Part 4, 1924] MELIACEAE 281 



Type locality: Mexico. 

 Distribution: Mexico. 



10. Trichilia propinqua (Miq.) C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 



1: 693. 1878. 



Moschoxylum propinquum Miq. Stirp. Surin. 74. 1851. 



Trichilia propinqua cinerasccns C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 693. 1878. 



A small tree; young branches appressed-pubescent; leaves 15-30 cm. long; leaflets 5-9, 

 alternate, lanceolate-oblong, or oblong-oblanceolate, the upper 10.5-16 cm. long, 3.5 cm. broad, 

 obtusely acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, sessile, puberulous on the midvein above, 

 pilose beneath; petioles appressed-pubescent, grooved above ; rachis subterete, pilose ; panicle 

 shorter than the leaves, the branches pilose; flowers pedicelled; calyx obtusely 5-dentate, 

 puberulous without ; petals 5, oblong-ovate, acute at the apex, appressed-puberulent on the 

 outside; staminal tube urceolate, glabrous, denticulate, the teeth acute; anthers 8, elliptic- 

 oblong, glabrous, obtuse at the apex; ovary ovoid, densely hirsute, sessile; style about equal 

 to the ovary, the apex glabrous; stigma very shortly cylindric; capsule oblong-obovoid, 18 

 mm. long. 



Type locality: Surinam. 



Distribution: Central America; also in northern South America. 



11. Trichilia tuberculata (Triana & Planch.) C. DC. in DC. 



Monog. Phan. 1: 711. 1878. 



Odontandra tuberculata Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 15: 374. 1S72. 



A tree 9-12 m. high; twigs grayish, appressed-puberulent; leaves 9-14 cm. long; leaf- 

 lets 5 or 7, alternate, oblong-elliptic, the lower leaflets sometimes nearly oval, 4-9 cm. long, 

 3-3.7 cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, inequilateral and acute at the base, midvein elevated 

 above, puberulent, glabrous or with short, scattered hairs beneath, petioluled, without pellucid 

 dots; panicle axillary, shorter than the leaves, the branches densely puberulent; flowers short- 

 pedicelled; calyx puberulent, the lobes triangular or triangular-ovate; petals ovate, 2-2.5 mm. 

 long, 1.5-1.7 mm. broad, acutish, slightly puberulent, coriaceous; staminal tube short-cup- 

 shaped, glabrous, the teeth acuminate; anthers ohlong or oblong-ovate, glabrous; ovary hirsute; 

 style short, columnar, glabrous; capsule "oblong or somewhat ovoid, 2 cm. long, blackish, 

 tuberculate. " 



Type locality.: In woods, Empire Station, Panama. 

 Distribution:' Panama. 



12. Trichilia Pittieri C. DC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 II. 5: 425. 1905. 



A tree 25-30 m. tall, the young growth, petioles, rachis, and branches of the inflorescence 

 densely puberulent with short, brown, more or less appressed hairs; leaves odd-pinnate, 30-40 

 cm. long, the petioles and rachis flat or slightly channeled above, rounded on the back; leaflets 

 9-17, alternate or opposite, oblong-elliptic to somewhat oblanceolate, 14-19 cm. long, 5-7 cm. 

 broad, acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, slightly puberulent on the midrib and lateral 

 veins above and beneath; petiolules about 5 mm. long; lower leaflets very much smaller, elliptic 

 to oval, 2-4 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad, often more or less rounded at the base and short-acuminate 

 at the apex, the petiolules 1-3 mm. long; panicles 15-21 cm. long and often about as broad, 

 the branches flat and more or less grooved; flowers about 6 mm. in diameter; pedicels subtended 

 by one or two linear or linear-lanceolate bracts of unequal length, articulated at the base; calyx 

 5-lobed, puberulent on the outside, the lobes ovate to broadly triangular-ovate, acute; petals 

 5, oblong-elliptic to oblong-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, about 2 mm. broad, acute, densely puberu- 

 lent; anthers oblong, subsessile, papillose, inserted at the bases of the sinuses, the lobes between 

 acuminate; ovary densely puberulent; capsule not seen. 



Type locality: Tuis, near Turrialba, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Costa Rica. 



