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4«f_gm loQg^ ^m i,roa3_ — Hais. Jamaica !, Macf., March, common ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 [Mexico 1 to Guiana I and equatorial Brazil I, Bast Indies !, Afghanistan !]. 



Tribe II. TRICHILTEM — Seeds exalbuminom : cotyledons fieshy. 

 Ovary -cells 2-l(-4)-o»aW«. 



a. ACRILIA, Or. 

 (Trichiliee sp., Jac^^ 



Calyx 5-4-fid. Petals oblong, imbricative. Staminal tube 10-8-fid, separable to th - 

 base into several 8-1-audrous bundles : lobes oblong, blunt : anthers terminal. Ovary 

 3-celled : cells biovulate. Periearp coriaceous, indeMscent ; seeds covered with a pulpy 

 arillus: radicle superior. — Leaves impari-piimate : leaflets quite entire; panicles eojyraij- 

 form, termiaal and axillary from the uppermost axils. 



A. Jussieu's Trichilite must be broken up into several generic types, each having a peculiar 

 structure of the staminal tube. This view is confirmed by habitual characters in the inflo- 

 rescence: Jerilia is further distinguished by its globose pericarp, which opens with irregular 

 ruptures, not with valves. 



2. A. Sloanei, Gr.—Sl. t. 220. /. 1.— Trichilia terminalis, Jaeq. T. hirta, Sw. I 

 {non L.). T. Sloanei, Macf . I — A tree; leaflets 3-4-jugal, Ipng-petiolulate, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, glabrous ; panicles fastigiate, pubescent, dense, W-%" long and broad ; calyx spread- 

 iug, 3 times exceeded by the corolla : lobes 3-angular; petals yellowish, tomentose, 3™ long ; 

 anthers and staminal tube pubescent, included; stigma capitate; pericarp tomentose, 8'" 

 diam.; «eUs by abortion usually 1-seeded : seeds roundish, black, with a red arillus. — Has. 

 Jauiiaical, Ma^., Pd., I., March, common. 



3. TRICHILIA, L. {emend:). 



Calyx 5-4-M. Petals ovate-oblong, imbricative. Staminal tube 10-8-partite : segments 

 subulate-oblong, blunt : anthers terminal, ovoid. Ovary 3-celled : cells biovulate, with the 

 ovules collateral. Ca/psnle loculicidal : seeds covered vrith a pulpy arUlus : radicle superior. 

 — Leaves usudXly iwpari-^nnate : leaflets quite entire; panicles racemiform, axillary, pe- 

 duncled, 



3. T. hirta, L. (noa Sw.), Lei^ets S-juyal, eHii^tical or oblong-lanceolate, glabrous ; 

 panicles puberulous, 2~4s times exceeded by the leaf: divisions few(-l)-flowered ; filaments 

 cohering at the base: anthers 10, hairy ; capsule . . . . — Sl.t. 210. y. 3, 3 ; Jacq. Schmnbr. 1. n 

 t. 102. — T. spondioides, Jacq. {partim). — A low tree; leaflets variable, tapering at the base, 

 the lower ones smaller ; petals whitish, glabrous, 2'" long ; staminal tube hairy within, very 

 short. — Hab. Jamaica 01.) ; [S. Thomas I, Guadeloupe !, New Granada]. 



/ 4. T. spondioides, Sw./ Leaflets \0-1-jugal, ovate-oblong, oblique at the base, 

 ^ glabrous; panicles puberulous, 4 times exceeded by the leaf: divisions 11-3-flowercd ; sta- 

 minal tube cohering to one-third, at length divided: anthers 10, hairy; capsule tomentose, 

 rugulose. — T. spondioides, Jacq. Amer., belongs p^ly to this, but his figure to the preceding. 

 T. spondioides, A. Juss. {Mel. f. 18 o) agrees in structure, hut is represented wrongly as 

 having glabrous anthers. — ^A low tree, 15'-2Q' high ; leaflets rounded at the base, pointed, 

 the lower ones smaller ; petals greenish-yeHow, 1"' long ; stamens hairy ; capsule subglobose, 

 5"'-6"' diam. ; seeds ovoid: anUus red. — Hab. 3e.ismca.\, Al,, March, comaaoa.; [Cuba!]. 



4. PHOLACILIA, Gr. 

 (Trichilise sp., A. Juss.) 



Calyx 4-5-fid. Felfils oblong, imbricative. Staminal tube deeply 8-10-fid : lobes 

 subulate-oblong, bidentate at the top : anthers terminal, oblong, hairy. Ovary Srcelled ; 

 cells 1-ovulate. Ca/psvle of Trichilia. — Leaves impa/ri-pinnate or temate: leaflets quite 

 entire, costate beneath by the primaary veins, fev>-\-jugal ; cymes axillary, short, shortly 

 peduncled or subsessile. 

 ' A. Jussieu has described two superimposed ovules in both the "West Indian species : but I 



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