Part 4, 1924] MELIACEAE 285 



22. Trichilia parvifoliola C. DC. Ann. Cons. Jard. Geneve 

 10: 155. 1907. 



A small tree; twigs hirsute; leaves 6-10 cm. long, mostly at the ends of the branches; 

 petioles and rachis hirsute, the petioles 2-3 cm. long; leaflets 1 1 or 13, opposite or subopposite, 

 oblong-lanceolate to narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 cm. long, 0.8-1 cm. broad, more or less 

 inequilateral and acutish at the base, long-acuminate at the apex, loosely hirsute with scattered 

 hairs above, densely hirsute beneath when young especially on the midvein and lateral veins, 

 petioluled; panicles axillary, long-peduncled,- shorter than the leaves, the branches densely 

 hirsute; bracts narrowly lanceolate, hirsute; flowers pedicelled; calyx hirsute, the lobes tri- 

 angular or somewhat triangular-ovate, acute; petals oblong-elliptic to oblong-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. 

 long, 1.2-1.5 mm. broad, acute or obtuse at the apex, hirsute on the outside; staminal tube 

 lobed nearly to the base, the filaments villous above the base without and on the inside; anthers 

 villous; ovary ovoid, hirsute; style short, glabrous, cylindric; disc glabrous. 



Type locality: El Cerrito, on Lake Amatitlan, Guatemala. 

 Distribution: Guatemala. 



23. Trichilia Wawrana C. DC. in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. 1: 666. 1878. 



A shrub or tree; tw T igs appressed-pubescent ; leaves about 2 dm. long, the leaflets 3-15, 

 membranaceous, lanceolate or elliptic, 3-3.5 mm. long, 1.2-1.5 mm. broad, acuminate at the 

 apex, acute at the base, pilose on both sides, ciliate; panicles shorter than the leaves; flowers 

 pedicelled; calyx 5-toothed, the teeth deltoid, pubescent on outside; petals ovate-oblong, 

 glabrous, about 4 mm. long; filaments united below the middle, villose on the inside; anthers 

 ovoid; ovary densely hirsute. [Plant not seen.] 



Type locality: " Passo-Majo " [?Paso del Macho, Vera Cruz]. 

 Distribution: Mexico. 



24. Trichilia anisopleura C. DC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 

 5: 424. 1905. 



A tree, with glabrous or nearly glabrous branches; leaves about 4 dm. long, the petioles 

 and rachis hirsutulous; leaflets 11, opposite or subopposite, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 8-10.5 

 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad, very inequilaterally rounded at the base, acuminate at the apex, 

 hirsutulous above, velvety-pubescent beneath, the veins hirsutulous, minutely pellucid-dotted, 

 petioluled, the petiolules 3-6 mm. long; panicle shorter than the leaves, the peduncle 10-14.5 

 cm. long, hirsutulous; bracts of the inflorescence linear, hirsutulous, about 1-1.5 mm. long; 

 flowers pedicelled; calyx 5-toothed, hirsutulous on the outside, the teeth ovate to ovate-oval, 

 subacute or rounded at the apex; petals oblong to elliptic, about 4 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, 

 subacute at the apex, glabrous; staminal tube lobed to below the middle, the lobes glabrous 

 or nearly so on the back, hirsutulous within; anthers glabrous; ovary ellipsoid or ovoid- 

 ellipsoid, hirsutulous; style glabrous. 



Typic locality : Nicoya, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



25. Trichilia albiflora C. DC. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 

 68 6 : 7. 1917. 



A tree, with dark-brown twigs; leaves 1.5-3 dm. or more long; leaflets 11-17, oblong- 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 3.8-8 cm. long, 1.5-2.6 mm. broad, mostly opposite, acuminate 

 to long-acuminate at the apex, inequilateral and acute at the base, pilose on both sides; petioles 

 and rachis pilose at least above, the petiolules 2-3 mm. long; panicles long-peduncled, 1.5-3 

 dm. long, the branches spreading, pilose; pedicels about 1 mm. long, pilose; calyx 5-lobed, the 

 lobes broadly ovate, ciliate, rounded at the apex; petals 5, oblong-elliptic, 5.5 mm. long, 1.5 

 mm. broad, glabrous; stamens 10, the filaments pilose, united below the middle, the anthers 

 elliptic, about 1 mm. long; ovary ellipsoid, densely pilose; style 1.5 mm. long, glabrous; 

 stigma capitate. 



