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2. Trichilia oligantha C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 1 : 693. 1878. 

 Mexico, without locality. 



Branchlets villosulous ; leaflets 9, the blades lance-oblong, the larger 10 cm. 

 long, 3 cm. wide, short-cuspidate, glabrous above except on costa, beneath 

 softly pubescent ; panicles branched, few-flowered, densely hirtellous ; calyx 

 teeth 4, acute ; petals glabrous, 2 mm. long ; anthers glabrous. 



3. Trichilia parvifolia C. DC. Ann. Cons. Jard. GenSve 10: 159. 1907. 

 Sinaloa to Guerrero and Veracruz ; type from Mexico, without definite 



locality. Nicaragua. 



Shrub, up to 4 meters high ; leaflets obovate or cuneate-obovate, 2 to 4.5 

 cm. long, emarginate, usually thick, sparsely hairy on the veins and in the 

 axils beneath, or subglabrous ; panicles axillary, 1 cm. long or less ; petals 5, 

 glabrous. 3 mm. long ; anthers glabrous ; ovary and style hirsute ; capsule about 

 6 mm. tliick, pubescent, 3-seeded ; seeds 4 mm. long. 



This species is closely related to T. trifoUa L., of Venezuela, and may not 

 be distinct. 



4. Trichilia cuneata Radlk. Sitzungsb. Math. Phys. Akad. Miinchen 9: 642. 



1879. 



Trichilia heydeana C. DC. Bot. Gaz. 19: 3. 1894. 



Chiapas. Guatemala and El Salvador; type from Guatemala. 



Middle-sized tree ; leaflets 7 to 11, obovate or elliptic-oblong, 5 to 15 cm. 

 long, obtuse to short-pointed; panicles dense, 7 to 20 cm. long, densely 

 fulvescent-pilosulous ; calyx deeply 5-toothed, the teeth acute; petals 3.2 

 mm. long. 



5. Trichilia oaxacana Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. 53: 58. 1918. 



Known only from the type locality, Cafetal Concordia, Department Pochutla, 

 Oaxaca. 



Leaflets 8, oval or obovate-oval, the larger 14 cm. long, 5.7 cm. wide, 

 obtusely acuminate, sparsely puberulous on the veins beneath ; panicle 16 

 cm. long, on a peduncle 11 cm. long; calyx 1 mm. long, the 5 teeth acute; 

 petals 3.5 mm. long ; anthers pilose on margin ; style sparsely pilose. 



6. Trichilia karwinskyana C. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 1 : 663. 1878. 

 Known only from the type locality, Papantla, Veracruz. 



Leaflets 13 to 15, the blades lanceolate, 7 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, mem- 

 branaceous, long-cuspidate, appressed-pilosulous on costa above and on nerves 

 beneath; panicles exceeding the petioles, densely hirtellous, the flowers 

 crowded ; petals glabrous, acute, 4 mm. long. 



7. Trichilia hirta L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1020. 1759. 

 Trichilia spondioides Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 20. 1760. 



Trichilia schiedeana var. purpusii T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 

 274. 1912. 



General nearly throughout Mexico. Central and South America ; West 

 Indies ; type from Jamaica. 



Shrub or small tree, 3 to 20 meters high; leaflets 11 to 21, the blades lance- 

 ovate or elliptic, 2.5 to 8 cm. long, pilose along the veins, especially beneath, 

 or glabrescent; panicles 3 to 13 cm. long; petals 4 mm. long, sparsely pubes- 

 cent dorsally or subglabrous; capsules essentially glabrous, about 15 mm. thick: 

 seeds 3, subglobose, 6 mm. thick. " Garbancillo " (Sonora) ; " xkulinsis " 

 (Yucatan); " cabo de hacha " (Oaxaca, Cuba, Porto Rico); " mata-piojo " 

 (Nicaragua) ; " jubaban," " guaban " (Cuba) ; " guaita," " jobillo," " molinillo," 

 " palo de Anastasio," " retamo " (Porto Rico). 



