334 xxxvn. meliace.e (oliver). {Trk-ldlia. 



Filaments entire (not 2-ficl) at apex. Leaflets 9-11, acute or acu- 

 minate. Flowers | in 2. T. Heudelut'd. 



Filaments 2-tid at the apex (a laterah tooth at each side of anther). 

 Leaflets 3-5, retuse-truncate, glabrous. Flowers \ in. Ovary 



2-eelled Z. T. retma. 



Leaflets 7-11, obtuse, pubescent beneath. Flowers \ in. diam. 



Ovary 3-celled ". 4. jT. emetica. 



Leaflets acute or acuminate. 



Leaflets about 9, 6-16 in. long, glabrous. Flowers \-\\ in. 



diam. Ovary 2-celled ^. T. ? grandifolia. 



Leaflets 9-11, 6-S in. long, glabrous. Flowers 1^-2 lines. 



Ovary 3-celled '^. T.? ruhescens. 



Leaflets 9-15, 1-3 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 1^-2 lines. 5. T. capUata. 



1. T. Prieuriana, A. Juss. Mem. Meliac. 124. Leaves 5-7-foUolate, 

 glabrous ; leaflets rather coriaceous, drying pale green, lateral alternate or 

 subopposite, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, shortly and obtusely acuminate or 

 apiculate, rounded or cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1^-2 in. ba-oad, or 

 terminal leaflets 6 in. by 2-^ in.; petiolules 1-4 lines. Flowers 1^-2 lines, 

 in very short axillary panicles of J-2 in. often branched from the base; sub- 

 sessile or pedicels shorter than the 5 -fid calyx. Calyx-lobes ovate. Fila- 

 ments united to the apex. Anthers sessile. Disk adnate to the staminal 

 tube. I have not succeeded in making out the structure of the ovary, which 

 Jussieu describes as 3-celled, Guillemin and Perrottet as 2-celled. — Fl. Seneg. 

 i. 125. t. 30. 



Upper Gaiuea. Senegambia ! Lagos, Barter ! 



2. T. Heudelotiiy Planch, in Herb. Ke?o. Leaves 9-11-foliolate, rather 

 large, rachis puberulous or glabrate ; leaflets usually approximate in pairs, 

 rather coriaceous, oblong- or oblanceolate-oval, acuminate, more or less nar- 

 rowed or rounded at the base, glabrous or very nearly so, entire, lateral 

 veins prominent beneath; the upper and terminal leaflets larger, attaining 

 4-7 in. in length, 1^-2 in. in breadth or a little more ; petiolules 1-3 lines. 

 Flowers about -| in. in length, in numerous nearly simple or compound short 

 racemes of 2-3 in., crowded at the extremities from the axils of ordinary or 

 reduced leaves ; pedicels usually shorter than the flower or flowers subsessile. 

 Calyx 5-4-fid, ^dth ovate-deltoid lobes, early deciduous. Filaments connate 

 half their length, entire or not distinctly toothed at ihe apex, hairy above. 

 Ovary 3(-4)-celle(l, with the ovules in pairs. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Sierra Leone, Morson ! Fernando Po, Mi 



(mil 



3. T, retusa, Oliv. A tree of 40 ft. with fragrant white flowers. 

 Leaves 6-8 in., 3-5-foliolate, glabrous ; leaflets coriaceous, narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate- or oval-oblong, abruptly retuse-iruncate, narrowed to the base, entire, 

 midrib prominent beneath, 3-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad ; petiolides 2-3 

 lines. Flower.s \ in. long, cymose, in axillary panicles or from the axils of 

 reduced or squamiform leaves at the ends of the branches, 1-4 in. long. 

 Calyx 4-5-partite with ovate obtuse lobes. Filaments united half their 

 length, pilose above ; apex 2-fid ; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled with gemi- 

 nate ovules. Fruit coriaceous, sessile or subsessile, separating in two valves, 



