ME LI ACE jr.. 505 



25. Soymida A. Juss.' — Flowers nearly of Stvietcnia, 5-merous ; 

 stamiual tube cupular, 10-lobed at ajjex; lobes 2-clontate ; anthers 

 sessile between the teeth. Germen 5-locular, surrounded at base by 

 wide explanate disk ; cells oppositipetalous, oo-ovulate. Capsule 

 woody, septifragal from apex ; valves 5, 2-lamelIate, free from septi- 

 ferous 5-gonal axis. Seeds doscendent, imbricate in 2-series, margi- 

 nate and produced on both sides to wing (longer above) ; cotyledons 

 of fleshy embryo foliaceous, auriculate at base ; radicle superior very 

 short. — A lofty tree ; wood hard coloured ; bark bitter ; leaves ab- 

 ruptly pinnate ; leaflets opposite ; inflorescence of Swietenia. {East 

 India.") 



26. Khaya A. Juss.^ — Flowers nearly of Sivietenia^ 4-merous ; 

 staminal tube m'ceolate, 8-lobed at apex ; lobes imbricate ; anthers 

 enclosed. Germen 4-locular, surrounded by annular disk ; cells oppo- 

 sitipetalous, cc-ovulate. Capsule woody, dehiscing septicidally (as 

 in Soymida). Seeds cc, imbricate, inserted in 2 series in faces of axis, 

 descendent, thickly marginate ; embiyo albumen and other characters 

 of Swietenia. — A lofty tree ; wood hard coloured ; leaves abruptly 

 pinnate; leaflets few-paired ; inflorescence of /S'ff/t'/ere/a. [Scncgamhia.*) 



27. Chickrassia A. Juss.^— Flowers 4-5-merous ; calyx cupular 

 with short obtuse teeth. Petals 4, 6, erect much longer, contorted. 

 Stamens 8-10; filaments connate in cylindrical tube very shortly 

 crenulate at apex ; anthers erect exserted fi-om tube, introrsely rimose. 

 Germen free elongate placed on disk ; cells 3, ofteuer incomplete ; 

 ovules in each co, iu 2 series very small ; style conical continuous 

 with top of germen, apex stigmatose slightly dilated, obscurely 3-lobed. 

 Capsule woody, scpticidal at apex ; valves 3, 2-lamellate, free from 

 3-ptcrous columella ; seeds oo, compressed, imbricate in 2 series, pro- 

 duced downwards to a wing ; cotyledons of fleshy embryo unequal 



' Mellac. 98, t. 11. — Si'AcH, Suit, a Ili<f- * Spec. 1. K. senegalensis A. Jusb. loc. cit. 9S. 



/oh, iii. 168.— ExDL. Gen. n. 5551.— B. 11. Ojii. — Guillem ot Tehu. Fl. Sen. Tint. i. 130, t. 32. 



338, n. 32.— H. Bn. Payer Fain. Nat. 400. — Oliv. Fl. Tmp. ytfr. i. 338.— Walp. Rcjy. i. 



- Spec. 1. >S'. febiifwja A. Juss. he. cit. 99. — 436. — Swietenia sencgalciisis Desuoi'ss. Diet. iii. 



Wight and Akn. I'mdr. i. 122.— Wai.i-. Rep. i. 679, n. 2.— DC. Prodi: i. 625, n. 3. (A plant, not 



436. — Swietenia febrifaga Roxj). PI. Coromaiid. without doubt, ruportod in Eastirii tropical 



13, t. 17.— DC. Prodr. i. 025, n. 2.—S. Snymida Africa.) 



DuNC. Tent. Inauy. (1797), 8.— -S. rubra Rottl. « Mcliae. 99, t. 11, n. 27 {Chukrasia).—fi\'Acn, 



Cat. Wan. n. 4890. Suit, d liaffon, iii. 170.— Eni.l. Gen. n. 5652.— 



3 Meliae. 97, t. 10.— SpACH, Suit, a Buffon, iii. B. H. Gen. 339, n. ZZ.—Plagiotxais Wall. Cat. 



107.— Endl. Gen. n. 5650.— B. U. Gen. 338, n. 12S9, 1270. 

 n. .Tl.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. 406. 



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