Sinclairiane. N. O. Meliacee. 
TAB. DCXV, DCXVI. 
HARTIGHSEA SPECTABILIS. Adr. Juss. 
Foliis pinnatis, foliolis 3-4-jugis cum impari petiolulatis obova- 
tis integerrimis glabris, subtus discoloribus, racemis compo- 
sitis paniculatis e ramis vetustioribus pendulis, floribus 5-floris, 
ovario (fructuque) triloculari, capsula pyriformi-globosa. 
Hartighsea spectabilis. Ad. Juss. Mém. Mus. v. 19. p. 228. 
Trichilia spectabilis. Forst. Prodr. p. 33. De Cand. Prodr. 
1. p. 623. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 306. All. Cunn. in Ann. 
Nat. Hist. 3. p. 318. 
Has. New Zealand, Bay of Islands. A. Cunningham, Bidwill. 
Colenso. J. D. Hooker. Wahahé. Dr. Sinclair. 
A tree, according to Allan Cunningham, 30 to 40 feet high, 
with large pinnated leaves, the leaflets often unequal at the base, 
petiolulated, especially the terminal one. Panicle, or compound 
raceme, large, springing from the older portion of the stem 
or branch. Calyx of 5 rounded lobes, Corolla of 5 petals, 
petals, the mouth a little spreading, 10-crenate. Within the 
mouth are 10 sessile anthers, each with a gland or swelling at 
the base, and a short crenate cylindrical cup surrounds the 
ovary, which latter is conical, hairy, tapering into a filiform 
style, a little longer than the staminal tube. Stigma much 
dilated and flat at the top. Fruit a 
3-valved, 3-celled capsule, each cell containing 2 seeds en- 
veloped in an arillus. Mr. Bidwill informs me that the leaves 
of this tree are used instead of hops, and a spirituous infusion 
_ of them is a stomachic, : 
Fig. ¥: Flower. f. 2. The same, the corolla spread. /f. 3. 
Staminal tube laid open, to show the inner cup surrounding the 
: sing F. = ae ra 5. Ovary and surrounding cup, laid 
: vertically. J. 6. Transverse section of the ovary : magni- 
fied. f. 7. Fruit :—natural size, : : 
rather large, coriaceous, 
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