TrichiUa.'] xxxvir. meliack.'e ((ji.ivku). 



335 



about 1 in. in diam. Seeds oblong, ^ in. lonj,', subtri^^oMoiis witli n rouu.!.-.! 

 back. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe by the Kv^cr, Barter ! 



4. T. emetica, Vahl ; DC. Prod. i. 622. Tree, with the f^rowinj; 

 extremities pubescent. Leaves 7-1 1-foliolate, pubescent benenth, i l^ft. 

 long; leaflets coriaceous, lateral opposite or subopposite, usually oblonj^. 

 elliptical, varying from oblanceolate- to ovate-oblong, very obtuse, base njore 

 or less rounded rarely subcordate, glabrescent above, pubescent benrath, 

 with rather numerous and prominent lateral nerves, upper leaflets 2^ 6 in 

 long, 1-2|- in. broad, occasionally larger ; i)eliolules 1-2 lines or 0. Flowers 

 ^ in, when expanded, usually crowded or cymosely clustered, in short nxdlary 

 ))anicles of 1-G in. Calyx 5-partite or 5-sepalous ; segments rolundatc. 

 JV'tals imbricate. Filaments united to the middle, hairy within above; apex 

 2-ri(l. Ovary 3-celled with geminate ovules. Fruit ^1 in. in diam., globos<* 

 01' globose-clavate, shortly stipitate, separating in 3 coriaceous valvrs (or 

 fewer by abortion) ; stipes thick, 1 or 2 lines to \ in. Seeds oblong " with 

 a scarlet arillus."/— 3/r///<m;-a oleifera^ Ik'rt. Misc. liot. ix. (J. t. 2. (ituii^- 

 stephanits iomentosi/s, ¥tnz\ in Flora, 1844,312. Uuchetia chotntis, Delile 

 in Roch. ii*= Voy. Bot. n. 47 {fide Richard). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone ! Senegambia ! (? Ni<;er, Barter). 



Nile Iiand. Madi, White Nile, Speke and Grant ! Seuuar, Kolschi/ ! .\bvMiiiia. 



South Ce'itral. Upper Zambesi, JJr. Kirk. 



Mozamb Distr. Zambesi, from the coast upwards and Shire river, Dr. Kirk ' 

 Rovuma rivef, Br. Kirk. 



The oil and tallow obtained from the seeds, Dr. Kirk states is valuable and may be had in 

 quantity. The oil is used in cookery. 1 have little hesitafion in referring the ralher nu- 

 merous specimeus in the Kew herbarium from the locahlies above quoted to one 8|)ecies, 

 though whether the Arabian plant {FAcoja) of Forskal be the same is another mailer. 

 Forskal's descriptiori agrees tolerably well, and Jussieu had no doubt as to the specific iden- 

 tity of the W. African and Arabian [dauts. — T. Bregeana^ E. Moy., may turu out a variriy 

 of this species. 



5. T. capitata, Khtzsch in Peters Mossamb. hot. 120. Extremities pu- 

 bescent. Leaves 9-15-foliolate, 9-12 in. long, pubescent or at length nearly 

 glabrous at least above ; leaflets alternate or sid)opposite, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base rounded, sometimes broadly, more 

 rarely cuneate, obscurely unduhitc-crenate or subcntire, 1^3 in. long or the 

 lower about 1 in., 2—2 in. broad ; petiolules 1 line more or less Flowers 

 l|-2 lines, in pednncidate axillary corymbose or subcapitate cymes, with tin- 

 peduncle (when elongate usually unbranched below) ,^-4 in. long. Calyx 

 5-fid. Petals imbricate. Filaments united about one-third, deeply 2-fid nt 

 the apex, the subnlate teeth rather shorter than the anthers. Disk free. 

 Ovary probably 3-celled, with geminate ovides. Fruit globose, \ in. or less 

 in diam., dehiscing in 3 or 2 valves. Seeds 6 or fewer. 



Moxamb. Distr. Zambesi and Shire, Jhs. Kirk itnd MclUr ' Vrtert ' 



6. T. ? grandifoliay Oliv. Leaves about 9-foliolate, ample, rachis 

 terete, as thick as a stout quill ; leaflets firmly membranous, 6-16 in. long. 

 3^-5 in. broad, ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptical, acuminate, base broadly 



