Trichilia MELIACEJ. 211 



2. T. mosehata Sw. Prodr. 67 (1788) ; leaflets alternate, 7-9, 

 glabrous, or sometimes minutely tomentose beneath and hirsute 

 along the midrib ; panicles axillary ; petals puberulous ; staminal 

 tube glabrous, a pair of awl-shaped teeth alternating with the 

 anthers ; capsule 1'5 cm. 1., 2-4-valved. Sw. Fl. Lid. Occ. 735; 

 Macf. Jam. i. 170; C. DC. torn. cit. 686. T. membranacea 

 Marf. Jam. i. 171 (1837). T. Distini C. DC. torn. cit. 693 (1878). 

 Laurus folio breviore etc. Sloane Cat. 136 &. Hist. ii. 21, t. 166, 

 /. 1. Moschoxylum Swartzii A. Juss. torn. cit. 239 (1830) ; Wih. 

 loc. cit. ; Griseb. op. cit. 130. 



Musk wood. 



Northern parts of the Island, Sloane Herb. v. 74 ! Wright ! Robins \ 

 Macfadyen\ Distini Priori Green 'Valley, Blue Mts. ; banks of Black 

 River; near Beaufort, Westmoreland, 1400 ft.; Negril; near Montego 

 Bay ; Toms Cave Wood, Upper Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Peckham, Clarendon, 

 2300 ft.; Soho, St. Ann, 1400 ft.; Harris I Fl. Jam. 5637, 9852, 9908, 

 10,230, 10,239, 10,319, 10,855, 11,081, 12,027. 



Tree 15-40 ft. high. Leaves 1-3 dm. 1. ; petiole 1-5-2-5 cm. 1. ; leaflets 

 elliptical or oblong-elliptical, apex abruptly acuminate, glabrous, 6-16 

 cm. 1. Inflorescence to 10 cm, 1. ; rhachis puberulous or glabrate. Calyx 

 about 1-5 mm. 1., puberulous; lobes 5 (or 4), broadly deltoid. Petals 

 5 (or 4), adherent below, greenish-yellow or pale yellow, ovate-oblong, 

 nearly 3 mm. 1., valvate, apex hooded. Staminal-tube about 1'5 mm. 1., 

 with 8 or 10 sessile anthers ; anthers about half as long as the tube. Pistil 

 about as long as the staminal-tube ; style shorter than the ovary ; stigma 

 globular ; ovary tomentose. Capsule tomentose, ellipsoidal, 1-seeded. 

 Seed, when ripe, as long as the capsule ; aril scarlet. 



The figure in Sloane is drawn from a specimen in which the leaflets 

 and panicles have been placed haphazard on the twigs, and is therefore not 

 a true representation of this species. 



:>. T. Harris!! Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xxxv. 56S 

 (1908) ; leaflets alternate, 5-9, glabrous ; panicles axillary ; 

 capsule to 2-5 cm. 1., surface more or less wrinkled,, not opening 

 or only after some time. 



In woods, Dolphin Head ; flan-is ! also Britton 22G9 ! Fl. Jam. 10,282, 

 10,286. 



Tree 20-30 ft. high; twigs glabrous. Leaves 2-3 dm. 1.; petiole 1-5- 

 2-5 cm. 1.; leaflets elliptical or oblong-elliptical, abruptly acuminate, 7- 

 17 cm. 1. Fruiting panicles 4-15 cm. 1. ; rhachis puberulous or glabnite. 

 Fl<> !/,>$ not known. Capsule ellipsoidal to globular, densely torneutose, 

 1-seeded. 



Urban (Symb. Ant. vi. 96) suggests that T. Harrlsii Britton is only a 

 form of T. mosehata Sw., but this can only be decided by the examination 

 of further material. 



4. T. glabra L. Syst. cd. 10, 1020 (1751)) ,v- Amcen. v. 378; 

 I'-atlets opposite, in 3-4 pairs, glabrous except for a hairy mem- 

 branous expansion usually occurring in the axils of the nerves 

 beneath; panicles somewhat corymbose, terminal and crowded 

 in the upper axils ; petals minutely tomentose; filaments puberu- 

 lous-tomentose on both sides; anthers glabrous.--A. Juss. t<nn. 



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