



KoNKAN : 8focks\; common all along tbe Ghats, Balzall ^ Gibson. Deccatt : 

 Khandala, Graham, Woodrow ; Parghat, Graham. Kanaka : common along the banks 

 of rivers and in evergreen forests in N. Kanara, Talbot; Kasarli, Bitchie, 1190!; 

 Yacombi, Woodrow 1 — 1)istrib. Throughout India generally. 



13. SOYMIDA, Adr. Juss. 



A lofty tree with bitter bark and hard wood. Leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate ; leaflets opposite, obtuse, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, in 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Sepals 5, short, imbricate. Petals 5, 

 spreading, clawed, contorted. Staminal-tube short, cup-shaped, 10- 

 lobed, lobes 2-dentate; anthers inserted between the teeth. Disk 

 conspicuous. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled ; ovules many in each cell, biseriate, 

 pendulous; style short; stigma thick, discoid, 5-angled. Capsule 

 woody, 5-celled, septifragally o-valved, the valves consisting o£ 2 plates 

 separating from the 5-vviuged axis. Seeds pendulous fi-om the top of 

 the axis, imbricate in two series, compressed, winged at both ends; 

 cotyledons foliaceous, 2-auricled at the base ; radicle very short, 

 superior. — Distrib. One species, endemic in India. 



1. Soymida febrifuga, Adr. Juss. Mem. Mus. Par. v. 19 (1830) 

 p. 251, t. 22, fig. 26. A tall tree. Leaves 9-18 in. long, crowded 

 towards the ends of the branches; leaflets 3-6 pairs, opposite, 2-4^ by 

 1-2| in., elliptic or oblong, obtuse, glabrous, penninerved, the nerves 

 numerous and conspicuous beneath, base rounded, inequilateral, the 

 lower side generally extending further down the petiolule tliau the 

 upper ; petiolules g-| in. long. Flowers in large terminal or axillary 

 divaricately branched panicles often equalling the leaves, the branches 

 of the panicle alternate; pedicels very short; bracts minute, triangular, 

 acute. Sepals 5, rotund, the margins membranous, slightly lacerate. 

 Petals 5, obovate, | in. long, clawed, often notched at the apex. 

 Staminal-tube about half as long as the petals, slightly urceolate ; 

 anthers attached by the middle of the back. Ovary glabrous ; stigma 

 large, discoid, J^ in. iu diam., 5-lobed, the lobes radiating to the centre. 

 Capsules 1-2| m. long, obovoid, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds winged. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 567; Dak. & Gibs. p. 38; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 8; 

 DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 1, p. 722; Harms, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. 

 v. 3, part 4, p. 271, fig. 152, k-m ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 42 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 269 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 3, p. 318. Siuietenia febrifuga, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. p. 33 ; Cor. 

 PI. V. 1, p. 18, t. 17; Grah. Cat. p. 32.— Flowers : Mar. Veen. 

 Ruhin ; llolian. 



Konkan: Stocks'.; Thana districts, Woodrow. Dkccan : Khandesh and Jowar 

 jungles, Dalzell ^- Gibson. Gujarat: Graham. S. M. Country : in dry forests and 

 on sLony hills, Talbot. 



The bark of the tree has been recommended as a substitute for Peruvian bark, The 

 heart wood is heavy and close-graiued and well adapted for ornamental furniture. See 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



