334 xxxvn. meliace-E (olivkr). [Trkhilia. 



Filaments entire (not 2-fid) at apex. Leaflets 9—11, acute or acu- 

 minate. Flowers i iu 2. T. Heudelotd. 



Filaments 2-fid at the apex (a lateral tooth at each side of anther). 

 Leaflets 3-5, retuse-truncale, glabrous. Flowers i iu. Ovary 



2-celled 8. T. return. 



leaflets 7-11, obtuse, pubescent beneath. Flowers f in. diam. 



Ovary 3-celled 4. T. emetica. 



Leaflets acute or acuminate. 



Leaflets about 9, 6-16 in. long, glabrous. Flowers 1—1 ^ in. 



diam. Ovary 2-celled C. T. ? grandifolk. 



Leaflets 9-11, 6-S in. long, glabrous. Flowers 1^-2 lines. 



Ovary 3-celled 7. T. ? rubescens. 



Leaflets 9-15, 1-3 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 1 J-2 lines. 5. T. capitata. 



1. T. Prieuriana, A. Juss. Mem. Meliuc. 124. Leaves 5-7-foliolate, 

 glabrous; leaflets rather eoriaceous, drying pale green, lateral alternate or 

 subopposite, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, shortly and obtusely acuminate or. 

 apiculate, rounded or cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, l£-2 in. broad, or 

 terminal leaflets 6 in. by 2£ in. ; petiolules 1-4 lines. Flowers \\-% lines, 

 in very short axillary panicles of |-2 iu. often branched from the base; sub- 

 sessile or pedicels shorter than the 5 -fid calyx. Calyx-lobes ovate. Fila- 

 ments united to the apex. Anthers sessile. Disk adnate to the staminal 

 tube. I have not succeeded in making out the structure of the ovary, which 

 .lussieu describes as '3-celled, Guilleinin and Perrottet as 2-celled. — Fl. Seneg. 

 i. 125. t. 30. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Lagos, Barter ! 



2. T. Heudelotii, Planch, in Herb. Kew. Leaves 9-11-foliolate, rather 

 large, rachis puherulous or glabrate ; leaflets usually approximate in pairs, 

 rather coriaceous, oblong- or oblanceolate-oval, acuminate, more or less nar- 

 rowed or rounded at the base, glabrous or very nearly so, entire, lateral 

 veins prominent beneath ; the upper and terminal leaflets larger, attaining 

 4-7 in. in length, l|-2 in. in breadth or a little more ; petiolules 1-3 lines. 

 Flowers about i in. in length, in numerous nearly simple or compound short 

 racemes of 2-3 in., crowded at the extremities from the axils of ordinary or 

 reduced leaves ; pedicels usually shorter than the flower or flowers subsessile. 

 Calyx 5-4-fid, with ovate-delto'id lobes, early deciduous. Filaments connate 

 half their length, entire or not distinctly toothed at ihe apex, hairy above. 

 Ovary 3(-4)-celled, with the ovules in pairs. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Sierra Leone, Morson ! Fernando Po, Mann ! 



3. T. retusa, Olio. A tree of 40 ft. with fragrant white flowers. 

 Leaves 6-8 in., 3-5-foliolate, glabrous ; leaflets coriaceous, narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate- or oval-oblong, abruptly retuse-truneate, narrowed to the base, entire, 

 midrib prominent beneath, 3-'4 in. long, 1-1 j in. broad; petiolules 2-3 

 lines. Flowers | in. long, cymose, in axillary panicles or from the axils ot 

 reduced or squamiform leaves at the ends' of the branches, 1-4 in. long- 

 Calyx 4-5-partite with ovate obtuse lobes. Filaments united half their 

 length, pilose above ; apex 2-fid ; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled with gei" 1 - 

 nate ovules. Fruit coriaceous, sessile or subsessile, separating in two valves, 



