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p. T. moschata, var. Octandra. Octandrous shrubby 



Muskwood. 



Leaves impari-pinnate, leaflets opposite oblongo- 

 lanceolate subacuminate blunt undulated sliininc; 

 above, flowers sub-8-androus, capsule usually 2-seeded. 



Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 735 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 637. 



HAB. Common in the mountains. 



FL. May — October. 



A shrubby tree, about 12 feet in height: branches erect, 

 terete, slightly warty, glabrous. Leaves impari-pinnate : leaf- 

 lets about 3-paired, opposite, petiolulated, oblongo-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, sometimes retuse, entire, slightly undulated, glabrous, 

 shining above ; petiole 6 inches in length. Cyme axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaf: flowers shortly pedicelled, small, yellowish. 

 Calyx minute, 4-toothed, minutely puberulous. Petals 4, ovate, 

 obtuse, minutely puberulous externally. Filaments 8, distinct, 

 bidentate at the apex, receiving the anthers between the teeth : 

 anthers lineari-lanceolate. Ovary globular, green, glabrous, 

 3-celled ; cells biovuled : style short : stigma capitate, 3-lobed. 

 Capsule 3-valved : only 1 seed in two of the cells coming to 

 perfection : arillus scarlet. 



The resemblance between this and the preceding variety is 

 so great, that though they may differ in some particulars, they 

 are evidently mere varieties of the same species. 



4. Trichilia membranacea. Membranaceous-leaved 



Trichilia. 



Leaves pinnated, leaflets 10 in number alternate 

 elliptico-lanceolate membranaceous glabrous, flowers 

 sub-10-androus, cyme axillary. 



HAB- Port-Royal mountains. 



FL. February. 



A shrubby tree, seldom more than 12 feet in height: bran- 

 ches spreading, terete, papilloso-scabrous. Leaves disposed in 

 a pinnated manner, alternate, petiolulated, 4 inches long and 11 

 broad, elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, entire, pen- 

 ni-nerved, glabrous, (when young puberulous beneath) mem- 

 branaceous : common petiole subterete. Cyme axillary and 

 subterminal : peduncle somewhat compressed, with a small del- 

 toid bractea at each of its divisions. Calyx minute, irregularly 

 5-4 dentate. Petals 4-5, ovate. Stamens 10, or by abortion 

 8: filaments united into a tube, bearing the anthers internally, 

 with teeth alternating. Ovary globose, sericeo-pubescent : style 

 short: stigma capitate, subconical. Fruit globular, sericeo- 

 pubescent, 3-sulcated : arillus deep purple. 



