. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. iralist and physi- ed into a sub- tached by the le base by an cing from the sparable from >ents. Seeds iherflat; the y the filiform Cotyledons :aflets small, â iy and Gray, Y modern 'he Swie- Synetenia lias been iia satin- and the las been Sioietenia mahosroni, THE MAHOGANY-TREE. Synoiiymes.
. The trees of America [microform] : native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated and scientifically and popularly described, being considered principally with reference to their geography and history, soil and situation, propagation and culture, accidents and diseases .... Trees; Arbres. iralist and physi- ed into a sub- tached by the le base by an cing from the sparable from >ents. Seeds iherflat; the y the filiform Cotyledons :aflets small, â iy and Gray, Y modern 'he Swie- Synetenia lias been iia satin- and the las been Sioietenia mahosroni, THE MAHOGANY-TREE. Synoiiymes. Swietenia maJwgoni, Acajou, Mahagon, Mahagonyholz, Mahagonybaum, AlbtTo di acajou, Caoba, Pao magno, Mahogany-tree, LiNN^ns, Species Plantarum. I WooDviixE, Medical Botany. ToRREv AND Gray, Flora of North America. France. Germany. Italy. Stain and Spanish America. Tortugal and Brazil. Britain and Derivation. Tho specific, name, mahognni, U ilerived from l-io Arrowauk Indian name of lliis tree, which is variously wrilton, aainahogumj, ma/iagon, mahagony, and vtu/wny. , ' """'" " """""n'/ befovf^""'"^'' ^'^^''^^^' ''"'"'"l History of Carolina, pi. 81; Woodvillo and Hooker, Medical Botany, pi. 2201 and tlio figures Speei/c Characters. Leaves pinnate in 4 pairs. Leaflets ovate lanceolate, equal at the base. Panicles axillary. Description, I HE Swietenia mahog- oni is one of the most beautiful among inter- ^.., »^.-=.â... tropical trees. Its trunk IS ol'lea rorty feet in height, and six feet in diam- eter ; and it divides into so many massy arms, and throws the shade of its glossy foliage over so great an extent of surface, that few more magnifi- cent objects are to be met with in tho vegetable world. Its summit is wide and spreading, sub- evergreen, and adorned with abruptly-pinnate, shining leaves. The flowers, which are produced m handsome spikes not unlike those of the lilac, are
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