Chick rassia.] 24. MELiACEi-E. 43 



erect, between the crcnatures. Disc 0. Ovary 3-celled ; cells multi- 

 ovulato ; ovules biscriate. Fruit a 3-celled, septicidally 3-valvod 

 capsule. Seeds numerous, winged below, exalbuminous. 



C. tabularis, Adr. Juss. in Mem. Mus. XIX. 251. t. 22, f. 27 ; Fl. Br. 

 I. 1. 5GS ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 9 ; C. Nimmouii, Grali.; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 38. Chittagong wood tree Ldl devadari, pabba, M. Both the 

 glabrons and villous varieties of this tree aro common in the evergreen 

 forests of North Kanara and Konkan, The villoiis variety (t/. vehitina, 

 Room) has the capsule often 4-valved. Fl, March, April ; Fr. Aug., Sep. 



CEDRELA, Linn. 



Immense tree. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous, opposite, 

 oblique, entire or serrate. Panicles terminal. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Petals free, 4-6, inserted on the top of the disc, alternating with 

 staminodes. Disc 4-0-lobed. Ovary sessile on the disc, 5-cclled 

 cells with 8-12, biscriate ovules; stigma discoid. Capsule 5-colled. 

 Seeds winged. 



C. Toona, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. G85 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 568 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 10; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 38; Brandis For. Sylv. 72 ; 0. serrata, 

 Royle. Brandis For, Sylv. 73. Toon tree. Todu, tnahanim,tuni,1mruk, 

 M. ; tundu, devddri, K. Abundant in the evergreen forests of North 

 Kanara and the Konkan ; immense trees of this species are common near 

 Yelh'ipur. Fl. Jan. Fr. Mch., Apl. Wood fragrant. 



CHLOROXYLON, DC. 



A tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets many, unequal -sided* 

 Flowers small, bisexual, in terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx 5- 

 divided. Petals 5, clawed, imbricate. Disc 10-lobed. Stamens 10, 

 inserted outside base of disc ; anthers versatile. Ovary pubescent, 

 immersed in disc, 3-lobed and celled ; ovules 8 in each cell ; stylo 

 short, slender; stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds imbricate, winged ; albumen 0. 



C. Swietenia, DC. Prod. I. 625 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 569 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 11 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 39 ; Brandis For. Fl. 74. MasJmal, K, ; 

 halda, hillu, M. Satinwood. Common throughout the drier parts of 

 the Deccan and Konkan ; abundant in the dry deciduous forests of the 

 Dharwar and Belgaum districts. Fl. March, April. Fr. ripe June, 



Order 25. CHAILLETIACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire. Stipules petiolar. 

 Flowers small, hermaphrodite or unisexual, in axillary corymbose 

 cymes. Sepals 5. Petals 5 free. Stamens 5. Disc of 5 glands 

 or scales or a glandular or lobed cup. Ovary free, 2-3-celled. 

 Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous from the top. Drupe pubescent, 

 2-cclled, compressed. Seeds solitary. Albumen 0. 



Chailletia gelonioides, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. 1. 341 ; Fl. Br. L 1, 



570; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 59; Moacurra gelonioides, Roxb- Dalz. & Gibs. 



