MELlACE3i. 505 



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

 stamiual tube cupular, 10-lobed at apex; lobes 2-dentate ; anthers 

 sessile between tlie teeth. Germen o-locular, surrounded at base by 

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

 woody, septifragal from apex; valves 5, 2-laniellate, fi-ee from septi- 

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

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

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

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

 ruptly pinnate ; leaflets ojjposite ; inflorescence of Sivietenia. [East 

 India.-) 



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

 stamiual tube lu'ceolate, 8-lobed at apex ; lobes imbricate ; anthers 

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

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

 in Soi/mida). Seeds co, imbricate, inserted in 2 series in faces of axis, 

 descendent, thickly marginate ; embryo albumen and other characters 

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

 pinnate ; leaflets few -paired ; inflorescence of Sivietenia. {Senegamhia.*) 



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

 with short obtuse teeth. Petals 4, 5, erect much longer, contorted. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 3-pterous columella ; seeds oo, comjaressed, imbricate in 2 series, pro- 

 duced downwards to a wing ; cotyledons of fleshy embryo unequal 



' Meliac. 98, t. 11. — Spach, Suit, a Bnf- * Spec. I. K. senegalensis J . Juss. foe. cii. 98. 



fon, iii. 168.— E.NDL. Gen. n. 5551. —B. H. Gen. — Gi'illem et Pere. Fl. Sen. Ttnt. i. 130, t. 32. 



338, n. 32.— H. Bx. Patjer Fain. Kat. 406. — Oliv. Fl. Trnp. Afi: i. 338.— Walp. Sep. i. 



2 Spec. 1. S. febrifuga A. Juss. loe. cit. 99. — 436. — Swieteiiia senegalensis Desrouss. Diet. iii. 



Wight and Arn. Prodr. i. 122. — Walp. Rep. i. 679, n. 2.— DC. Prodr. i. 625, n. 3. (A plant, not 



436. — Swictcnia febiifiiga RoxB. PI. Corommid. without doubt, reported in Eastern tropical 



13, t. 17.— DC. Pyodr. i. 625, n. 2.—S. Soymida Africa.) 



DuNC. Tent. Inauy. (1797), 8.— S. rubra Eottl. ^ Meliac. 99, t. 11, n. 27 (C/o/Avasia).- Spach, 



Cat. Wall. n. 4890. Suit, à Buffon, iii. 170.— Enhl. Oen. n. 5552.— 



^ Meliac. 97, t. 10.— Spach, Suit, à Buffon, iii. B. H. Gen. 339, n. ZS.—Plagiotxais Wall. Cat. 



167.— Endl. Gen. n. 5550.— B. H. Gen. 338, n. 1269, 1270. 

 n. 31.— H. Bn. Payer Fani. Nat. 406. 



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