170 THALAMlFLOri^. 



HAB. Common every where, especially in the lower moun- 

 tains. 



FL. Summer. 



A tree, 15 or 20 feet in height; stem, especially when 

 young, erect, straight, either simple, or with a few branches at 

 its extremity : branches straight, terete, glabrous. Leaves situ- 

 ated at the ends of the branchlets, usually a foot and a-half in 

 length ; leaflets subopposite, petiolulated, ovato-lanceolate, at- 

 tenuato-acuminate, the old ones glabrous, the young glabrous 

 above but puberulous beneath in the axils of the nerves and 

 along the margin, 3 inches in length and rather more than 1 

 long. Racemes axillary-terminal, peduncle elongated, com- 

 pressed, puberulous ; branchlets short, partially subdivided ; 

 pedicels very short, jointed above the middle, furnished at that 

 point with a pair of minute ovate acute bracteoles ; flowers 

 greenish yellow. Calyx minute, 3-partite, spreading. Petals 

 5, oblong, bluntish: filaments 10, broad, ciliated, and internally 

 villous, externally glabrous : anthers small, ovate, yellow, erect. 

 Ovary conical, amber-coloured at the base, hairy : style thick : 

 stigma capitate, depressed. Capsule size of a small cherry, 

 roundish, pubescent ; seeds solitary, oblong, covered with a 

 scarlet arillus. 



This is a very common tree, possessed neither of beauty nor 

 of any useful quality. In the French Islands it receives the 

 name of 3Iombm batard, from its foliage resembling that of the 

 Hog-Plum. 



3. Trichilia moschata. Common sliruhhy Muskwood. 



Leaves pinnated, leaflets alternate oblongo-lanceo- 

 late acuminate puberulous beneath, flowers decan- 

 drous. 



HAB. Port-Royal mountains. 



FL. February. 



A shrubby tree : branches erect, terete, slightly papillose. 

 Leaflets 9, alternate, petiolulated, oblongo-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate, entire, puberulous along the nerves beneath especially when 

 young, about 5 inches long, and nearly 2 broad : common peti- 

 ole slightly compressed. Cyme axillary : common peduncle 

 minutely puberulous : pedicels short. Flowers yellowish-white. 

 Calyx externally puberulous, 5-fid. Petals 5, slightly cohering 

 at the base, externally (under the glass) puberulous. Stamens 

 10: filaments united: anthers ovato-lanceolate. Ovary glo- 

 bose, sericeo-pubescent : style short : stigma subcapitate, green- 

 ish. 



