XI. GONIOSCHETON. 
MELIACEAE. X. MILNEA. 
Porto-Rico Trichilia. Tree. 
*** Leaves simple. Doubtful species, probably referable 
to a separate genus. 
26 T.? sprndsa (Willd. spec. 2. p. 554.) leaves simple, ovate, 
emarginate ; branches spinose ; berry 3-celled. h. S. Native 
of the East Indies. Turræ'a virens, Hell. act. holm. 1788. p. 
294. t. 10. f. 1. Flowers white? Probably a species of Li- 
monia ? 
Spiny Trichilia. Shrub? 
27 T.? rx’rMis (Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 285.) leaves sim- 
ple, obovate, retuse, coriaceous, shining, quite entire; branches 
unarmed ; capsules 3-celled. h.S. Native of Brazil. This 
is probably a species of Turra‘a. Flowers white? 
Unarmed Trichilia. Tree? 
28 T.? sca’npEens (Lunan. hort. jam. 2. p. 319.) leaves simple, 
lanceolate, ovate, with revolute margins; flowers spiked, each 
with 4 styles. h.. S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers whitish. 
Climbing Trichilia. Shrub cl. 
29 T. simpriciroxia (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 69.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, smooth; petioles thickened at the apex; flowers 
panicled, octandrous. h. S. Native of Martinico. Hedwigia 
simplicifdlia, N. E. 
Simple-leaved Trichilia. Shrub. 
Cult. These trees will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and ripened cuttings, without shortening their leaves, will 
strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
X. MYLNEA (in honour of Colin Milne, LL.D. author of 
a kind of Botanical Dictionary, Institutes of Botany, and nume- 
rous other works). Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 430 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Pentándria. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
5. Urceolus with 5 anthers round its inside at the throat. 
Ovary 3-celled, containing 1-2 ovule in each cell, which are 
attached to the central column, without albumen. Berry round- 
oval, large, 3-celled, usually 1-seeded.—A middle-sized tree, 
with unequally-pinnate leaves, with about 3 or 6 pairs of nearly 
Opposite, entire, smooth leaflets, without stipulas, and axillary 
panicles of white flowers. Seeds solitary, inserted in a com- 
plete, thick, lucid, edible aril, like that of the Litchi of the 
inese, 
„1. M. tpv is (Roxb. l. c.) h.S. Native of the East In- 
dies on the Garrow Hills, and of the Silhet district, where it is 
called Gumi by the natives, who eat the aril which surrounds 
the seed. 
Eatable Milnea. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult, A mixture of loam and sand will answer this tree; 
and ripened cuttings will rootin sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XI. GONIOSCHE'TON (from ywra, gonia, an angle, and 
Xirwy, chiton, an inner coat; in allusion to the staminiferous 
tube being angular). Blum. bijdr. 4th number. 
5 IN. syst. Monadélphia, Decandria. Calyx small, obsoletely 
“toothed. Petals 5, oblong, spreading. Stamens 10, Joined 
into a short, angular, toothed, conic tube, bearing the anthers in 
wal throat. Ovary girded by a membranous urceolus, 5-celled ; 
cells 2-ovulate. Style filiform, crowned by a peltate, angular 
fon Capsule globose, coriaceous, 3-4-valved, 3-4-celled 
R om abortion. Seed solitary, exarillate, exalbuminose, fixed to 
on ner angle. Cotyledons large.—A tree with impari-pinnate 
a es, and compound axillary racemes of flowers. 
both v ARBORE'ScENS (Blum. 1. c.) leaflets oblong, tapering to 
th ends. h, S. Native of Java. Trichilia arboréscens, 
Preng. syst. append. 252. 
r¥orescent Gonioscheton. Tree 20 feet. 
ult, _A mixture of loam and sand will suit this tree, and 
Pe cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XII. Dysoxytum. XIII. EKEBERGIA. 
XIV. Guarea. 683 
XII. DYSO'XYLUM (from évowene, dusodes, fetid, and 
Evrdov, xylon, wood; the wood is fetid). Blum. bijdr. 4th 
number. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octo-Decdandria. 
cleft. Petals 4-5, oval-oblong. 
throat of the denticulated tube. Ovary girded by a short ring, 
3-4-celled ; cells 2-ovulate. Style filiform, crowned by a sub- 
peltate stigma. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-valved, 3-4-celled, or 
from abortion 2-valved, 1-2-celled, with a dissepiment in the 
middle of each valve. Seeds solitary, exarillate, exalbuminose, 
fixed to the middle of the inner angle of the cells. Trees with 
impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary and terminal panicles of 
flowers. 
1 D. exce’tsum (Blum. 1. c.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 4 
pairs of leaflets, which are ovate-oblong, acuminated and oblique 
at the base; panicles axillary, crowded ; flowers octandrous ; 
capsule globose. h. S. Native of Java and the Straits of 
Malacca. ‘Trichilia excélsa, Spreng. syst. append. p. 252. 
Tall Dysoxylum. ‘Tree 50 feet. ; 
2 D. macroca’rpum (Blum. l. c.) ‘leaves pinnate; leaflets 
oblong, alternate ; flowers decandrous, panicled ; capsule large, 
globose. h. S. Native of Java. Trichilia macrocarpa, Spreng. 
syst. append. p. 252. 
Large-fruited Dysoxylum. Tree. 
3 D. raxirLorum (Blum. l. c.) leaves pinnate; leaflets alter- 
nate, oblong-lanceolate; flowers decandrous, in loose panicles. 
h.S. Native of Java. 
Lax-flonered Dysoxylum. Tree. 
4 D. stmite (Blum. l. c.) leaves pinnate; leaflets alter- 
nate, opposite, oblong, bluntish, unequal; flowers decandrous, 
panicled; capsule globose. h. S. Native of Java. Tri- 
chilia similis, Spreng. syst. append. p. 252. 
Similar Dysoxylum. Tree. 
5 D. moxu’ssruum (Blum. l. c.) leaves pinnate; leaflets 
subopposite, ovate-oblong, bluntish, villous beneath, as well 
as the panicles, which are divaricate ; flowers octandrous. h. 
S. Native of Java. Trichilia mollissima, Spreng. syst. append. 
. 252. 
P Very-soft Dysoxylum. Tree. 
Cult. These trees will thrive in a mixture of loam, peat, and 
sand, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, 
in heat, 
Calyx small, 4-5- 
Anthers 8-10, inserted in the 
XIII. EKEBE'RGIA (in honour of Charles Gustavus Eke- 
berg, Captain a Swedish East Indiaman, who took Sparmann 
to China for the purpose of making inquiries in natural his- 
tory). Sparm. act. holm. 1779. p. 282. t. 9. D.C. prod. 1. 
. 623. 
P Lan. syst. Monadélphia, Decándria. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 
4. Stamens 10? with a very short, entire tube ; anthers almost 
sessile on the inside of the tube. Stigma capitate. Berry glo- 
bose, 5-seeded. Seeds unknown.—A tree with impari-pinnate 
leaves. 
1 E. Care’nsts (Sparm. l. c.) h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope in the woods of Hautenequas and Essenboch, 
where it is called by the Dutch colonists Essen or Esschenboom, 
and Hautenequas Essen, from its resemblance to the common 
ash. Leaves impari-pinnate, with 5 pairs of elliptical, acumi- 
nated, smooth leaflets. Flowers white. Trichilia Capensis, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 468. 
Cape Ekebergia. Fi. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. Tree 20 ft. 
Cult. This tree will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and ripened cuttings, not deprived of their leaves, will root 
in sand under a hand-glass. 
XIV. GUA‘REA (Guara is a name given to one of the species 
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