is* h o r t u s J a1^! a I r e>; p i s. 



*IUSK> 



I, leaves sul)-pclt; tc, cordate, srvcn-angled, serrate ; stem Inspld. 



"TL-s uses with an horb;iceous stalk tiirte c;r four feet high, sending out two or three 

 eii.!e brjncnes, garnisiiecl with larye leaves, c-ut into six or seven acute ant:les, they 

 Etantl aiternatciy on lon;^ peditv is, which, as well as the ieuves, are hairv. The flowers 

 are asillary, upon ioiig petiuiu'ies, stancling erec^t, tiiey are large, tiu- petals of a bright 

 yellow, bin red hear tiic claw ; the coJumn-in the inidst of the tioworis singularly beau- 

 tiful, the divisions of i he stigma have the app;-arance of purple velvet, and, bending 

 Lack among the anthers, leceive the gold coloured dust on then- large heads, resemb- 

 ling purple tassels fringed with gold ; tlie flowers are succeeded by pj ramidal five-tor- 

 nertU capsules, filled with large kidnev-shapcd seeds of a very uiiisky odour. The 

 seeds, when grown to full n^aturity, have .a strong and perfect smell of musk, a few 

 grains Dting srlHcitnt to perfume a wiiole room. Carham says these seeds are a good 

 jcure for stinking breath, and tliat they are cordial and expellers of wind. Browne ob- 

 serves that tney may be used with great propriety in powders and pomatums, nor does 

 lie cVoubt that tliey may be used in emulsions and many medical cases. It was mucU 

 cultivated in the French islands, and great quantities of the seed annually sent to France^ 

 which can leave no doubt they were converted to some useful purpose. In Dr. Dan- 

 cer's Medical. Assislaiu tlie seeds arc said to be emetic. 



vSi-t'CilAKtiEABLE RoSE iNDl.tN SOfiUEL MaIIOE OC'IIRA. 



MUSK OR ALLIGATOR WOOD. GIJAREA. 



Cl. 8, OR. \.-^Octandrla monogynia. Xat. or. Melia. 

 Gen. char. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, four-cornfred, minute; corolla foiar 

 spreauing petals, lanceolate, obtuse; nectai-y tubular, cylindric, quite entire, 

 lengUi of the corolla, contractetJ at the throat; stamens have no filaments; anthers 

 ^^ight, growing to tlio inner edge of the nectary, ovate; the pistil lias a roundish 

 germ, on a veiy shOrt pedicel ; style subulate, thick, length of the nectary ; stigma 

 four-cornered, dej)ressed ; the pericarp a roundish capsule, large, sub-sessiit;, 

 four-grooved, four-celled, four-valved ; seeds solitarj, obloiTg, with a scarlet aril. 

 Tins IS nearly allied to tnchilia, from which it has been seperated. There is only 

 one species a native of Jamaica. 



TRICHILOIDES. TRICHILIA-UKE. 



Lauro ajjhus arbor, foliis lafioribus ex adverse sitis, corticc caiuiabino, 

 ligno Diosclnnn oientc. Sloane, v. 2, p. 24, t. 170, f. I. Jrbcrea; 

 Join's vicijoi ibus, ovatis, oppositis ; petioUs brcvibus, subtumidis 

 gj-nglienosis. Browne, p. 369. 



This tree grows to a middling size with a smooth trunk, the bark grey; branchy to- 

 wards ilie top. Leaves pinnule, without an odd leaflet; common petioles alternate, 

 loiigish, round, smooth, ash-coloured; pairs of leaflets two to four, lanceolate-ovate, 

 obiuse, entire, nerved, smooth ; partial petioles short, thick, round ; racemes a foot 

 Jong, axillaiT, sub-divided, loose, the branches many-flowered ; peduncles very short; 

 caiyx. four-torncred, minute ; segments blunt, spreading, S-x, The nectarium is 



quadrigonal. 



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