Ekthergia.'] xxxvii. meliace.e (olivkk). 333 



1. E. senegalensis, A. Jim. Mt<n. Mtliac S2. /. 17/ ir, n. Lcuvrs 

 i-1 ft. or longer, 5-1 l-folio!iite ; leatk-ts rather coriaceous, lal.-ial opposite 

 or nearly so, elliptical or oval-obloii<,^ apiculate or rather broadly (sometimes 

 very acutely, Juss.) pointed, rounded or somewhat m»rrowed at the bas.-, very 

 shortly petiolulate or subsessile, glabrous, paler or glaucous beneath, Ij 3 

 in. long, f-1^ in. broad. Flowers cymose, in compound axillary racemes 

 much shorter than the leaves, sessile or subsessile ami clustered*. C'nlvx- 

 lobes broad and rounded or deltoid. Staniinal tube denticulate. Ovary" j- 

 celled. Fruit fleshy, about the size of a cherry. — Fl. Seneg. i. rJ7. t. 31. 



Upper Guinea. Seneganibia ! Leprieur. 



2. E. Rtippeliana, Rich. Fl. Ahyas. i. 105. Leaves colleete«I at the 

 glabrous or, at first, tomentose-pubescent extremities, 5 U-foliolate, \ 1 ft. 

 long or more ; leaflets coriaceous or firmly membranous, lateral opposite or 

 subopposite, elliptic- or ovate-lanceohitfe, acute or acuminate, base varying 

 much in obliquity, entire or obsoletely undulate-crenate, glabrous, paler or 

 glaucous beneath, 2-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad ; petiolule 1-2 lines or less ; 

 terminal leaflet often \-\\ in. beyond the last pair. Flowers cymose, iu 

 compound pedunclatue racemes, from the axils of and much shorter than the 

 upper leaves ; pedicels very short. Calyx 5-fi(l, with ovate or deltoid lobes. 

 Anthers linear-lanceolate. Ovary pilose, 2-locular. Fruit fleshy, globose. 

 — Trichilid Riipptdiana, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 2/8. Kktitnjla Pdit- 

 iana, Rich. 1. c. t. 24. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Ruppel, Schimper ! Roth ! and others ; St'uiiar, Cimkotcski ! 



E. Petifiana, of Rirhard, is the more glabrous form of this species, and therefore corre- 

 sponds more strictly with the plant originally described by Frcsenins. I have seen s|>eci- 

 ineus from the llichardian herbarium, collected by Dillon and Petit, coinmunicafed by Count 

 Franqueville. 



E. Meyeri^ Prcsl, a Cape species, is doubtfully distinct. 



4. TRICHILIA, Linn. ; Benth. ct Hook. f. (ien. PI. i. 337. 



Calyx short, 4-5-toothed -fid or -partite. Petals 4-5, erect or spreading, 

 imbricate. Stamens 8-10, mouadelphous ; filaments free more or less above 

 or united to the apex, entire or with a lateral tooth on each side of the anther. 

 Disk free or adnate to the base of the tube or ovary. Ovary 2 3-celled ; 

 style simple, short or elongate, with a capitate stigma. Ovules geminate. 

 Capsule 2-3-celled, dehiscing from above locidicidally ; cells I 2-seetletl. 

 Seeds " with a fleshy arillus."— Trees or shrubs. Leaves impiiripinnate or 

 3-foliolate. Flowers cymose, in axillary panicles or compound racemes, often 

 collected near the ends of the branches. 



A considerable genus, including numerous tropiciil American s)Rcies. Suuie of Iht- fol- 

 lowing species, in the absence of the fruit, must remain uncertain as to genus. 



Filaments united to the apex. Leatlets 5-7, acuminatr or apinilatc, 



glabrous. Flowers H-2 lines 1- T. Prxfunana. 



Filaments free in the upper half. 



