72 XXI. MELIAGE^. [Soymida. 



for Cinchona bark. Mr Broughton reports that the bitter substance has the 

 properties of a resin (Pharm. Ind. 55). 



6. CEDEELA, Linn. 



Trees with pinnate leaves, and small, paniculate, bisexual flowers. 

 Calyx small,- 5-cleft. Petals 5, erect, with a prominent thick line inside 

 at the base like a keel, imbricate contorted or valvate at the base. Disc 

 thick, fleshy, 5-cleft, or cylindrical. Filaments 4-6, inserted on the edge 

 of the disc, subulate ; anthers oblong, versatile, occasionally with alter- 

 nate sterile filaments. Ovary 5-celled, narrowed into a style, with a 

 broad stigma; ovules 8-12 in each cell, biseriate, pendulous. Capsule 

 coriaceous or membranous, opening septifragaUy by 5 valves, the valves 

 separating from the dissepiments, which remain attached to the axis, form- 

 ing a pentagonal column of soft pith. Seeds numerous, pendulous, flat, 

 imbricate, winged, with a scanty albumen, and straight embryo with 

 foliaceous cotyledons, the radicle pointing upwards. 



Flower - panicles as long as leaves, or shorter ; leaflets gene- 

 rally entire; no sterile iilaments ; seedswingedat both ends 1. G. Toona. 



Flower-panicles longer than leaves ; leaflets serrate ; sterile fila- 

 ments alternating with stamens ; seeds winged at the upper 

 end only 2. C. serrcda. 



The West-Indian Cedar, Cedrela odorata, Linn., furnishes a beautiful wood 

 for cabinet-work. 



1. 0. Toona, Eoxb.— Tab. XIV.— PI. Cor. t. 238 ; PI. Ind. i. 635 : 

 W. & A. 124 ; Wight Ic. t. 161 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. 1. 10. The Toon-tree. 

 Sans. Tunna, kuleraM, IcaeJila. — Vern. Tun, tuni, twnni, Em, maha limbo, 

 maha mm. Local names, Mahlun, Satpuras ; Drawi, chiti-sirin, Pb. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate, 12-18 in. long, glabrous; leaflets generally 

 opposite, 10-20, petiolulate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire or slightly undulate (toothed in South India). Panicles terminal, 

 pubescent, nearly as long as leaves, pendulous, the lower ramifications 

 frequently in the axils of leaves. Plowers white, with a fragrance like 

 honey. Calyx flat, 5-cleft, lobes cUiate, obtuse. Petals oblong, cUiate. 

 Stamens 5, inserted on 5 fleshy, orange-coloured, hairy lobes of the disc ; 

 sterile filaments none. Stigma peltate, S-lobed. Capsule oblons, |-1 in. 

 long, seeds with membranous wings at both ends. 



T^n™'^'S°''' m the fore8t8_ of South India, particularly on the west side, in 

 Burma, Bengal, Gudh, and m the sub-Himalayan tract, nearly to the Indus 



E^el t '°°", ''■' '^^>.'* f^r ^^S^^^- Cultivated throughout S 

 Evergreen or nearly so. The old leaves are shed graduaUy dunnc^ the cold 

 season, and the young foliage comes out in March aid AjrUwUh the flowers 

 months Zn I ^""''■/'^'^' *^' TP*y ''"Pf'^1^^ ^^'"^i^^g on the trerfo 

 ^tZ^ZTZrA fborSahlra^JSi"'^^^"^^^ '""''^''^'^^ *-- ^ 

 Age 30 years, girth 58 iuches, mean of 6 trees. 

 . " ^^ " » 86 „ mean of 5 trees. 



It requnres, however,' a rich soil and much moisture: In the Panjab plains 



