Order XLIV
CEDRELEÆ. 991 Ekebérgia W. 992 Heýnea Roxb.
Some of the finest trees of the tropical regions of the globe are comprehended in this order, as the well known mahogany, and the New Holland cedar, which is a species of Cedrela. Their winged seeds distinguish them from Meliaceæ. The bark of Cedréla Túna is employed in the East Indies as a febrifuge, as is also that of the mahogany in the West. But the most powerful remedy for fevers in the whole order is the Soymida of the West Indies, which is the produce of Swietenia febrífuga; its taste is bitter and nauseous, and its virtues are extolled as equalling those of Cinchona. 990 Swieténia W. 531 Cedréla W.