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13. Trichilia moschata Svv. Prodr. 67. 1788. 



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

 Trichilia memhranacea Macfad. Fl. Jam. 1: 171. 1837. 

 Trichilia Dislini C DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 698. 1878. 

 Trichilia Harrisii Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 35: 568. 1908. 



A tree 7-12 m. high or sometimes .more; leaves odd-pinnate, 1.5-2.8 dm. long, the peti- 

 oles and rachis minutely strigillose to glabrous; leaflets 3-9, alternate, oblong-elliptic to elliptic 

 or somewhat oval, 6-15 cm. long, 2.5-7.5 cm. broad, more or less inequilateral and acute at the 

 base, acuminate at the apex, glabrous above, glabrous or hirsutulous on the midrib beneath, 

 petioluled; inflorescence axillary and subterminal, the branches strigillose when young; calyx 

 4- or 5-lobed, the lobes short-triangular-ovate, acute; corolla deeply 4- of 5-lobed, the lobes 

 coherent below, oblong-ovate, about 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, reflexed, more or less strig- 

 illose; staminal tube urn-shaped, glabrous; ovary subglobose or globose-ovoid, densely 

 hirsute; style glabrous; capsule ovoid to subglobose, 15-20 mm. long, usually densely veluti- 

 nous; seeds 8-12 mm. long, surrounded by a dark-purple aril. 



Type locality: Jamaica. 

 Distribution: Jamaica. 



14. Trichilia trachyantha (Griseb.) C. DC. in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. 1: 697. 1878. 



Moschoxylum Irachyanlhum Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 169. 1860. 



A shrub 2-3 m. or more in height; twigs, petioles, rachis, and branches of the inflorescence 

 more or less densely hispidulous when young, glabrous or nearly so in age; leaves short- 

 petioled, 6.5-15 cm. long; leaflets 3-7, oblong-elliptic to ovate, oval or obovate, 3-8 cm. long, 

 1.5-4 cm. broad, opposite or alternate, short-petioluled, abruptly and obtusely short-acuminate 

 at the apex, more or less inequilaterally rounded or acute at the base, the terminal leaflet some- 

 what larger, all rather loosely hispidulous beneath when young, glabrous in age, rigid, reticu- 

 late-veined; panicles axillary, 3-12 cm. long; flowers short-pedicelled, the pedicels about I mm. 

 long, strigillose; calyx gamosepalous, strigillose, the lobes 4 or 5, triangular or somewhat tri- 

 angular-orbicular, acute; petals 4, oblong to elliptic, 3 mm. long, 1.2-1.5 mm. broad, slightly 

 coherent at the base, white, strigillose; staminal tube subcampanulate, glabrous on the out- 

 side, slightly hispidulous within; anthers oblong to oblong-ovoid, glabrous, acute at the apex, 

 inserted at the bases of the sinuses, the lobes between the anthers acuminate; ovary 6 mm. 

 broad, ovoid, strigillose; stigma discoid; capsule ellipsoid, almost 1 cm. long 



Type locality: Near Monte Verde, Cuba. 

 Distribution: Cuba. 



15. Trichilia simplicifolia Spreng. Syst. 3: 69. 1826. 



Hcdwigia simplicifolia Spreng. Neue Entd. 3: 24. 1822. 

 Trichilia diversifolia A. Juss. Mem. Mus. Paris 19: 278. 1830. 

 Pholacilia diversifolia Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 130. 1859. 



A small or medium-sized tree; petioles and rachis often more or less grooved, clothed, 

 especially on the petioles, with small appressed hairs; leaves 1.5-2.8 dm. long; leaflets 3 or 5, 

 rarely only 1, elliptic to oval, or broadly obovate, 9-24 cm. long, 4-13 cm. broad, acuminate at 

 the apex, inequilateral and acutish or somewhat rounded at the base, petioluled, membranous, 

 minutely pellucid-dotted, glabrous; midveins impressed above, prominent beneath; inflo- 

 rescence axillary; flowers long-pedicelled, the pedicels jointed at the top; calyx puberulent, 

 the lobes triangular, acute; petals elliptic to oval, 4.5-5 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, obtuse at 

 the apex, puberulent on the outside with mostly appressed hairs; filaments oblong, distinct to 

 the base, hirsute above especially within; anthers more or less hirsute; ovary hirsute, sessile 

 in a shallow disk; capsule 1-1.4 cm. long, velutinous to nearly glabrous; seeds more or less 

 ovoid, often somewhat flattened. 



Type locality: Martinique. 

 Distribution: Martinique and Guadeloupe. 



