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GENUS Il. CHICKRASSIA. 
Monadelphia Deeandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. The’native name latinised. 
. Gen. Cuan. Calyx 5-toothed: petals 5, erect: stamen-tube 
10-crenated, each crenature bearing 1 exserted terminal anther: 
ovary oblong, 3-celled: ovules numerous in each cell: stigma ca- 
pitate, 3-lobed: capsule ovoid, 3-ceiled, 3-valved, dehiscing from 
the apex: seeds numerous, expanding downwards into a wing. 
(1) C. rapuzaris. (Juss. ) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 123. 
Syn. Swietenia chickrassa, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 899, 
Engrav. Wight’s Il. I. t. 56. 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves abruptly pinnated: leaflets 5-8 pair, ob- 
liquely ovate-oblong, unequal-sided, quite entire, hairy in the axils 
of the nerves beneath: panicles terminal, erect: flowers middle- 
sized, greenish-white. 
Cunnawady Hills, near Dindigul, flowering in the hot season, 
The wood is close-grained and elegantly veined, and is employed 
by cabinet-makers, It is commonly known as Chittagong-wood., 
(2) C. Nimmonu. (J. Grah.) 
Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 38. 
Spec. Cuar. Large tree: leaves pinnate: leaflets tomentose ; 
capsule 4—5-valved. 
Jungles at Rohe, Western Coast, flowering in January and Feb- 
ruary. 
GENUS III. CHLOROXYLON. 
Monadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Chloros, yellow, and Xylon, wood. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-partite: petals 5, patent: filaments 
distinct, awl-shaped: anthers versatile, cordate: disk 10-sinuated, 
each sinus bearing a stamen: ovary 3-furrowed, 3-celled: ovules 
8 in each cell, ascending: capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, dehiscing from 
the apex: seeds about 4 in each cell, extending upwards into a 
wing. 
(1) C. Swistenta. (Dec. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 128.—Dec. prod. I. p. 625.—Dru- 
ry’s Useful Plants, p. 132. 
Syn. Swietenia chloroxylon, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 400, 
Engrav, Wight’s Tl]. I, t. 57.—Roxb. Cor. I, t. 64. 
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