Cede^la.] MELIACE^. 153 



Capsule septifi-agally o-valved, woody ; valves consisting of 2 plates 

 separating from the winged axis. Seeds many, j&attish, winged at 

 both ends, albuminous ; cotyledons leafy. — Species 2, one coufined to 

 India and the other Tropical African. 



S. febrifuga, A. Juss. in Mem. Mus. Par. itix, 251, t. 22, f. 26; W. 8^ A. 

 -Prod. 122 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 38 ; Brand. For. Fl. 71 ; F. B. I. i, 567 ; 

 Watt E. D. Swietenia febrifiiga, Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii, 398. Vern. Bohan, 

 rakat. 



A large glabrous tree, 70-80 ft. high. Barh of trunk very rough, peeling 

 off in large plates or scales. Leaves nearly evergreen, 9-lS in. long; 

 leaflets 6-12, elliptic or oblong, base usually oblique, shortly stalked. 

 Panicles often equalling the leaves, branches divaricate. Flowers about 

 ^ in. long, greenish- white. Bracts small, triangular. Capsule 1-1| in. 

 long, smooth, black when ripe. 



-Hills south of Mirzapur, and in Bundelkhand. Distrib. : Chota Nagpur 

 and south to Travancore and Ceylon. Flowers April and May, and the 

 fruit ripens in July and Aug. The bitter astringent bark has been used 

 as a substitute for cinchona. The reddish-brown wood is strong and 

 ■durable, and is much valued . 



5. CEDRELA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 568. 



Trees with pinnate leaves and small 2-sexual flowers in terminal 

 panicles. Qalyx short, 5-cleft. Petals free, suberect, imbricated. 

 Stamens 4-6, free, inserted ac the top of the disk, sometimes alternat- 

 ing with staminodes ; filaments "mhv^&iQ ; a w^Aer* oblong, versatile. 

 Dish thick or raised, 4-6-lobed. Ovary sessile on the top of the 

 disk, 5-cened ; ovules 8-12 in each cell, 2-seriate, pendulous ; style 

 filiform ; stigma discoid. C(Rpsule coriaceous, 5-celled, septifragaily 

 5-valved. Seeds compressed, winged below or at both ends, albumen 

 fleshy. ^ — Species about 12, inhabiting Tropical Asia, Australia and 

 America. 



C. Toona, Roxib. ex Bottl. in Qen. Natitrf. Fr. Neue 8chr. ii, 198 ; Fl, 

 Ind. i, 635; W. Sf A, Prod. 124; Royle III. 142 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl.38; 

 Brand-. For. Fl. 72, t. XI '/ ; F. B. I. i, 568 (excl. syn. C. serrata, Royle\. 

 Watt E. D. Vern. Tun. (The Toon tree.) 



-A large handsome deciduous tree. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, paripinnate ; 

 leaflets stalked, obliquely ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, entire or 

 with undulate edges, glabrous aad shining. Panicles nearly as long 

 as the leaves, drooping, pubescent. Flowers small, shortly pedicelled, 

 cream-coloured, honey-scented. Oalyjc-lobes obtuse, ciliate. Petals o b- 

 long, ciliate. Stamens o, inserted on the 5 fleshy orange-coloured 

 liairy lobes of the disk. Stigma peltate, 5-lobed. Capsule oblong |-1 

 in. long. Seeds with a membranous wing at each end. 



