668 XXXVII. MELiACEJS. (W. P. Hicm.) [Chiekrassia. 



contorted (as regarded from inside) erecto-patent. Staminal te6e cylindric, 

 10-crenate ; anthers 10, erect, inserted within the crenatures, short. Disk 

 obsolete. Ovary shortly stipitate, 3-celled, cells each with numerous 

 biseriate ovules ; style stout, stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, septi- 

 cidally 3-vaIved, woody ; valves consisting of two plates, separating from 

 the 3-winged axis. Seeds numerous, flattish, winged below, exalbuminous ; 

 cotyledons orbicular. — Disteib. One endemic species. 



1. C. tabularls, Adr. Juss. in Mem. Mus. xix. 251, t. 22, f. 27 ; leaflets 

 10-16 ovate more or less velvety especially beneath or nearly glabrous 

 base obtuse shortly petiolulate, panicles erect scarcely equalling the .leaves, 

 flowers yellowish or red, fruit ellipsoidal. W. & A. Prodr. i 123 i 

 Thwaites Enum. 61 ; Wight El. i. t. 56 ; Bedd. -Fl. Syhat. t. 9 ; Grah: Gat. 

 Bomb. PI. 32. Swietenia Chiekrassia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 33 : Fl. Ind. ii. 399. 

 Plagiotaxis Chiekrassia, Wcdl. Gat. 1269. S. Sotrophola, M. Sam. ex Wall. 

 Cat. he. p. 214. C. Nimmonii, Grah. ex Wight l.c. 148 ; I>alz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 38. P. velutina, WaU. Cat. 1270; C. trilocularis, Roemer Syrwps. 

 Monogr. i. 135. S. trilocularis, RoA ex Bwh. Joum. i. 184 ; G. Bon Gen. 

 /%««. i. 688. C. velutina, Roemer l.c. ; Kwz in Joum. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 

 xUi. ii. 1873, 65. S. velutina and S. villosa, WaU. ex Run I.e. Cedrel» 

 spec. De Cand. 1 Sb. Wight, ex WaU. Gat. 4892. % Cedrela velutina, BG. 

 Prodr. i. 625. \ Cedrela villosa^ RMh. Hort. Beng. 18. ? Melia tomentosa, 

 Kurz. Rep. Veg. Andam. ed. L p. iv., not of Roxburgh, t Toona velutina, 

 Roem. Synops. Monogr. i. 1 39. ? T. villosa, Roem. I.e. 140. % Cedrela. odorata. 

 Sort. Kew. olim ex Roem. I.e., not Linn. 



#EaTBEN Pehinsula, from the Concan to Coorg ; Malacca and Ceyloh ; (? Tippere 

 and the Andaman Inlands). 



Leaves 12-18 in. ; leaflets 2-5 by lj-2f in. Flowers about J-f in. long. Ovary 

 hairy. Stigma about on the level of the anthers. Fruit nearly 2 in. long. — The.Ohit- 

 tagong wood tree. • 



18. CEDXtEXiA} Linn. 



Tall trees with coloured wood. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous,, 

 opposite or subopposite, entire or serrate. Panicles terminal and subter- 

 minal oblong ; flowers white pentamerous. Calyx short, 5-clef t. Petak sub- 

 erect, oval, imbricated, free. Stamens 4-6, free, inserted at the top of the 

 disk, sometimes alternating with staminodes, filaments subulate ; anthers 

 widely Sblong, versatile. Bisk thick or raised, 4-6-lobed. Ovary sessile on 

 the top of the disk, 5-Gelled ; cells alternate with the calyx-lobes, each with 

 8^12 biseriate pendulous ovules; style filiform, stigma discoid. Capsule 

 coriaceous, 5-celled, septifragally 5-valved ; valves consisting of two plates. 

 Seeds compressed, winged below or at both ends, with fleshy albumen; 

 cotyledons flat, subfoliaceous. — Distkib. About 12 species, inhabiting' 

 Tropical Asia, Australia, and America. 



X. C. Toona, Roxb. ex Rotd. ii:\ Willd. in Gesell. Nat. Freunde. N. Sckr. iv. 

 198 (1803) ; Hort. Beng. 18 ; Cor. PI. iii. t. 238 ; Fl. Ind. i. 635 ; leaflets 8-30 

 obliquely ovate or lanceolate acutely acuminate glabrous shining entire or 

 serrate base obtuse petioluled, panicles drooping about as long as or exceeds 

 ing the leaves, pedicels short, stamens 5 occasionally 6 or alternating with 

 staminodes equalling the petals, capsule oblong. W. & A. Prodr. i. 124; 

 Wight Ic. t. 161 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. t. 10 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 38 ; 

 ^ramOis Fl. Sylv. 72, t. 14 ; Wall. Cat. 1272, 9041. Q. febrifuga, Blums 



Bijdr. 180. C. hexandra, WaU. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 



1272. ? Q. longifolia,, Wall. Cat. 1273.^ C. serrata, Roylh III., t. 25 ; Brandis 



Carey ii. 425 ; Cat. 



