Flora Medica

Forsten considers it especially useful in bilious fevers, and inveteratediarrhoea arising from atony of the muscular fibre.CHICKRASSIA.Calyx short, 5-toothed. Petals 5, erect. Stamen-tube cylindric-oblong,with 10 crenatures, each bearing 1 terminal exsertedanther :ovary oblong, seated on a short disk of its own breadth,3-celled : ovules numerous in each cell. Style thick, scarcelydistinct from the ovary:stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Capsuleovoid, 3-celled, 3-valved, dehiscing from the apex, septifragal :the woody sarcocarp separating from the endocarp,and both fromthe large persistent axis, which is3-wingedby the dissepiments.Seed numerous, imbricated horizontally in a double row.Leaves abruptly pinnated, occasionally bipinnate in luxuriantplants : leaflets nearly opposite. Panicles terminal. Flowerspretty large. Sometimes the number of parts of the flower isdiminished by a fifth.308. C. tabularis A. de J. Meliac. 99. W. and A. i. 123.Plagiotaxis Chickrassa Wall. cat. 1269. Swietenia ChickrassaRoxb. fl.ind. ii. 399. Mountainous country eastwardfrom Bengal.Leaves alternate, abruptly-pinnate,in luxuriant plantsoften bipinnate,from 6-18 inches long leaflets ; nearly opposite, in from 2 to10 pairs, subsessile, obliquely-ovate, with a pretty long tapering point,entire, smooth on both sides, increasing in size towards the apex of theleaf; petioles round, with here and there a small scabrous speck.Stipules none. Panicles terminal, erect, rather large. Flowers numerous.Bracts minute. Calyx inferior, small, 5-parted; the lobesspreading, linear, cuneate, slightly emarginate. Stamen-tube subcylindrical,rather shorter than the petals, striated ;with 10 short antheriferousteeth. Anthers cordate. Ovary oblong, striated, a little hairy.Style just long enough to raise the large peltate stigma even withthe mouth of the stamen tube. Capsule oval, somewhat pointed,scabrous, the size of a small pullet's egg, 3-celled, 3-valved, withdouble integuments, and a 3-winged placenta. Seeds numerous,winged and imbricated in a double series across the cells. Barkpowerfully astringent without bitterness. Roxb.KHAYA.Sepals 4, imbricated. Petals 4, spreading. Filaments 8,united in a ventricose tube, with 8 contorted teeth, having 8 anthersinside. Ovary 4-celled, with 16 ovules in each cell ;stigmadiscoidal. Capsule globose, 4-celled, septifragal, with 4 woodyvalves separating from a 4-winged axis.309. K. senegalensis A. de J. Meliac. 98. Fl. sewgamb.i. 130. t. 32. senegalensis Lam. diet. iii. 679. Swietenia DC.prodr. i. 625 Borders of the Gambia, a common forest tree.157