112 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Cedrela fissilis, Vellozo. (C. Brasiliensis, A. de Jussieu.) 



From Argentina extending to Mexico. The timber is soft, 

 fragrant and easily worked ; it is known as Acajou-wood. The 

 Surinam Cedar-wood is furnished by C. Guianensis (A. de Jussieu), 

 the Peruvian kind by C. angustifolia (De Candolle), the Caracas sort 

 by C. montana (Turczaninow), the Argentine from C. Paraguensis 

 (Martius). 



Cedrela odorata, Linne. 



Mexico, Antilles, Guiana, in Jamaica up to 4,000 feet elevation 

 [W. Fawcett]. A comparatively tall tree, easily cultivated. It 

 succeeds as far south as Natal [J. M. Wood]. Wood light, of 

 pleasant odor, easily worked, preferentially chosen in its native 

 country for cigar-boxes and a variety of other articles, also furniture. 

 The tree exudes the aromatic Acajou-resin like C. fissilis. 



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 and 

 even at London and Paris. It furnishes a wood not unlike that of 

 the Singapore-cedar, reddish in colour, 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. 



