MELIACE./E. X. MILNEA. XI. GONIOSCHETON. XII. DYSOXYLUM. XIII. EKEBERGIA. XIV. GUAREA. 



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Porto-Rico Trichilia. Tree. 



* * * Leaves simple. Doubtful species, probably referable 

 to a separate genus. 



26 T. ? SPINOSA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 554.) leaves simple, ovate, 

 emarginate ; branches spinose ; berry 3-celled. fy . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Turrse'a virens, Hell. act. holm. 1788. p. 

 29k t. 10. f. 1. Flowers white? Probably a species of Li- 

 monia ? 



Spiny Trichilia. Shrub ? 



27 T. ? INE'RMIS (Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 285.) leaves sim- 

 ple, obovate, retuse, coriaceous, shining, quite entire ; branches 

 unarmed ; capsules 3-celled. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. This 

 is probably a species of Turrcea. Flowers white ? 



Unarmed Trichilia. Tree ? 



28 T.? SCA'NDENS (Lunan. hort. jam. 2. p. 319.) leaves simple, 

 lanceolate, ovate, with revolute margins ; flowers spiked, each 

 with 4 styles. ^ . w . S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers whitish. 



Climbing Trichilia. Shrub cl. 



29 T. SIMPLICIFOLIA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 69.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, smooth ; petioles thickened at the apex ; flowers 

 panicled, octandrous. >j . S. Native of Martinico. Hedwigia 

 simplicifolia, N. E. 



Simple- leaved Trichilia. Shrub. 



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

 peat, and ripened cuttings, without shortening their leaves, will 

 strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



X. MI'LNEA (in honour of Colin Milne, LL.D. author of 

 a kind of Botanical Dictionary, Institutes of Botany, and nume- 

 rous other works). Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 430 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Pentandria. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 5. Urceolus with 5 anthers round its inside at the throat. 

 Ovary 3-celled, containing 1-2 ovulae in each cell, which are 

 attached to the central column, without albumen. Berry round- 

 oval, large, 3-celled, usually 1 -seeded. A middle-sized tree, 

 with unequally-pinnate leaves, with about 3 or 6 pairs of nearly 

 opposite, entire, smooth leaflets, .without stipulas, and axillary 

 panicles of white flowers. Seeds solitary, inserted in a com- 

 plete, thick, lucid, edible aril, like that of the Litchi of the 

 Chinese. 



1 M. EDU LIS (Roxb. 1. c.) P? . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies on the Garrow Hills, and of the Silhet district, where it is 

 called Gumi by the natives, who eat the aril which surrounds 

 the seed. 



Eatable Milnea. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will answer this tree ; 

 and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XI. GONIOSCHETON (from yuvta, gonia, an angle, and 

 \IT<I>V, chiton, an inner coat ; in allusion to the staminiferous 

 tube being angular). Blum, bijdr. 4th number. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx small, obsoletely 

 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong, spreading. Stamens 10, joined 

 into a short, angular, toothed, conic tube, bearing the anthers in 

 its throat. Ovary girded by a membranous urceolus, 5-celled ; 

 cells 2-ovulate. Style filiform, crowned by a peltate, angular 

 stigma. Capsule globose, coriaceous, 3-4-valved, 3-4-celled 

 from abortion. Seed solitary, exarillate, exalbuminose, fixed to 

 the inner angle. Cotyledons large. A tree with impari-pinnate 

 leaves, and compound axillary racemes of flowers. 



1 G. ARBORE'SCENS (Blum. 1. c.) leaflets oblong, tapering to 

 both ends, fj . S. Native of Java. Trichilia arborescens, 

 Spreng. syst. append. 252. 



Arborescent Gonioscheton. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this tree, and 

 ripe cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XII. DYSO'XYLUM (from SwuSiis, dusodes, fetid, and 

 v, xylon, wood ; the wood is fetid). Blum, bijdr. 4th 

 number. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Octo-Decandria. Calyx small, 4-5- 

 cleft. Petals 4-5, oval-oblong. Anthers 8-10, inserted in the 

 throat of the denticulated tube. Ovary girded by a short ring, 

 3-4-celled ; cells 2-ovulate. Style filiform, crowned by a sub- 

 peltate stigma. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-valved, 3-4-celled, or 

 from abortion 2-valved, 1-2-celled, with a dissepiment in the 

 middle of each valve. Seeds solitary, exarillate, exalbuminose, 

 fixed to the middle of the inner angle of the cells. Trees with 

 impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary and terminal panicles of 

 flowers. 



1 D. EXCE'LSUM (Blum. 1. c.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 4 

 pairs of leaflets, which are ovate-oblong, acuminated and oblique 

 at the base ; panicles axillary, crowded ; flowers octandrous ; 

 capsule globose. Tj . S. Native of Java and the Straits of 

 Malacca. Trichilia excelsa, Spreng. syst. append, p. 252. 



Tall Dysoxylum. Tree 50 feet. 



2 D. MACROCA'RPUM (Blum. 1. c.) leaves pinnate; leaflets 

 oblong, alternate ; flowers decandrous, panicled ; capsule large, 

 globose. Jj . S. Native of Java. Trichilia macrocarpa, Spreng. 

 syst. append, p. 252. 



Large-fruited Dysoxylum. Tree. 



3 D. LAXIFLORUM (Blum. 1. c.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets alter- 

 nate, oblong-lanceolate ; flowers decandrous, in loose panicles. 



Tj . S. Native of Java. 

 Lax-flowered Dysoxylum. Tree. 



4 D. SI'MILE (Blum. 1. c.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets alter- 

 nate, opposite, oblong, bluntish, unequal ; flowers decandrous, 

 panicled ; capsule globose. ^ . S. Native of Java. Tri- 

 chilia similis, Spreng. syst. append, p. 252. 



Similar Dysoxylum. Tree. 



5 D. MOLLI'SSIMBM (Blum. 1. c.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 subopposite, ovate-oblong, bluntish, villous beneath, as well 

 as the panicles, which are divaricate ; flowers octandrous. t? . 

 S. Native of Java. Trichilia mollissima, Spreng. syst. append. 

 p. 252. 



Very-soft Dysoxylum. Tree. 



Cult. These trees will thrive in a mixture of loam, peat, and 

 sand, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, 

 in heat. 



XIII. EKEBE'RGIA (in honour of Charles Gustavus Eke- 

 berg, Captain a Swedish East Indiaman, who took Sparmann 

 to China for the purpose of making inquiries in natural his- . 

 tory). Sparm. act. holm. 1779. p. 282. t. 9. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 623. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 

 4. Stamens 10 ? with a very short, entire tube ; anthers almost 

 sessile on the inside of the tube. Stigma capitate. Berry glo- 

 bose, 5-seeded. Seeds unknown. A tree with impari-pinnate 

 leaves. 



1 E. CAPE'NSIS (Sparm. 1. c.) ^ . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope in the woods of Hautenequas and Essenboch, 

 where it is called by the Dutch colonists Essen or Esschenboom, 

 and Hautenequas Essen, from its resemblance to the common 

 ash. Leaves impari-pinnate, with 5 pairs of elliptical, acumi- 

 nated, smooth leaflets. Flowers white. Trichilia Capnsis, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 468. 



Cape Ekebergia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. Tree 20 ft. 



Cult. This tree will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and ripened cuttings, not deprived of their leaves, will root 

 in sand under a hand-glass. 



XIV. GU A'REA (Guara is a name given to one of the species 

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