Chickrassia.] 
XXXV. MELIACEiE. 
415 
15. CHICKRASSIA, Adr. Juss. 
Tree with paripinnate leaves; leaflets alternate or opposite 
oblique entire. Panicles terminal. Flowers 4- or 5-merous. 
Calyx toothed. Petals oblong imbricate. Stamen-tube cylindric, 
teeth 10; anthers 10. Disc o. Ovary cylindric stalked 3-celled; 
ovules numerous in 2 rows; style short stout. Stigma capitate. 
Capsule woody 3-celled loculicidal. Seeds numerous flat winged 
below. Species 1. 
(1) C. tahularis Juss. Mem. Mus. xix. 251, t. 22,/. 27; Wight , 
III. t. 56 ; King, l.c. 88 . 
Tall tree. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long ; leaflets 10 to 16 ovate 
to oblong acute or acuminate, base rounded on one side, narrowed 
on the other, glabrous above, velvety beneath (var. velutina ) or 
glabrous, 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2*5 in. wide; petiolules -15 to 35 in. 
long. Panicles 6 in. long pubescent. Flowers white *4 to *5 in. 
long pubescent. Capsule ovoid 175 in. long. Seeds ‘65 in. long. 
Hab. Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). Penang, Balik Pulau (Curtis). 
Possibly introduced from India. Distrib. India, China. Native 
names : Chenana Putih; Suntang; Suntang Putih. Use : Timber 
for building. Bark a decoction used for fever. 
15. CEDRELA, Linn. 
Tall tree. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets numerous opposite or sub¬ 
opposite entire or serrate. Panicles sub-terminal. Flowers 5- 
merous white. Calyx short 5-lobed. Petals oval. Stamens 5 
free on a thick 5-lobed disc. Ovary sessile on the disc 5-celled, 
8 to 12 ovules in each cell in 2 rows ; style filiform. Stigma discoid. 
Capsule thinly woody 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds flat winged at 
each end. Species 16, tropics of both worlds. 
( 1 ) C. febrifuga Forst. Diss. Cedrel. 16 ; King, l.c. 89 . 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 15 to 24 in. 
long glabrous; leaflets 7 to 10 pairs oblique ovate-oblong mem¬ 
branous, base broad unequal; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, 3*5 to 4^25 in. 
long, 175 to 2 in. wide ; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles 12 to 18 in. 
long lax, glabrous. Flowers '2 in. across pubescent. Capsule 1 in. 
long, pale lenticellate. Seeds *6 to 7 in. long. Hab. Perak, Ulu 
Bubong, dense jungle (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. India, 
Java. Probably introduced from India by Tamils. 
Order XXXVI. CHAILLETIACE/E. 
Shrubs or trees often scandent. Leaves simple alternate cori¬ 
aceous. Stipules 2. Flowers small uni- or bi-sexual, white or 
yellow, in axillary rarely terminal cymes. Sepals 5 more or less 
connate at base imbricate. Petals 5, bilobed or notched. Stamens 
