130 MELIACE^l. 



find only a single ovule, which is attached below the top of the cell, and consequently 

 hemianatropous. The analytical figure of T. pallida, A. Juss. (Mel. t. 18 b), which is not 

 Swartz's species, agrees exactly with my analysis of Ph. diversifolia, presenting a single, 

 hemianatropous ovule ; and in his T.pteleafolia, which is an evident congener, Jussieu him- 

 self declared the cells to be uniovulate, and figures them as such (St. Hil. Fl. Bras. t. 99). 



5. Ph. diversifolia, Gr. Leaflets 3-1 -jugal, elliptical or obovate-oblong, glabrous; 

 cymes corymbiform, shortly peduncled, puberulous, 2-4 times exceeded by the common 

 petiole ; anthers 8 ; capsule glabrate, globose, smooth, rngnlose. — Trichilia, A. Juss. — A 

 middle-sized tree ; leaflets variable in size, shape, and number, 8"-2" long, 4"-8'" broad : 

 principal veins prominent beneath, 8-10 on each side, straightish, and arched near the 

 margin ; petals whitish, 2'" long ; capsule 5 '"-3"' diam. : seeds ovoid-globose. — Hab. Do- 

 minica!, Irnr. ; Trinidad!, Pd., in mountain-woods; [Haiti!, Guadeloupe!]. 



6. Ph. trinitensis, Gr. Leaflets 3-2-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, puberu- 

 lous or glabrate ; cymes short, fasciculiform, subsessile, tomentose ; anthers 8-10 ; capsule 

 densely echinate with soft prickles, hairy, ovate, bluntish. — Trichilia, A. Juss. Portesia 

 echinocarpa, Vriese'.—k. tree, 15'-20' high; leaflets 4"-l" long, 2"-8'" broad : terminal 

 usually larger ; petals 2'" long, tomentose ; capsule 6"' long, 4'" broad, 2-1-celled by abor- 

 tion : seed ovoid-globose, black, with a rufescent arillus. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., at S. 

 Anns; [Guiana!]. 



5. PORTESIA, Cav. {emend). 



Calyx 4-5 -fid. Petals ovate, imbricative. Stamina! tube entire, 16-20-toothed: anthera 

 8-10, sessile on the inner side of its mouth, prominent between the teeth-pairs, oblong, 

 glabrous. Ovary 3-celled: cells biovulate: ovules one above the other. Capsule of 

 Trichilia. — Fragrant trees or shrubs ; leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets few-jugal, quite entire, 

 glabrous ; cymes axillary, fasciculiform, sessile. 



7. P. ovata, Cav. Leaflets 3-jugal, elliptical or oblong : petiole naked; cyine9 

 glabrous : pedicels much longer than the flower ; staminal tube glabrous within : anthers 

 8(-9); ovary glabrous ; capsule globose, smooth, 3(-2)-celled. — Cav. Diss. 7- t. 215; Bot. 

 Repos. t. 637-— Trichilia pallida, Sw. I (exclus. descr.flor., nee A. Juss.). T. odorata, Andr. 

 {inde Moschoxylum, A. Juss.). T. moschata 0, DC, Mac/. /—A low tree, or shrub, 

 12'-25' high ; leaflets shining, 6"-2" long, 2"-l" broad ; cymes many-flowered, about 6 

 long ; petals 1'" long, yellowish ; capsule 4"' diam. : arillus red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., 

 Pd., Wils., Al., common ; [Cuba ! to Haiti, Mexico !, Guatemala!, Veraguas !]. 



Trichilia glabra, Macf., from its description, is no Meliacea at all : but T. glabra, L., of 

 Cuba, confounded by Swartz, is a second species of Portesia, distinguished by having nar- 

 rowly winged petioles, and a villous ovary. 



6. MOSCHOXYLUM, A. Juss. 



Calyx 4-5-toothed. Petals valvar, cohering at the base (or distinct). Staminal tube 

 entire, 8-10-toothed : filaments very short, inserted between the teeth : anthers terminal, 

 subulate, glabrous. Ovary 3-celled : cells biovulate, with the ovules collateral. Pericarp . ••• 

 — Fragrant trees or shrubs; leaves pinnate; leaflets few-jugal, quite entire; panicles 

 axillary. 



Swartz says, that the fruit is that of Trichilia : in my fruit-bearing specimens the pen- 

 carp, perhaps by monstrosity, is woody, indehiscent, and filled with balsam. 



8. M. Swartzii, Juss. Leaflets 9-3, elliptical-oblong, glabrous; panicles loose, ra- 

 cemiform, puberulous : divisions corymbiform, shortly peduncled ; corolla deeply 4-5 -•partite, 

 twice as long as the calyx : segments ovate-oblong, pointed, spreading above : ovary to- 

 mentose. — Trichilia moschata, Sw. !, Macf. I T. membranacea, Macf. ! — A low, highly 

 fragrant, resinous tree ; leaflets 4"-3" long, 2"-l" broad, either alternate (with the terminal 

 one sometimes abortive), or (in the same branch) opposite, and impari-pinnate, about twice as 

 long as the panicle ; corolla yellowish-white, 1"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, Al- ; 

 Trinidad !, Pd., Cr. 



7. GUAREA, Z. 



Calyx 4-toothed or 4-lobed. Petals oblong, imbricative. Staminal tube quite entire : 



