Trichilia.} xxxvu. meliaceje (oliveb). 33 5 



about 1 in. in diam. Seeds oblong, f in. long, subtrigonous with a rounded 

 back. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe by the Niger, Barter! 



4. T. emetica, Vahl; DC. Prod. i. 622. Tree, with the growing 

 extremities pubescent. Leaves 7-1 1-foliolate, pubescent beneath, \-\\ ft. 

 long; leaflets coriaceous, lateral opposite or subopposite, usually oblong- 

 elhptical, varying from oblanceolate- to ovate-oblong, very obtuse, base more 

 or less rounded rarely subcordate, glabrescent above, pubescent beneath, 

 with rather numerous and prominent lateral nerves, upper leaflets 2|-6 in. 

 long, l-2i in. broad, occasionally larger ; petiolules 1-2 lines or 0. Flowers 

 4 in. when expanded, usually crowded or eymosely clustered, in short axillary 

 panicles of 1-6 in. Calyx 5-partite or 5-sepalous ; segments rotuudate. 

 letals imbricate. Filaments united to the middle, hairy within above; apex 

 2-tid. Ovary 3-celled with geminate ovules. Fruit J— 1 in. in diam., globose 

 or globose-clavate, shortly stipitate, separating in 3 coriaceous valves (or 

 fewer by abortion) ; stipes thick, 1 or 2 lines to f in. Seeds oblong "with 

 a scarlet arillus."— Mafureira oleifera, Bert. Misc. Bot. ix. 6. t. 2. Geuio- 

 stephanus tomentosus, Fenzl in Flora, 1844, 312. Rochetia choe/tsis, Delile 

 m Roch. ii e Voy. Bot, n. 47 (fide Richard). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone ! Senegambia ! (? Niger, Barter). 



Nile Land. Madi, White Nile, Speke and Grant! Senuar, Kutschy ! Abyssinia. 



South Central. Upper Zambesi, Dr. Kirk. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, from the coast upwards and Shire river, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Henna river, Br. Kirk. 



The oil and tallow obtained from the seeds, Dr. Kirk states is valuable and may be had in 

 quantity. The oil is used in cookery. 1 have little hesitation in referring the rather nu- 

 merous specimens in the Kew herbarium from the localities above quoted to one species, 

 though whether the Arabian plant (Elcaja) of Forskiil be the same is another matter, 

 'orskiil'g description agrees tolerably well, and Jussieu had no doubt as to the specific iden- 

 tity of the W. African' and Arabian plants.— T. Dregeana, E. Mey., may turu out a variety 

 »• this species. 



5 - T. capitata, Klotzsch in Peters' Mosmmb. hot. 120. Extremities pu- 

 bescent. Leaves 9-15-foliolate, 9-12 in. long, pubescent or at length nearly 

 K'nbrous at least above ; leaflets alternate or subopposite, ovate or ovate- 

 hmceolate, acute or acuminate, base rounded, sometimes broadly, more 

 [""rely cuneate, obscurely undulate-crenate or subentire, 1 \ 3 in. long or the 

 wrer about 1 in., -J- 2 'in. broad; petiolules 1 Hue more or less. Flowers 

 l t-2 lines, in pedunculate axillary corymbose or subcapitate cymes, with the 

 Huncle (when elongate usually unbranched below) £-4 in. long. Calyx 

 5-fid. Petals imbricate. Filaments united about one-third, deeply 2-tid at 

 [" e a pex, the subulate teeth rather shorter than the anthers. Disk free. 

 Uvary probably 3-celled, with geminate ovules. Fruit globose, i in. or less 

 111 ula m., dehiscing in 3 or 2 valves. Seeds 6 or fewer. 

 Mozarab. Distr. Zambesi and Shire, Drs. Kith and Melltr I Peters! 



fi - T. ? grandifolia, Otiv. Leaves about 9-foliolate, ample, rachis 

 JJrte, as thick as a stout quill ; leaflets firmly membranous, 6-16 in. long, 

 ^2-5 in. broad, ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptical, acuminate, base broadly 



