SCHREBERA SWIETENIOIDES. (Nat. order Bignoniaceae ?) 



ScHREBERA. Moxb. — GEN. CHAR. Calyx tubular 5-cleft at length somewhat bilabiate, corol hypogynous infundibuliform, tube cylindri-. 

 cal| limb 5-7 parted, lobes patent cuneate obhise, stamens 2 inserted ou to the middle of the tube of the corol included, filaments very short, anthers oblong 

 2-eelled, cells parallel dehiscing longitudinally, ovary free 2-eelled, ovules 4 in each cell pendulous from near the apes, style simple ex^erted, stigma bifid, 

 capsule pyriform woody hard scabrous 2-celled dehiscing loculicidally, valves septiferous, seeds 4 in each cell pendulous irregularly oval compressed 

 produced into a long membranaceous wing, testa smooth, endopleura somewhat thick spongy, embryo exalbuminous, radicle short next the hilum, cotyledons 

 oblong longitudinally plaited. A tree, leaves opposite unequally pinnate, leaflets subopposite cordate entire, panicles terminal, flowers small white. Roth. 

 Fl, Ind. i. p. 109. 



bCHREBERA SWIETENIOIDES. (Roxb.) A large timber tree, trunk erect, bark scabrous, branches numerous 

 spreading in every direction, leaves nearly opposite pinnate with an odd one about a foot long, leaflets 3-4 pair opposite or subopposite 

 short petioluled, the lowermost largest and obliquely ovate or cordate while those towards the apes become narrower, all quite entire 

 acute, smooth on both sides, 3-4 inches long, stipules none, panicles terminal thin trichotomous, bracts small caducous, flowers rather 

 small white variegated with brown very fragrant at night, calyx at length 2-lipped with sometimes 2 lateral toothlets one on each 

 side of the fissures which separate the lips, corol-tube 3-4 times longer than the calyx, capsule size of a pullet's egg. Eoxb. Fl. Ind.l. 

 p. 108 ;— Wight. III. p. 185 tab. 162. 



This tree is not common, though to be met with in the forests on both sides of the Presidency, it is not rare in the Qodavery forests on the 

 east side, and pretty abundant in the Mudumullay forests on the west side; it is called Makkam in Teligu and, Mogalinga in Tamil, and Moha on 

 the Bombay side; the wood is grey or ivhitish, very close grained, heavy and durable, does not warp, used for making looms and many purposes 

 with the natives, and well adapted for the purposes of the lathe. The drawing is copied from Wight's Illustrations, as I have no specimens at hand* 



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