146 XXIX. MELIACE^E [Cedrela 



occasionally hexarnerous. Sepals and petals often not ciliate, petals at the 

 base on the inside prominently keeled, 5 filiform staminodes alternating with 

 stamens. Ovary glabrous, seeds winged at the top only. 



Outer Himalaya from the Indus to the Nepal, ascending to 8,000 ft. Manipur, Upper 

 Burma (0. longifolia, Wall.). Fl. May, June. 3. C. microcarpa, CDC. Outer Himalayan 

 ranges, Kumao'n to Sikkim, ascending to 6,000 ft., Assam, Upper Burma {Taw tama), 

 leaflets mostly alternate, shining above, unequal sided, almost falcate, one side rounded 

 at base, blade 3-6, petiolule £-f in. Fl. J-J ln -i sometimes 4-merous, filaments hairy, 

 ovary hirsute, capsule 1-li in. long, warty, upper wing of seed smaller than lower. 

 4. C. multijuga, Kurz, Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes, Salween 2,500-3,000 ft. Young 

 shoots and common petiole tawny pubescent, leaflets nearly opposite, requires further 

 study. C. hirsute, King MSS., Sikkim, may possibly be the same. 5. C. febrifuga, 

 CDC. (Toona febrifuga, Pierre, Fl. For. Cochin, t. 358), common in Cochinchina, 

 leaflets alternate, petals hairy inside, ovary and filaments hairy, seeds winged at both 

 ends, will probably be found in Upper Burma. I am disposed to refer to it specimens 

 collected by J. W. Oliver along streams in Upper Burma (Petsut Ye tama), as well as 

 specimens coll. by Troup in the hill forests east of the Meiktila district (Yedama, 

 Shinshit). 



16. CHLOROXYLON, DC; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 569. 



C. Swietenia, DC, the only species. Wight 111. t. 56 bis ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 11. Syn. Swietenia Chloroxylon, Boxb. Cor. pi. t. 64. Satinicoocl. Vera. 

 Bhera, Hind. ; Bhira, Gond; Sengel-sali, Kol ; Billa, Tel. ; Hurgalu, Kan. 



A middle-sized tree, wood yellow, hard, heavy, with a beautiful satin lustre, 

 inner wood darker, but no distinct heartwood. Young parts, petioles and 

 inflorescence clothed with short grey pubescence. L. paripinnate, leaflets 

 10-20 pair, gland-dotted, unequal-sided, obtuse, 1 in. long. Fl. bisexual, cream- 

 coloured, in small terminal and axillary panicles. Fetals 5-clawed, spreading, 

 imbricate in bud. Disk fleshy, 10-lobed. Stamens 10, inserted outside the 

 disk at its base, anthers cordate, apiculate, versatile. Ovary immersed in the 

 disk, 3-celled, ovules 8 in each cell. Capsule oblong, coriaceous, 3-celled, 

 loculicidally 3-valved, the dissepiments remaining attached to the valves. 

 Seeds imbricate, oblong, winged.. 



'Common in the deciduous forests of the Western Peninsula, its limit being the 

 northern edge of the Satpura range. Fl. March-April, the leaves are renewed in May. 

 Dry region of Ceylon. 



Order XXX. CHAILLETIACE^. Gen. PI. i. 340. 



(Dichapetalacece, Engler u. Brantl iii. 4. 345.) 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate, quite entire, stipules deciduous. Fl. small, 

 mostly polygamous, sepals 5, more or less united, petals 5, free, notched or 

 bifid, stamens 5, alternate with and sometimes adnate to base of petals. Disk 

 of 5 glands, alternating with stamens, ovary pubescent or villous, 2-3-celled, 

 ovules in pairs, pendulous from the top of each cell. Drupe pubescent or 

 hispid, often diclymous, embryo large, radicle small superior, cotyledons thick, 

 albumen 0. 



CHAILLETIA, DC; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 570. 

 {Diclmpdahim, Du Petit Thouars ; Engler u. Prantl iii. 4. 348.) 



l.C. gelonioides, Hook. fil. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Manual t. 9.— Syn. C. 

 sumatrana, Miq. ; Trimen Handb. i. 254; Moacurra gelonioides, Boxb. 



A small tree or shrub, twigs slender, young shoots pubescent. L. ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, reticulate veins distinct, blade 3-5, petiole \ in. long, 



