^;. VIII. MELIA. IX. TRICHILIA. 



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Compound-leaved Bead-tree. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1810. Tr. 30ft. 



7 M. ARGU'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 622.) leaves bipinnate ; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, sharply and awnedly 

 serrated ; calyxes and pedicels rather velvety. Jj . S. Native 

 of the Moluccas. Flowers unknown. 



(S/ior/i-serrated-leaved Bead-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



FIG. 114. 



8 M. AZADIRA'CHTA (Lin. spec. 

 550.) leaves pinnate ; petioles te- 

 rete ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, un- 

 equal at the base, acuminated, 

 dentately-serrated. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Cav. 

 diss. 7. p. 364. t. 208. Burm. 

 zeyl. t. 15. Rheed. mal. 4. t. 

 52. Flowers bluish. Fruit when 

 ripe of a purplish colour, about 

 the size of a small olive, the pulp 

 is oily, acrid, and bitter as well 

 as the bark. Azadarachta is a 

 name under which Avicennes 

 speaks of a poisonous tree. 



Azadirachta Bead-tree. Fl. 

 July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Tr. 20 ft. 



9 M. BACCIFERA (Roth. nov. spec. p. 218.) leaves pinnate ; 

 petioles round ; leaflets ovate, coarsely and bluntly serrated 

 above the middle, equal at the base. Tj . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies. Flower with pinkish petals, and a purple staminiferous tube. 



Berry-bearing Bead-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



10 M. EXCE'LSA (Jack, mal. misc. vol. 1. no. 1. p. 12.) leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets quite entire ; panicles crowded, axillary, a little 

 longer than the leaves. T? . S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Tri- 

 chilia excelsa, Spreng. syst. app. p. 252. Flowers white. An- 

 thers 10, in the throat of a 10-toothed tube. 



Lofty Bead-tree. Clt. 1819. Tree 50 feet. 



11 M. GUINEE'NSIS (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 168.) 

 leaves bipinnate ; leaflets deeply and coarsely serrated ; flowers 

 in terminal, divaricate panicles. tj . S. Native of Guinea, 

 where it is called by the English settlers lilac. Flowers with 

 white or pinkish petals, and a purplish tube of stamens. Fruit 

 small, pale-yellow when ripe ; the pulp is poisonous. 



Guinea Bead-tree or Lilac; Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. Tr. 30ft. 



{ Species only known by name. 



12 M. SUPE'RBA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.). Tj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies at Soonda. 



Superb Bead-tree. Clt. 1810. Tree 30 feet. 



13 M. TOMENTOSA (Roxb. 1. c. p. 90.). Jj . S. Native of 

 Prince of Wales Island. 



Downy Bead-tree. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. These fine trees will thrive well in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and sand; and large ripened cuttings will strike root in 

 sand under a hand-glass, but those of the stove species require 

 to be placed in a moderate heat. It must be observed that the 

 leaves should not be shortened. Seeds, if Ihey can be procured, 

 is the best mode of increasing the species. 



Tribe II. 



TRICHILIE'jE (plants agreeing with Trichilia in important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 622. Cells of fruit 1-2-seeded. 

 Seeds without albumen. Embryo inverted. Cotyledons very 

 thick. 



IX. TRICHI'LIA (from rpi\a, tricha, by threes, which comes 

 from Tpcie ; the stigma is 3-lobed, and the capsule is usually 3- 

 valved and 3-celled). Lin. gen. no. 528. D. C, prod. 1. p. 

 622. Trichilia, Elcaja, and Portesia of Juss. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia, or Monadelphia, 

 VOL. i. PART. viii. 



Clt. 1800. Tree 20 feet. 

 FIG. 115. 



Octo-Decdndria. Calyx 4-5-toolhed or lobed (f. 115. a.). 

 Petals 4-5 (f. 115. 6.) -ovate or rather oblong, connected at the 

 base. Stamens 8 or 10 (f. 115. rf.) ( filaments flat, sometimes 

 distinct (f. 115. d.~), sometimes closely joined into a tube, bear- 

 ing the anthers at the throat or between the teeth of the tube. 

 Style simple, crowned by a capitate 3-lobed stigma. Capsules 

 S-valved, 3-celled (rarely 2-valved, 2-celled) ; valves bearing 

 a dissepiment in the middle of each ; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds 

 baccate, arillate. Embryo inverted, with very thick cotyledons. 

 Trees and shrubs, with alternate, impari-pinnate, or trifoliate 

 leaves, and axillary racemes or panicles of white flowers, some- 

 times disposed into a crowded, sessile head. 



* Leaves pinnate. 



1 T. HIRTA (Lin. spec. 550.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 3 

 or 4 pairs of elliptical, acuminated, smooth leaflets ; racemes 

 crowded ; filaments of stamens truly joined into a tube. ^ S. 

 Native of Jamaica, plentiful between Passage Fort and St. 

 Jago de la Vega. Flowers greenish-white, with purple-headed 

 stamens. 



Hairy Trichilia. Fl. June, July. 



2 T. SPONDIOIDES (Swartz, fl. 

 ind. occ. 730.) leaves impari-pin- 

 nate, with 5 or 10 pairs of ovate- 

 lanceolate leaflets, which are some- 

 what hairy on the margins ; ra- 

 cemes panicled, axillary ; fila- 

 ments of stamens almost distinct. 

 Tj . S. Native of Jamaica and 

 St. Domingo on the mountains. 

 Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. t. 102. 

 Sloane, hist. 2. t. 210. f. 2-3. 

 Flowers small, whitish, odorous. 

 The French in the West Indies 

 called it Bastard Monbin. 



Spondias-like Trichilia. Fl. 

 Sept. Dec. Clt. 1800. Tr. 20 ft. 



3 T. AFFINIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 



2. p. 78.) leaflets 9, rarely 8 or fewer, lanceolate-ovate, obscurely 

 acuminated, puberulous on the nerves beneath ; panicles not 

 half so long as the leaves, usually twin ; petals connected at the 

 base, hardly puberulous ; filaments connate into an 8-10-toothed 

 tube, bearing the anthers between the teeth. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil in the province of the Missions. Petals yellowish. 

 Allied Trichilia. Fl. Mar. Shrub 8 feet. 



4 T. RICHARDIANA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 78.) leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate, with 3 pairs of lanceolate, bluntly acuminated 

 leaflets, which are pilose in the axils of the veins beneath ; pa- 

 nicles loose and few-flowered, rather longer than the petioles ; 

 petals distinct, smooth ; filaments connate into an 8-toothed 

 tube, bearing the anthers between the teeth. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil near Rio Janeiro. 



Richard's Trichilia. Tree. 



5 T. TOMENTOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 215.) 

 leaves impari-pinnate, with 12-15 pairs of oblong, somewhat 

 acuminated leaflets, which are smoothish above and clothed with 

 short, hoary down beneath ; panicles axillary, longer than the 

 petioles. ^ . S. Native of Peru on the western declivities of 

 the Andes. Flowers whitish. Filaments connate into a tube. 



Tomenlose Trichilia. Tree 30 faet. 



6 T. QUADRI'JUGA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 215.) leaves impari-pinnate with usually 4 pairs of oblong, 

 acuminated, smooth leaflets ; panicles axillary, longer than the 

 petioles; filaments of stamens hairy on the inside; capsules 

 somewhat pear-shaped, fy . S. Native of South America on 

 the banks of the river Magdalena. Flowers whitish. 



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