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Cedrela serrata, Royle. 



India. Ascending to higher elevations than C. Toona, indeed to 

 8,000 feet. Seeds with a membranous appendage on one 

 side only. 



Cedrela Sinensis, A. de Jussieu.* 



China and Japan. An elegant tree, hardy in South-Europe. 

 It furnishes a wood not unlike that of the Singapore-cedar, reddish 

 in color, particularly sought for cigar-boxes and similar articles. 

 Foliage of a rosy hue in spring. 



Cedrela Toona, Roxburgh.* 



The Singapore-cedar. Southern India. Foliage deciduous. One 

 of the most important of all timber-trees for furniture-wood, which 

 is easily worked, light, seasons readily, takes polish well and is 

 applicable for a multitude of purposes in joinery, also used for tea- 

 chests, It is durable and not eaten by termites. Dr. Brandis 

 gives the stem-girth of trees 35 years old as 7 feet, when the tree 

 grew on rich and moist soil ; trees with 30 feet stem-circumference 

 are known. Seeds with membranous appendages on both sides. 

 C. glabra and C. microcarpa (C. de Candolle) yield partly the 

 Sikkim Cedar- wood. 



Cedrela Velloziana, Roemer. 



Brazil. A magnificent tree, with odorous wood of a red hue. 



Cedronella cordata. Bentham. 



Southern States of North- America. A perennial herb, fragrant 

 like the following. 



Cedronella triphylla, Moench. 



Madeira and Canary-Islands. A shrubby plant with highly 

 scented foliage. The volatile oil obtainable from it resembles that 

 of Melissa, but is somewhat camphoric. 



Celtis Australia, Linne. 



The Lotus-tree of South-Europe, North -Africa and South- Asia, 

 ascending the Himalayas to 9,000 feet. Attains a height of about 

 50 feet. Though of rather slow growth, this tree can be used for 

 avenues, as its stem finally attains to 6 feet in diameter. It is 

 supposed, that this Celtis reaches the age of fully 1,000 years. 

 Berries edible. Wood hard and dense, eligible particularly for 

 turners' and carvers' work. Used also by instrument-makers for 

 flutes and pipes. The stem-wood is fine-grained, easily cleft, and 

 of a splendid yellow tinge ; the branch-wood is one of the best for 

 whip-sticks. Largely planted for fodder in India [Dr. Gr. Watt]. 



