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FOEBST TREES. 



An ornamental tree of Ooorg and the Western 

 Ghats. Leaves imparipinnate, with usually 9 large 

 leaflets. Panicles axillary and terminal, corym- 

 bose, long-peduncled, nearly equalling the leaf. 

 jPlowers small, white. Fruit the size and colour of 

 a small cherry. Herbarium specimens are required, 

 as also fuller information as to the character and 

 utility of this species. 

 147 Soymida febrifuga, Adb. Juss. Kan. Swami 



mara, Kal l;- uige ? 



Fig—BecM. FL Sylv. t. 8. 



"References.— Brand. For. 



Ind. 



Flora 71 ; Fharm.. 



The bastard red-cedar of Europeans. A lofty 

 tree of the Malnad and isolated hills ; found in the 

 reserved jungles at Closepet. As this species is 

 often confounded with Cedrela Toona, the so-called 

 white cedar, the annexed characteristics may assist 

 enquirers to determine between the two trees. 



Soymida fehrifuga. 

 Eed Cedar. 



Leaves paripinnate, nearly 

 evergreen, 12 to 20 inches. 



Stamens united into a cup- 

 sliaped tube. 



Ovary S-celled, with numer- 

 ous ovules in each cell. Seeds 

 slightly winged at hoth ends. 



Capsule large. 



Cedrela Toona. 

 White Cedar. 



Leaves pinnate, deciduous, 1 

 to 3 feet. 



Stamens distinct, 4^6, or 

 with alternating staminodes. 



Ovary S-oelled with 10 — 12 

 ovules in each cell. Seeds 

 winged at one or hoth ends. 



Capsule small. 



Although unreserved, this tree affords one of the 

 very best timbers. It is the principal red- wood of 

 English denizens and is known to be hard, dull-red 

 and very strong. Weight when seasoned, 70 to 75 

 lb. per cubic foot. Indeed Swami mara is reckoned 

 by the Hindus to be the most durable of woods and 

 is preferably used on that account in the building of 



