MELIACEA. 183 
5. Trichilia propinqua, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 695. 
Var. B. cinerascens, C. DC. J. ¢. 
Nicaragua ((irsted). The type inhabits GUIANA. 
6. Trichilia pallida, Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 733. 
Portesia ovata, Cav. Diss. vii. p. 639, t. 215. | 
Weer Inpres—Guatemana, Mexico (ex Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 130). 
7. Trichilia schiedeana, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 664. 
Sourn Mexico, near Vera Cruz (Schiede). Hb. Berol. 
8. Trichilia spondioides, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 730; Refug. Bot. t. 293, | 
Sourn Mexico, Misantla (Schiede & Deppe), Vera Cruz (Gowin), Oaxaca (Galeotti, 
3499).—Widely. spread in the northern part of Sour AMERICA and in the West INDIES. 
Hb. Kew. 
9, Trichilia tuberculata, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 711. 
Panama, Empire railway-station (8. Hayes, 262). Hb. Kew. 
3. CARAPA. 
Carapa, Aubl. Pl. Guian. Suppl. p. 33, t. 387 5 Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 338. 
Trees, about six species, widely dispersed in the tropics. 
1. Carapa nicaraguensis, C. DC. in Monogr. Phan. i. p. 717. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 45 and 46). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe SWIETENIEA. 
This tribe is thinly distributed in Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 
4, SWIETENIA. 
Swietenia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 575; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 338. 
Two arboreous species, indigenous to Cistropical America and the West-Indian 
Islands, and one in Western Tropical Africa. 
1. Swietenia humilis, Zucc. Pl. Nov. fase. ii. p. 355, t. 7, A et B. 
Sours Mxxico, on the Pacific coast, in dry rocky places, scarcely 1000 feet above the 
sea, especially near Tehuantepec (Karwinski). 
9, Swietenia mahogani, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 271; Jacq. Am. p. 127 ; Cav. Diss. Vii. 
t. 209; Hook. Bot. Misc. t. 16, 17. 
SouTH MEXICO, Acapulco (Humboldt & Bonpland) ; British Honpuras and Guate- 
