14G XXIX, MELIACE^ [CedreJa 



occasionally hexameroiis. Sepals and petals often not ciliate, petals at the 

 base on the inside prominently keeled, 5 filiform staminodes alternating with 

 stamens. Ovary glabrouSj seeds winged at the top only. 



Outer Himalaya from tlie Indus to tlie Nepal, ascending to 8,000 ft. Manipur, Upper 

 Burma (C.7ow£/(/o?/«, Wall). Fl. May, June. 3. C. microcarpa, C.DG. Outer Himalayan 

 ranges, Kumaon to Sikliim, ascending to 6,000 ft., Assam, Upper Burma {Taw tcmia), 

 leaflets mostly alternate, sliming above, unequal sided, alniObt falcate, one bide rounded 

 at base, blade 3-6, petiolule l~l iu. Fl. l~l in., sometimes 4-merous, iilaments hairy, 

 ovary liirsute, capsule l--!]? m. long, "warty, upper wing of seed smaller than loAver. 

 4. C. multijuga, Kurz, Pegu Yoma, eastern slopeb, Salween 2,500-3,000 tt. Young 

 slioots and common petiole"ta^\ny pubescent, leaflets nearly opposite, requires fiLrtber 

 study. C, hir^nta^ King MSS., ' Sikkim, may pobsibly be tlie same. 5. C. febrifuga, 

 CDC. (Toona fehrifutja, Piene, Fl. For. Cochin, t. 358), common in Cochinchina, 

 leaflets alternate, petals hairy inside, ovary and fllaments haiiy, seeds -w inged at both 

 ends, -will probably be found in Upper Burma. I am disposed to refer to it specimens 

 collected by J. AY. Oliver along streams in Upper Burma {Petmt Ye tama), as well as 

 specimens coll. by Troup in the hill forests east of the Meiktila district (Tedama, 

 Shiushit), 



16. CHLOROXYLON, DC. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 569. 



C. Swietenia, DC, tbe only species. Wight 111. t. 56 bis ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 11. Syn. Siriefenia Chloroxylon, Eoxb. Cor. pi. t. 64. Satinwood. Yern. 

 Bhera, Hind. ; Bhira, Grond ; Hengel-scdlj Kol ; BfUa, Tel. ; Iliinjcdv^^ Kan. 



A middle-sized tree, wood yellow, liai^d, heavy, with a beautiful satin lustre, 

 inner wood darker, but no distinct heartwood. Young parts, petioles and 

 inflorescence clothed wath short grey pubescence. L. paripinnate, leaflets 

 10-20 pair, gland-dotted, unequal-sided, obtuse, 1 in. long. FL bisexual, cream- 

 coloured, in small terminal and axillary panicles. Petals 5~clawed, spreading, 

 imbricate in bud. Disk fleshy, 10-lobed. Stamens 10, inserted outside the 

 disk at its base, anthers cordate, apiculate, versatile. Ovary immersed in the 

 disk, 3-celled, ovules 8 in each cell. Capsule oblong, coriaceous, 3-celled, 

 loculicidally 3-valved, the dissepiments remaining attached to the valves. 

 Seeds imbricate, oblong, winged. 



Common in the deciduous forests of the Western Peninsula, its limit being the 

 northern edge of the kSatpura range. Fl. March-Aj}ril, the leaves are renewed in Ma3^ 

 Dry region of Ceylon. 



Obdbe XXX. CHAILLETIACEiE. Gen. PL i. 340. 



{Dichapefalacece, Engler u. Prantl iii. 4. 345.) 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate, quite entire, stipules deciduous. Fl. small, 

 mostly polygamous, sepals 5, more or less united, petals 5, free, notched or 

 bifid, stamens 5, alternate with and sometimes adnate to base of petals. Disk 

 of 5 glands, alternating with stamens, ovary pubescent or villous, 2-3-celled, 

 ovules in pairs, pendulous from the top of each cell. Drupe pubescent or 

 hispid, often didymous, embryo large, radicle small superior, cotyledons thick, 

 albumen 0. 



CHAILLETIA, DC. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 570. 

 {Dkhajpetahtmj Du Petit Thenars ; Engler u. Prantl iii. 4. 348.) 



1. C. gelonioides, Hook. fil. ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Manual t. 9.-~Syn. a 

 smnatrana, Miq. ; Trimen Handb. i. 254; Moacurra gelonioides , Roxb. 



A small tree or shrub, twigs slender, young shoots pubescent. L. ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, reticulate veins distinct, blade 3-5, petiole I in. long, 



