CHICKRASSIA TABT7LARIS. (Nat. ord. Meliace'*.) 



CHICKRASSIA. (Ad, de Juss.) Gen. PI. p. 339.— GEN. CHAE. Calyx short cupular 4-5 toothed, petals 4-5 erect contorted. Stamen tube 

 cylindrical 10 crenated the crenatures each bearing 1 anther, anthers ovate exserted erect, disk none, ovary oblong shortly stipulate 3 celled attenuated into 

 a style, stigma capitate, ovules numerous in 2 series, capsule ovoid woody 3 celled septicidally 3 valved at the apex, valves 2 lamellate and separating 

 from the 3 winged axis, seeds numerous imbricated in a double series horizontally across each cell, flat expanding downwards (at the opposite extremity of 

 the hilum) into a wing, cotyledons orbicular not auricled, radicle superior cylindrical oblong oblique exserted applied to the edge of the cotyledons at their 

 top — leaves abruptly pinnated, leaflets opposite and alternate acuminate, panicles terminal. 



CHICKRASSIA TABULAPJS. (Juss.) Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate 6-18 inches long, leaflets 5-10 pair subopposite or 

 alternate shortly petioled, obliquely ovato-oblong, unequal sided obtusely acuminated quite entire and increasing in size towards the apes 

 of the leaf, hairy in the axils of the nerves beneath, stipules none, panicles terminal erect, flowers numerous rather large of a dirty white 

 or cream color. W. A. prod. 123. — Swietenia Chiekrassia. Roxb. Fl. prod. ii. 398 — Wight 111. 



A tree of large size, often 8 to 10 feet in girth with a thick straight trunk 60 or 80 feet to 1st bough and rust colored deeply cracked 

 bark ; found though sparingly in most of the hill forests of the Madras Presidency both in shola and deciduous forests, and in Mysore, Bombay and 

 the Eastern parts of Bengal : it is the true Chittagong of commerce and is called Aglay or Agal in some parts of our Presidency, Madagari Yembu 

 in others, Ganti Made in Salem, and in Bengal Chickrasee. The wood is of alight color and prettily veined and' close in the grain, and is much used 

 for furniture ; it has a cedar-like smell and is one of the woods known as bastard cedars to Europeans. No attempt at cultivating this tree on any 

 large scale has yet been made, but specimens are met with in Botanical Gardens; in Ceylon it is known under the name of Hoolanghik-gass, and its 

 timber used in theinterior of the palace of one of the Kandyan kings is known to have lasted some hundreds of years. 



