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ad 12cnK Ion jf a .id 1 cm. liila in shco llvniii];i pallida siibopaca epuiictat.'iHnprii, 

 niteiifia, iHTvis si'ciindarii.s uti'iii([ii(i ciicitfr S. K'hacliJH ciini pctiulo circiter 

 2 cm. l(Hi<fii teres f^lalira. I'anicuLc cum I'oliis eojctinit'i.s. Cajisiila jiulliilc i'lis- 

 ci'Sccns 2 cm. loiiga 22 initi. lata l-locularis. Cotyludone.s trans\ erse Kiiper])ositi 

 crassi, ratlicula iiiclusa, pliinuila minima. 

 Speciea CJ. hrnchy>siachn(v. C. DC. ct (l.JiUjormi C. DC. alliiiis 

 Trichilia colimana C. DC. IJot. Caz. xix. 40 (1S94); foliis niodice i»otio]ati8 

 5-G-jugis, loliolis HiibaMjualibus j)C'tinlulativS ()p]){)sltis Biibalteriiis\e lati»a'olati.s 

 basi levit(*i' iua'quali acutis apico acnto acuniinatif! supra Buhtn.squc densina 

 pil()SHlin,i)aniculiis fnictif^Tis siniplicibu.s ([uaui folia ]>lui'ic8 brevioribus, capKulis 

 pedicollati.4 3- vcl aborlu 2-valvatis, valvis late ovatis Iranwvcrso ru^iilosisj 

 liirsutis, loculis moiiospcruiis, semiuilms subylobo.sis arillo aurantiaco circnm- 

 (latiM. — In Colima ( I'ahiK r 1117). 



l!a.uiuli adulti j.;labri, in sicco rufesccnteslenticellis pallid- 

 ioribiis iuconsiiicuis. Folia ad 30 cm. l()uiia impari-iiinnata. 

 l'\ili(ila su])C"riora ca-tcriH ])aruui niajora ad 7.. "num. lon^aa<l 

 22 ]um. I;i1a in kicco lirmulo ni«inbranacea inconspiciu; siib- 

 tilitcr pidlucido-punclnlata, nervi.s secnudariis subadsccn- 

 (li'utibus nirinijue 10-12. I\'ha<'lii8 cum poti<do 7 cui. longa 

 teres pilosula. Pauiculic fiuctiicia' ciiciter 8 cm. !oiiga\ 

 Capsulai'uiu valv;c circilor 1 cui. lonj^a-. Kmbrvo intra 

 sacculum itcrsistcutcui cxtuis pcri.:,])ermio pulv<'rnlento albo 

 cin'uiudatinu iuclusus, cotylcdouibus carnosis ellijjticie, rad- 

 icula cxserta brovi obtusa, plumula miuinm. 

 Trichilia havanensis spatiilata Kosc, var. no\ . Small tree, 15 

 to 20 feet liij>h Avi til a \c:y largo top : leaves small with long 

 cuneatti base, becouiiug .s])arulate. — Colima, Jaunary 'J to 

 February fi, 1891. No. 113t;. 

 Calb-d "GaiTapatilla." 



M. C. <le Caiidolle. to wiiom I atterwar<l8 subjnitted the 

 plant, writes i\iv as Ibllows: 



" I (piite agree with you as to tln^ specimen (Palmer's No. 



1130) which you have sent to me. It dilieis i'nuu TrirliHia 



haniiK'iitt'i^ by its narrower leaflets only, aiul juust acicoi'dingly 



b(^ taken as a variety of that species — /', liaraimi'iissjMiluluta 



as you ])ropo8e."' 



Trichilia palmeri.' C. DC, Jiot. Gaz. xix. 3 (1894) ; foliis j.arvis 



UHHiice ])etiolatis 3-l'ol iidatis, folicdis ])etiolulatis Innceolatis 



bas' a-ijual' acutis ajdce bre\ iter obtuse cuspidatis supra 



glabri subtus vebitino-i)ubemlis, panieulis glabris breviter 



raniulosi fructiieri (|uain f(dia multum brevioribus ]>]e- 



rullll]U(^ nionncarjiiuis capsulis apico rauiulorum si'ssilibns 



globosis parvis, valvis ovato-acu-tis ghibria extus nigri-seentibus lerticellis palli- 



dis numerosis cousjiersis, .semiuibus eHijiticis. — Ir Mexico (I'dlmcr 1, 292).* 



Februario J'nu'til'era. b'ainuli glabri ]>:illide fuscesc<'utes Icutieellis albiscon- 

 spcrsi. l''o]ia ad Ocan. louga. Frsliola in si<>co iirmo-uH'uibrauacea iiiccuisidcuc 

 subtiliter pellu<ido-]»unctulata subpellucid:i, termiuali!) 7..~» rm. longa 3 cm. lata 

 lateralia. paruni min<u;i, nervis secundariis subadscendeiitibus suboi)p()sitis 

 utriu(iue8-l(). retioluliadOmm. lougisubtilitcr ])uberuli. I'etioli ail 2em.longi. 

 I'anicul.ehornotina' axillares glabra'. Cai)sula i)au!olatior i|uam longa, circiter 

 7mm. lata. Seminacircitei- 1 iniii. louga elliptica in sicc(> ibuicanli;!. Fmbryo 

 ])erisperuii() all)o teiini iuclusus, cotyledoiiDuis caruosis basi cindulatis, radioula 

 'xsorta subr(ttuuda, plumula minima. 



I'Ki. :{. - A lent iif JVt- 

 fhiiia havanenmit t,pa- 

 tvlaia, drawn natural 

 size. 



*Dr. Palmer collected T. njiatHlioidcs Swartz oii tlie Alamcts Mt. ^farch 2.") to Aj.ril 

 8, 1S9() (No. 30H), but it was not giv<'n iu uiy report on that collection.— ,1. N. K. 



