Part 4, 1924] MELIACEAE 279 



2.5 cm. long, often somewhat channeled above, puberulent; leaflets short-petioluled or sub- 

 sessile, oblong-obovate, 3-7 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad, cuneate at the base, rounded, subtruncate, 

 or rarely acute at the apex, glabrous, reticulate- veined, entire, coriaceous; panicles raceme- 

 like, axillary, 1.5-4.5 cm. long, the peduncles and pedicels puberulent; flowers about 6 mm. 

 in diameter; calyx cup-shaped, 4- or 5-lobed, strigillose on the outside; petals 4 or 5, lanceolate- 

 elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 3-4 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, strigillose; staminal cup subcampanu- 

 late, glabrous; anthers subsessile, narrowly ovate; ovary strigillose; fruit 13-16 mm. long, 

 8-11 mm. broad, velvety-pubescent with brownish hairs. 



Type locality: Papine Estate, Jamaica. 

 Distribution: Jamaica. 



5. Trichilia trifolia L. Syst. ed. 10. 1020. 1759. 



Trichilia trifoliala L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 551. 1762. 



Trichilia Halesia Loefl.; Urban, Repert. Sp. Nov. 17: 160. 1921. 



A tree 7 m. or so high, with grayish or grayish-brown puberulent twigs, glabrous in age- 

 leaves 3-12 cm. long; petioles puberulent, 1-3 cm. long; leaflets 3; lateral leaflets elliptic; 

 obovate to obovate-oval, 2-5.5 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. broad, rounded and often emarginate at 

 the apex, acute at the base, short-petioluled or subsessile, glabrous, the terminal leaflet obovate, 

 usually decidedly larger than the lateral ones; midvein impressed above, the lateral veins 

 reticulate; inflorescence axillary, shorter than the petioles; flowers subsessile or short-petio- 

 luled; calyx cup-shaped, 4- or 5-toothed, glabrous, the teeth triangular, acute or rounded, 

 ciliate; petals elliptic-oblong to oblong-obovate, 3.5-5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, obtuse or 

 subacute, erect, coriaceous, glabrous; staminal tube lobed to the middle or below, the lobes 

 oblong, hirsute within; anthers oblong or oblong-ovate, glabrous; ovary oblong-ovoid or 

 ovoid, hirsute; capsule subglobose or globose-ovoid, 6.5-8 mm. long, 6.7 mm. broad, hirsute 

 to nearly glabrous; seeds 4.5-5 mm. long, 3-3.5 mm. broad. 



Type locality: Venezuela. 



Distribution: Cuba; Mexico; Nicaragua; also in Curacao, Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela. 



Illustrations: Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Am. pi. 82; Fl. Desc Ant. 8: pi. 578. 



6. Trichilia Palmed C. DC. Bot. Gaz. 19: 39. 1894. 



A tree, with grayish, glabrous branches; leaves 7-10 cm. long; petioles puberulent above, 

 2.5 cm. long; leaflets 3, lanceolate, obtusely short-acuminate at the apex, equilateral and acute 

 at the base, petioluled, midvein with a slender keel above, the keel elevated and extending 

 to near the base of the petiolule, the terminal leaflet long-stalked, 5-7.5 cm. long, 2-3 cm. 

 broad, the lateral leaflets smaller, glabrous above, the lateral nerves indistinct, puberulent 

 beneath, pellucid-dotted; panicles axillary, equaling or shorter than the petioles, glabrous; 

 capsule subglobose, 6.5-7.5 mm. broad, subsessile, the valves ovate, acute, glabrous, blackish- 

 brown, conspicuously spotted with numerous pale scattered lenticels; seeds ellipsoid, 4-4.5 

 mm. long. 



Type locality: Armeria, Colima. 

 Distribution: Mexico. 



7. Trichilia havanensis Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 20. 1760. 



Trichilia odorata Andr. Bot. Repos. pi. 637. 1811. 



Trichilia moschata odorata DC. Prodr. 1: 623. 1824. 



Moschoxylum odoratum A. Juss. Mem. Mus. Paris 19: 239. 1830. 



Trichilia moschata octandra Macfad. Fl. Jam. 1: 171. 1837. 



Trichilia minor A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cuba 301. 1842. 



Moschoxylum veragtiasense Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 93. 1853. 



Moschoxylum cuneatum Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 1 : 413. 1858. 



Portcsia 'ovata Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 130, in part. 1859. Not P. orala Cav. 1789. 



Portesia glabra Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 47. 1866. 



Trichilia havanensis lanceolata C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 677. 1878. 



Trichilia havanensis multijuga C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 677. 1878. 



Trichilia jamaicensis C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 678. 1878. 



Trichilia jamaicensis brevifolia C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 679. 1878. 



Trichilia Lehmanni C. DC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 571. 1894. 



Trichilia havanensis spatitlata Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 314. 1895. 



