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25. Sojnnida A. Jess.' — Flowers nearly of Swietenia, 5-merous ; 

 staminal tube cupular, 10-lobed at apex; lobes S-dentate ; anthers 

 sessile between tbe teeth. Germen 5-locular, surrounded at base by 

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

 woody, septifragal from apex; valves .5, 2-lamellate, free 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, auriculate at base ; radicle superior very 

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

 ruptly pinnate ; leaflets opposite ; inflorescence of Swietenia, {East 

 India/'') 



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

 staminal tube urceolate, 8-lobed at apex ; lobes imbricate ; anthers 

 enclosed. Germen 4-loeular, surrounded by annular disk ; cells oppo- 

 sitipetalous, oo-ovulate. Capstde woody, dehiscing septicidally (as 

 in Soymida). Seeds co, imbricate, inserted in 2 series in faces of axis, 

 descendent, thickly marginate ; embryo albumen and other characters 

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

 pinnate; leaflets few-paired ; inflorescence of /S'weefema. {Senegambia.'^) 



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

 with short obtuse teeth. Petals 4, 6, erect much longer, contorted. 

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

 crenulate at apex ; anthers erect exserted from tube, introrsely rimose. 

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

 ovules in each oo, 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, compressed, imbricate in 2 series, pro- 



■ duced downwards to a wing ; cotyledons of fleshy embryo unequal 



' Meliac. 96, t. 11. — Spach, Suit, a Buf- * Spec. 1. E. senegaUnsis A . Juss. loo. cit. 98. 



/»», iii. 168. — Endl. Gen. n. 5551. — B. H. Qen. — Guillem et Perk. Fl. Sen. Tent. i. 130, t. 32. 



338, n. 32.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. 406. — Olit. il. Frop. Afr. i. 338.— Walp. Sep. i. 



2 Spec. 1, S. febrifuga A. Jtrss. loc. cit. 99. — iZQ.-^Swietenia senegalensis Desrouss. Diet. iii. 

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

 436. — Swietenia febrifuga EoxB. PI. Coromand. without doubt, reported in Eastern tropical 

 13, t. 17.— DC. Prodr. i. 625, n. 2.-8. Soymida Africa.) 



DuNC. Tent. Inaug. (1797), %.~S. rubra Eottl. ° Meliac. 99, t. 11, n. 27 {Chtkrasia). — Spach, 



Cat. Wall. n. 4890. Suit, d, Bufon, iii. 170.— Endl. Gen. n. 5552.— 



3 Meliac. 97, 1. 10.— Spach, Suit, a Suffon, iii. B. H. Gen. 339, n. Sd.~Flagiotxais Wall, Cat. 

 167.— Endl. Gen. n. 5560.— B. H. Gen. 338, n. 1269, 1270. 



n. 31.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. 406. 



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