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8ILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



MELUCE^. 



Mahagoni/ first used bj Jacquin as the specific name o£ tliis tree, is of aboriginal derivation. 



but are being continued in both Bengal and Burmah with seeds ob- ^ The change in Jacquiu's specific name from Mahagom to Maho- 



tained from America, and it is now believed that the Indian forests go?n was made by Miller in the eighth edition of his dictionary ■ 



will eventually produce mahogany in large quantities and of excel- 

 lent quality, (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timbers, 74. — Rep, Forest Dept. 

 Jnd. 1888-89, 30.) 



and Miller's orthography was afterwards adopted by Dc Can- 

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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES- 



Plate XLIII. Swtetenia BIahagoni. 



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1. A flowering branch, natm-al size. 



2. Diagram of a flower, 



3. A flower bud, enlarged." 

 - 4, A flowerj enlarged. 



5. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 



6. A pistil, with the stamlnal tube displayed, enlarged. 



7. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. 



Plate XLH^ Swtetexia IL^hagoni. 



1- A fruiting branch, natural size. 



2. A fruit, with one of the valves and the outer lamella of 



another removedj natural size, » 



3. The axis of a fruit, natural size. 



4. A seed, natural size. 



5. Cross section of a seed, natural size. 



6. Vertical section of a seed, natural size. 



7. An embryoj much enlarged- 



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