Gm-apa.] xxxvii. meliace^, (W. P. Hiern.) 56? 



dissepiments. Seeds large, thick, angular: testa iard, spongy, aril Hlutfi 

 large, ventral; cotyledons amygdaloid.— Distuib. A genus of scarcely more 

 than 2 species, one Tropical American, the other from Tropical Asia both 

 however occurrmg m Tropical Africa on the west and east coast re- 

 spectively. 



The character of the genus giyen above is based on the latter species ; it constitutes 

 Koemg s genus Xylocarpus. 



1. C. moluccensis, Lam. Encyl. Meth. J. 621 : leaflets from ovate to 

 ohovate usually obtuse very shortly petiolulate, panicles lax shorter than the 

 leaves sometimes in simple racemes. Bedd. Flor. Sylv. t. 136 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 1274. C. indica, Juss. in Diet. Sc. Nat. vii. 32. C. obovata, Blume Bijdr. 

 179. Xylocarpus Granatum, Koe^. Natwrf. xx. 2 ; Adr. Juss. in M^m. Muk 

 six. t. 20, f. 22. X. obovatus, ilc?n J^MS. l.c. 244. X. moluccensis, ^oem. 

 Symps. i. 124. Granatum littoreum, Bumph. Amb. iii., 92, t. 61. Monosoma 

 littorata, Griff. Notul. iv. 502. Cfr. Guarea oblongifoHa, Griff. I.e. 503. 



' Maddy seacoasts throughout India and Ceylon.— Distkib, Tropical Africa, Malayan 

 Archipelago and N. Australia. 



Lemi&s 4-8 in._; leaflets 2-5 by 1-2^ in. Panicles 1-5 in. long; flowers J-Jin. long, 

 jellowish. fruit 3-4 in. diam. 



16. SOVDKIDA, Adr. Juss. 



-I A lofty gkbrous tree. Lecmes paripinnate ; leaflets opposite, entire, 

 obtuse. Pam'cte axillary and terminal ; flowers greenish-white, pentame- 

 rous. C(dyx composed of 5 short imbricated sepals. Petals free, imbri- 

 cated, obovate, unguiculate, spreading. /SSfamiraa? i!M6e short, cuprshaped, 

 10-cleft, lobes bidentate; anthers IQ, sessile between tha teeth, short. Disk 

 flat. Omry 5-celled ; cells alternate with the |epals, each with about 12 

 biseriate pendulous ovules ; style tehort, stigma broad, fleshy. Capsule 

 septifragally 5-valved, woody ; valves consisting of two plates, separating 

 from the S- winged axis. /Sfeec^s numerous, flattish, winged at both ends, 

 albuminous; cotyledons foliaceous. — Disteib. One endemic species; two 

 other species from East Tropical Africa have been conjecturally referred to 

 this genus. 



1. S. febrifug'a, Adr. Juss. in Mem. Mus. xix. 251, t. 22, f. 26 ; leaflets 

 6-12 elliptic or oblong base usually oblique shortly petioluled, panicles 

 often equalling the leaves branches divaricate. W. & A. Prodr. i. 122; 

 Ddz. & Gihs. Bcmh. Fl. 38 ; Bedd. M. Syhat. t. 8 ; Forest Reports Madras. 

 1866-67, t. 2; Brandis Fl. Sylvat. 71. Swietenia febrifuga, Roaob. Mano- 

 graphy; Cor. PI. i. t. 17 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 398 ; Grah. Gat. Bomb. PI. 32 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 1267. S. Soymida, Duncan Tent. Inaug. de Sw. A'. (1794). S. rubra, 

 [Rota.] Wall. Gat. 4890. 



Hilly districts of North Westekn Central and Sodthekn India, extending south- 

 ward to Trayancor ; Ceylon. 



Yields a very hard dull red-coloured wood, one of the' most durable. 'Leaves nearly 

 evergreen, 9-18 in. ; leaflets 1^-5 by |-2| in. ; petiolules mostly very short. Flowers 

 about Jin. long; bracts ovate-deltoid, small. Oapside smooth, black when ripe, 1-2^ in. 

 long. — Timber strong ; bark bitter. 



17. CBCXCKRASSIA, Adr. Juss. 



A large timber tree with paripinnate leaves, alternate subopposite or 

 opposite acuminate oblique entire leaflets, terminal panicles and 4^5- 

 meriJus flowers. Calyx short, dentate. Petals oblong, free, smistrorsely 



