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A tall tree, usually decidiioiivS, heartwood brown with a satin lustre. 

 Leaves pinnate, leaflets 10-24, as a rule alternate, unequal-sided, 2~5 in. long, 

 upper surface G;labrous, lower pubescent. I'l. white, | in. long. Petals oblong, 

 erect, imbricate in bud. Staminal tube cylindric, with 10 short teeth, anthers 

 on the edge ol the tube. Ovary cylindric, usually 3-celledj with numerous 

 biseriate ovules in each cell. Capsule ovoid, If in. long, valves usually 3, 

 woody, separating entirely from the broad axis. Seeds numerous, flat, closely 

 packed, broadly winged. 



Sikkim, (Jhittagong, Andamaiis, Burma. ^Vestern Peiiinhula, along the Western 

 r4hatb, alho on the Sancliir li ills of the Deccan. Fl. H. S. and I?>. S. Ceylon, Malav 

 Pemiisiila, Cochinchina, Borneo, China. — 2. 0. velutina, Roemer; Knrz, P. PI. 1.227. 

 Burma, Cochiuclima. Branchletb, leaves and inflorescence velvety, capsnleb black, 

 shining, api(iiilate, lb a distinct species or very marked variety. 



15. CEDRELA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 568. 



Trees with pinnate leaves and paniculate bisexual fl. Wood light, soft, red, 

 no hearfcwood, vessels large, conspicuous on a vertical section. Petals 5, erect. 

 Disk thick, fleshy, o-lobed or cylindrical. Filaments 4-6, inserted on the 

 edge of the disk, subulate, anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 5-celled, 

 narrowed into a style, stigma broad, often 5-lobed, ovules pendulous, 

 biseriate, 8-12 in each cell. Capsule opening by 5 valves, the valves sepa- 

 rating from the dissepiments, which remain attached to the axis, forming a 

 pentagonal column of soft white pith. Seeds numerous, imbricate, flat, winged. 

 Albumen scanty, embryo straight with foliaceous cotyledons, the radicle point- 

 ing upwards. Species 10, tropical Asia, America and Australia. 



Cedrela odorafa, L., and other bpeeies furnish the West Indian Cedar wood. The 

 American species have a cylindrical disk and wings at base of seed only. The Asiatic 

 and Australian species with short disk and seedt. winged at the top or at both ends 

 have been placed in a beparate genus, Toona, by Pieri*e PI. Por. Coch. t. 358 ; Harms, 

 Engler n. Prantl iii. 4. 269 and others. 



1. C. Toona, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 238 : Wight Ic. t. IGl ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 

 10; Brandis F. Fl. t. 14, The Toon tree, Vern. Tun^ Tunl^ Timni^ Maha 

 nlm^ Hind.; Katangai, Kol; Todu, Mar.; Titnchi^ JDetrlari, Kan.; Noga, 

 Coorg ; ThPratharam^ Tarn. ; Mafhagirl vembic, MbI. : ThUkado, Lower, 

 Ta Ilia ma J Upper Burma. 



A large, rapidly growing tree, nearly evergreen. Wood red, not hard, 

 shining, does not split or warp, annual rings marked hy wider vessels. L. 

 glabrous, paripinnate, leaflets opposite or nearly so, 5-10 pair, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, often unequal-sided and falcate, entire or undulate, 

 blade 3-5, petiolule J-| in. Panicles terminal, cymose, generally shorter than 

 leaves, the last ramifleations pubescent. Fl. white, honey-scented, J-| in. long. 

 Sepals 5, ciliate, obtuse, petals ciliate on the edges, otherwise glabrous, on 

 the inside thickened. Stamens 5, inserted on 5 fleshy orange-coloured hairy 

 lobes of the disk. Filaments glabrous, ovary hairy, capsule smooth, |-1 in. 

 long. Seeds with membranous wings at both ends. 



Snbhimalayan ti-act, from the Indus eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Evex'green 

 forests of the Western Ghats and other hills of the Western Peninsula (not in Oeyion), 

 Khasi hills, Manipur, Upper and Lower Burma. Cultivated extensively ; while young 

 reqnix'es shelter against frost in the plains of the Punjab, but grows freely afterwards. 

 The old leaves are shed gradually during the cold season, the young foliage comes out 

 February-April with the fl,, seed ripens May-July, the empty capsules remaining on 

 the tree for months. 



2. C. serrata, Boyle 111. t. 25; Brandis F. Fl. 73. Oollett, Simla FL 

 fig, 26. Vern. Drmvi, Dal^ Dalra^ Dattri, Krlshing, N. W. Himalaya. 



Differs from Toona by leaves generally imparipinnate, leaflets mostly serrate, 

 green above, glaucous beneath. Panicles longer than leaves, drooping. FL 



