Flora Medica

CEDRELACEJE.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 103.SWIETENIA.Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. Petals reflexed. Filaments 10,united into a campanulate cup, having the anthers below theapex, inside. Ovary surrounded by an annular disk, with 5 cellsand about J 2 ovules in each cell ;stigma discoidal. Capsuleegg-shaped, 5-celled, septicidal, 5-valved ;the sarcocarp woody,very thick, separating from the endocarp ; and both from a large5-cornered permanent axis. Seeds imbricated, winged.305. S. Mahagoni Linn.sp.pl. 271. Jacq. amer. 127. Cav.diss. 365. t. 209. A. de J. Meliac. 97. Hotter parts of America.(Mahogany tree.)A large tree, with a very rough tuberculated bark when young.Leaves equally pinnated leaflets ;opposite, very smooth, ovate, lanceolate,acuminate, oblique, and as it were falcate. Flowers in axillarypanicles. Flowers small, whitish. Fruit the size of a hen's egg.Bark used in the West Indies as a substitute for Peruvian Bark, butinferior to it.SOYMIDA.Sepals 5. Petals spreading, unguiculate. Stamen-tube cupshaped,10-lobed, each lobe with 2 teeth at the apex, and ananther between the teeth, below them. Ovarium seated on thedisk, which is broader than itself, and covers the bottom of thetube, 5-celled: ovules 12 in each cell. Style short, equal,5-angled : stigma thick, peltate 5-angled. Capsule, oblongobovate,5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing from the apex, septifragal :the thin woody sarcocarp in each valve becoming detached fromthe endocarp, and both from the large persistent 5-angled axis.Seeds pendulous, wingedall round, especially upwards anddownwards. Leaves abruptly pinnate: leaflets opposite,3-6-pair, oval-oblong, obtuse. Panicles large, terminal, or inthe axils of the uppermost leaves.306. S. febrifuga A. de J. Meliac. p. 98. t. 26. W. and A.i. 122. Cedrela JRoxb. corom. i. t. 17. ind. ii. 398.febrifugaDC. prodr.i. 625. Swietenia febrifugafl.S. and C. ii. t. 81.Mountains of India.A large forest tree. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnated, in 3-4pairs, about a foot long leaflets opposite, ovate, obtuse or emarginate,;unequal at the base, smooth, shining, 3-4 inches long by 2-3 broad.Panicle terminal, large, diffuse, smooth. Sepals 5, ovate, deciduous,Petals 5, ovate, obtuse, concave, spreading. Stamen-tube urceolate,155