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GENERA. 
§ 1. Melie^, a. de J. 
Quivisia, J. 
Gilibertia, Gmel. 
Calodryum, Desv. 
Turraea, L. 
Melia, L. 
Azedarach, Tourn. 
Azadirachta, Ad. J. 
Mallea, Ad. J. 
Cipadessa, Bl. 
§ 2. Trichilie^e, 
A. de J. 
Amoora, Roxb. 
Aphanamixis, Bl. 
Nemedra, Ad. J. 
Andersonia, Roxb. 
Sphaerosacme, Wall. 
Milnea, Roxb. 
Walsura, Roxb. 
Dysoxylum, Bl. 
Chisocheton, Bl. 
Schizochit on, Spreng. 
Synoum, Ad. J. 
Hartighsea, Ad. J. 
Epicharis, Bl. 
Cabralea, Ad. J. 
Didymocheton, Bl. 
Goniocheton, Bl. 
Sandoricum, Cav. 
Lansium, Jack. 
Ekebergia, Sparm. 
Heynea, Roxb. 
Schoutensia, Endl. 
Trichilia, L. 
Portesia, J. 
Elcaja, Forsk. 
Moschoxylum, Ad. J. 
Guarea, L. 
Guidonia, PI. 
Carapa, Aubl. 
Persoonia, W. 
Xylocarpus, Kon. 
Calpandria, Bl. 
Aglaia, Lour. 
Camunium, Rumf. 
Cambaria, Commer. 
Naregamia, W. et A. 
Stemmatosiphon, Poh. 
Aitonia, L. 
Order LXXVIIT. CEDRELACE^. 
CEDRELEiE, Brown in Flinders, 64. (1814). — MeliacejE, § Cedreleae, DC. Prodr. 1. 624. 
• (1824). — CEDRELACEiE, A. de J. Mtmoire (1830). 
Essential Character. — Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5, longer. Stamens 8-10 ; the 
filaments either united into a tube (Swieteniece), or distinct (Cedreleee) , and inserted into an 
hypogynous disk. Style and stigmas simple. Cells of the ovary equal in number to the 
petals or fewer (3), with the ovules 4, or often more, imbricated in two rows. Fruit cap- 
sular, "with the valves separable from the dissepiments with which they alternate. Seeds flat, 
winged ; albumen thin or npne. — Trees with timber which is usually compact, scented, and 
beautifully veined. Leaves alternate, pinnated, without stipules. Flowers in terminal 
panicles. Ad. de J. 
Affinities. Nearly related to Meliaceae, in whose affinities they partici- 
pate. Chiefly distinguished by their winged and indefinite seeds. Flindersia, 
a genus established by Brown in the Appendix to Captain Flinders’ Voyage, 
differs from Cedrelacese both in the insertion of its seeds, which are erect, in 
the dehiscence of its capsules, and also in having moveable dissepiments ; these 
last, however. Brown considers as segments of a common placenta, having a 
peculiar form. Flindersia, and Chloroxylon are distinct from the rest of the 
order, in having the leaves dotted with pellucid glands, in which respect they 
serve to connect Cedrelaceae with Aurantiacese, and, notwithstanding the ab- 
sence of albumen, even with Rutacese. See the Appendix and Atlas to Flin- 
ders’ Voyage. 
Geography. These are common to the tropics of America and India, but 
have not yet been found on the continent of Africa, nor in any of the adjoining 
islands. Brown Congo, 465. 
Properties . The wood of the order is in general fragrant, in consequence of 
the presence of an aromatic principle. The bark of Cedrela is fragrant and resin- 
ous ; that of C. Toona, and of Swietenia Mahagoni, is also accounted febrifugal. 
The mahogany wood used by cabinet makers is the produce of the last-men- 
tioned plant. The bark of Soymida febrifuga, the Rohuna of Hindostan, 
called on the Coromandel coast the Red Wood Tree, is a useful tonic in India 
in intermittent fevers ; but Ainslie found that if given beyond the extent 
of 4 or 5 drachms in 24 hours, it deranged the nervous system, occasioning 
vertigo and subsequent stupor. That of Khaya, the Kassou-Khaye of Sene- 
gal, is a common febrifuge in the swampy districts on the banks of the Gambia. 
Cedrela febrifuga bark is said by Blume to be employed successfully against 
the intermittent fevers of Java ; he observes that it is tonic and useful in cases 
of diarrhcea, &c., but that it should never be used where there is a tendency to 
