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Y the East Indies at Soonda. 
MELIACEÆ. VIII. Mera. 
Compound-leaved Bead-tree. Fl. Jul.Aug. Clt. 1810. Tr. 30 ft. 
7 M. argcv'ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 622.) leaves bipinnate ; 
leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, sharply and awnedly 
serrated ; calyxes and pedicels rather velvety. h.S. Native 
of the Moluccas. Flowers unknown. 
Sharp-serrated-leaved Bead-tree. 
8 M. Azanira’cuta (Lin. spec. 
550.) leaves pinnate ; petioles te- 
rete ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, un- 
equal at the base, acuminated, 
dentately-serrated. h. S. Na- 
tive of the East Indies. Cav. 
diss. 7. p. 364. t. 208.—Burm. 
zeyl. t. 15.—Rheed. mal. 4. t. 
52. Flowers bluish. Fruit when 
ripe of a purplish colour, about 
the size of a small olive, the pulp 
is oily, acrid, and bitter as well 
as the bark. Azadarachta is a 
name under which Avicennes 
speaks of a poisonous tree. 
Azadirachta Bead-tree. Fl. 
July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Tr. 20 ft. 
9 M. Baccirera (Roth. nov. spec. p. 218.) leaves pinnate ; 
petioles round; leaflets ovate, coarsely and bluntly serrated 
above the middle, equal at the base. h. S. Native of the East In- 
dies. Flower with pinkish petals, anda purple staminiferous tube. 
Berry-bearing Bead-tree. Tree 20 feet. 
10 M. exce’tsa (Jack, mal. misc. vol. 1. no. 1. p. 12.) leaves 
pinnate ; leaflets quite entire ; panicles crowded, axillary, a little 
longer than the leaves. h. S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Tri- 
chilia excélsa, Spreng. syst. app. p- 252. Flowers white. An- 
thers 10, in the throat of a 10-toothed tube. 
Lofty Bead-tree. Clt. 1819. Tree 50 feet. 
11 M. Guirxer’ysis (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 168.) 
leaves bipinnate ; leaflets deeply and coarsely serrated ; flowers 
in terminal, divaricate panicles. kh. S. Native of Guinea, 
where it is called by the English settlers lilac. Flowers with 
White or pinkish petals, and a purplish tube of stamens, Fruit 
small, pale-yellow when ripe; the pulp is poisonous. 
Guinea Bead-tree or Lilac. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824, Tr. 30 ft. 
Tree 20 feet. 
FIG. 114. 
+ Species only known by name. 
12 M. supr'rpa (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.). ).S. Native 
Tree 30 feet. 
Superb Bead-tree. Clt. 1810. 
h.S. Native of 
Pi - TOMENTOSA (Roxb. l. c. p. 90.) 
mince of Wales Island. 
onny Bead-tree. Tree 30 feet. 
Cult. These fine trees will thrive well in a mixture of loam, 
Peat, and sand; and large ripened cuttings will strike root in 
Sand under a hand-glass, but those of the stove species require 
r be placed in a moderate heat. It must be observed that the 
eas should not be shortened. Seeds, if they can be procured, 
the best mode of increasing the species. 
Tribe II. 
TRICHILIE' Æ (plants agreeing with Trichilia in important 
qracters). D.C. prod. 1. p. 622. Cells of fruit 1-2-seeded. 
thick without albumen. Embryo inverted. Cotyledons very 
c 
IX. TRICHYLIA (from rpexa, tricha, by threes, which comes 
cao Tpetc; the stigma is 3-lobed, and the capsule is usually 3- 
done and 3-celled). Lin. gen. no. 528. D. C, prod. 1. p. 
2.—Trichilia, Elcaja, and Portésia of Juss. ae 
IN. syst. Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia, or Monadélphia, 
VOL, I.— PART. VIIL 
IX. Trica. 68] 
Octo-Decéndria. Calyx 4-5-toothed or lobed (f£. 115. a.). 
Petals 4-5 (f. 115. b.) -ovate or rather oblong, connected at the 
base. Stamens 8 or 10 (f. 115. d.), filaments flat, sometimes 
distinct (f. 115. d.), sometimes closely joined into a tube, bear- 
ing the anthers at the throat or between the teeth of the tube. 
Style simple, crowned by a capitate 3-lobed stigma. Capsules 
3-valved, 3-celled (rarely 2-valved, 2-celled); valves bearing 
a dissepiment in the middle of each; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds 
baccate, arillate. Embryo inverted, with very thick cotyledons. 
Trees and shrubs, with alternate, impari-pinnate, or trifoliate 
leaves, and axillary racemes or panicles of white flowers, some- 
times disposed into a crowded, sessile head. 
* Leaves pinnate. 
1 T. nirta (Lin. spec. 550.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 3 
or 4 pairs of elliptical, acuminated, smooth leaflets; racemes 
crowded ; filaments of stamens truly joined into a tube. h. S. 
Native of Jamaica, plentiful between Passage Fort and St. 
Jago de la Vega. Flowers greenish-white, with purple-headed 
stamens. ' 
Hairy Trichilia. FI. June, July. 
2 T. sponpioipes (Swartz, fi. 
ind. occ. 730.) leaves impari-pin- 
nate, with 5 or 10 pairs of ovate- 
lanceolate leaflets, which are some- 
what hairy on the margins; ra- 
cemes panicled, axillary; fila- 
ments of stamens almost distinct. 
hk. S. Native of Jamaica and 
St. Domingo on the mountains. 
Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. t. 102. 
—Sloane, hist. 2. t. 210. f. 2-3. 
Flowers small, whitish, odorous. 
The French in the West Indies 
called it Bastard Monbin. 
Spondias-like Trichilia FI. 
Sept. Dec. Clt. 1800. Tr. 20 ft. 
3 T. arrinis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 
2. p. 78.) leaflets 9, rarely 8 or fewer, lanceolate-ovate, obscurely 
acuminated, puberulous on the nerves beneath ; panicles not 
half so long as the leaves, usually twin; petals connected at the 
base, hardly puberulous; filaments connate into an 8-10-toothed 
tube, bearing the anthers between the teeth, h.S. Native of 
Brazil in the province of the Missions. Petals yellowish. 
Allied Trichilia. Fl. Mar. Shrub 8 feet. 
4 T. Ricuarpia na (St. Hil. fl, bras. 2. p. 78.) leaves im- 
pari-pinnate, with 3 pairs of lanceolate, bluntly acuminated 
leaflets, which are pilose in the axils of the veins beneath ; pa- 
nicles loose and few-flowered, rather Jonger than the petioles ; 
petals distinct, smooth; filaments connate into an 8-toothed 
tube, bearing the anthers between the teeth. R. S. Native of 
Brazil near Rio Janeiro. 
Richard's Trichilia. Tree. . 
5 T. tomentosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 215.) 
leaves impari-pinnate, with 12-15 pairs of oblong, somewhat 
acuminated leaflets, which are smoothish above and clothed wii 1 
short, hoary down beneath ; panicles axillary, longer han the 
petioles. k. S. Native of Peru on the western dec ivities o 
the Andes. Flowers whitish, Filaments connate into a tube. 
Tomentose Trichilia. Tree 30 feet. , 
6 T. qvaprisuca (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
215.) leaves impari-pinnate with usually 4 pairs of oblong, 
acuminated, smooth leaflets ; panicles axillary, longer than the 
etioles; filaments of stamens hairy on the inside ; capsules 
somewhat pear-shaped. k. S. Native of South America on 
the banks of the river Magdalena. Flowers whitish, 
45S 
Cit. 1800. Tree 20 feet. 
FIG, 115. 
