CEDRELACEJE. 



Nat. syst. ed.Q.p. 103. 



SWIETENIA. 



Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals reflexed. Filaments 10, 

 united into a campanulate cup, having the anthers below the 

 apex, inside. Ovary surrounded by an annular disk, with 5 cells 

 and about J2 ovules in each cell; stigma discoidal. Capsule 

 egg-shaped, 5-celled, septicidal, 5-valved ; the sarcocarp woody, 

 very thick, separating from the endocarp; and both from a large 

 5-cornered permanent axis. Seeds imbricated, winged. 



305. S. Mahagoni Linn.sp.pl. 271. Jacq. amer. 127. Cav. 

 diss. 365. t. 209. A. de J. Meliac. 97. Hotter parts of America. 

 (Mahogany tree.) 



A large tree, with a very rough tuberculated bark when young. 

 Leaves equally pinnated ', leaflets opposite, very smooth, ovate, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, oblique, and as it were falcate. Flowers in axillary 

 panicles. Flowers small, whitish. Fruit the size of a hen's egg. 

 Bark used in the West Indies as a substitute for Peruvian Bark, but 

 inferior to it. 



SOYMIDA. 



Sepals 5. Petals spreading, unguiculate. Stamen-tube cup- 

 shaped, 10-lobed, each lobe with 2 teeth at the apex, and an 

 anther between the teeth, below them. Ovarium seated on the 

 disk, which is broader than itself, and covers the bottom of the 

 tube, 5-celled: ovules 12 in each cell. Style short, equal, 

 5-angled : stigma thick, peltate 5-angled. Capsule, oblong- 

 obovate, 5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing from the apex, septifragal: 

 the thin woody sarcocarp in each valve becoming detached from 

 the endocarp, and both from the large persistent 5-angled axis. 

 Seeds pendulous, winged all round, especially upwards and 

 downwards. Leaves abruptly pinnate : leaflets opposite, 

 3-6-pair, oval-oblong, obtuse. Panicles large, terminal, or in 

 the axils of the uppermost leaves. 



306. S. febrifuga A. de J. Meliac. p. 98. t. 26. W. and A. 

 i. 122. Cedrela febrifuga Roxb. corom. i. t. 17. fl. ind. ii. 398. 

 DC. prodr. i. 625. Swietenia febrifuga S. and C. ii. t. 81. 

 Mountains of India. 



A large forest tree. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnated, in 3-4 

 pairs, about a foot long ; leaflets opposite, ovate, obtuse or emarginate, 

 unequal at the base, smooth, shining, 3-4 inches long by 2-3 broad. 

 Panicle terminal, large, diffuse, smooth. Sepals 5, ovate, deciduous, 

 Petals 5, ovate, obtuse, concave, spreading* Stamen-tube urceolate, 

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