IXXVI. MELIACEiE. 217 



Prodr. p. 123; Roem. Synop. fasc. 1, p. 135; DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 1, 

 p. 727 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 252. G. Mmmoini, Grab, in Wight, 111. 

 V. 1, p. 148 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 38. 



Konkan: Woodrowl, Talbot; Tungar hill, Graham; jungles at Eohe, Dalzell ^ 

 Gibson. Kanaka : N, Kanara, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Oeylon. 



15. CEDRELA, Linn. 



Tall trees with colored wood. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous, 

 usually quite entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, small, in terminal and 

 subtermiual panicles. Calyx short, 5-partite. Petals 5, suberect, free, 

 imbricate. Stamens 4-6, free, inserted at the top of the disk, some- 

 times alternating with staminodes ; filaments subulate ; anthers broadly 

 oblong, verisatile. Ovary sessile on the top of the disk, ovoid, 5-celled, 

 the cells opposite the petals ; ovules 8-12, biseriate, pendulous ; stigma 

 dii>coid. Capsule coriaceous, 5-celled septifragally ; valves 2-lamellate. 

 Seeds pendulous, compressed, imbricate, winged ; albumen thin, fleshy ; 

 cotyledons flat, subfoliaceous ; radicle , short, superior. — Disteib. 

 Tropical Asia, Australia, America ; species about 16. 



■ 1. Cedrela Toona, Roxh. ex Rottl. Sf Willd. in Oes. Naturf. Fr. 

 Neue Schr. v. 4 (1803) p. 198. A tall tree reaching 60 ft. ; branches 

 numerous, forming a shady head. Leaves abruptly-pinnate, 12-18 in. 

 long or more ; leaflets opposite or alternate, 4-15 pairs, 2-6 by |-2| in., 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire or slightly undulate, 

 glabrous, base inequilateral, the upper side usually larger rounded, the 

 lower smaller acute ; petiolules ^-^ in. long. Flowers white, honey- 

 scented, in large drooping terminal more or less pubescent panicles 

 nearly as long as the leaves ; buds ovoid or oblong ; pedicels short, 

 slender. Calyx divided nearly to the base ; lobes orbicular- ovate, 

 ciliate. Petals i in. long, broadly elliptic, obscurely veined, ciliate, 

 keeled at the base inside. Stamens 5, each inserted on one of the 

 orange-colored hairy lobes of the disk ; staminodes ; filaments 

 subulate ; anthers oblong, cordate, rounded and apiculate at the apex. 

 Ovary hairy, ovoid or subglobose ; stigma -^ in. in diam. Capsules 

 oblong, |-1 in. long. Seeds with a membranous wing at each end, about 

 I in. long including the wings. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 568 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 246; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 38; DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 1, p. 745; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 43; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 269 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 233.— Flow ers : Jan. A'ben. 

 Mahd-nim ; Kudak ; Tuni. 



Konkan : road to Matheran, Kanitkar !, Cooke ! ; RamMg, Matheran, H. M. 

 Birdwood. Dkccan : ravines at Khandala, Graham, Woodrow ; Panehgani, WoudrovJ; 

 Khandala, Dalzell Sf Gibson. Kanaka: abundant in the forests of N. Kanara; 

 immense trees common at Yellapur, Talbot. — Distrib. India (Central and Southern 

 and Birma) ; Java, Australia. 



The tree is known as the Toon, the Indian Mahogany tree and the Moulmein Cedar. 

 The wood is valuable for furniture, the flowers yield a dye and the bark has some 

 repute in native medicine. See W^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



16. CHLOROXYLON, DC. 



A lofty tree ; wood yellow, hard. Leaves abruptly -pinnate ; leaflets 

 numerous, very oblique, entire. Flowers smaU, in axillary and terminal 

 pubescent panicles. Calyx short, 5-partite. Petals 5, clawed, imbricate. 



