130 MELIACEiE. 



find only a single ovale, wHch is attached below the top of the cell, and consequently 

 hemianatropous. The analytical figure of T. paliida, A. jlnss. (liel. t. 18 b), which is not 

 Swartz's species, agrees exactly with my analysis of Ph. diverdfolia, presenting a single, 

 hemianatropous qvul6 j and in; his- T. pteleiefoKa, which is an eyident coDgener, Jussiea him- 

 self declared the cells to he uaiovulate, and figures them as such (St. Hil. Fl. Bras. t. 99). 



5. Ph. diversifolia., Gr. Leaflets 3-1-jugal, elliptical or obovate-oblong, glabrous; 

 cymes corymbiform, shortly peduncled, puherulous, 2-4 times exceeded hy the common 

 petiole ; anthers 8 ; capsule glabrate, .^lohosei smooth^ rugulose. — Trichilia, A. Juss. — A 

 middle-sized tree ; leaflets variable in size, ^hape, and number, 8"-2" long, 4"-8"' broad : 

 principal veins prominent beneath, 8-lCi on each side, straightish, and arched near the 

 Inargin; petals whitish, 2'" long; capsule S"'-3"' diam. : seeds ovoid-globose. — Hab. Do- 

 minica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Pd., in mountain-woods ; [Haiti I, Guadeloupe !]. 



6. Ph. triuitensis, Gr. Leaflets ■3-2-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, pubern- 

 lous or glabrate ; cymes short, fasciculiform, subsessile, tomentose ; anthers 8-10 ; capsule 

 densely echinate with soft prickles, hairy, omte, bluntish. — ^Trichilia, A. Juss. Portesia 

 echinocarpa, Vriese .'—A. tree, 15'-20' high ; leaflets 4"-l" long, 2"-8"' broad : terminal 

 usually larger; petals 2'" long, tomentose; capsule 6"' long, 4'" broad, 2-1 -celled by abor- 

 tion : seed ovoid-globose, bkck, with a rufescent ariUus. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., at S. 

 Anns; [Guiana!]. 



5. PORTESIA, Cav. (emend). 



Calyx 4-5-fid. Petals ovate, imbricative. Staminai tube entire, 16-20-tootbed : anthers 

 8-10, sessile on the inner side of its mouth, prominent between the teeth-pairS) oblong; 

 glabrotis. Ovary 3-ceIled.: cells biovulate: ovules one above the other. Capsule of 

 TncMlia. — ^Fragrant trees or shrubs ; leaves impari-pinnate : leBS.d:s_few-juff<fl,-qmte entire, 

 glabrous; cymes axillary, fasdculiform, sessile. 



7. P. ovata, Cav. Leaflets 3-jugal, elliptical or oblong : petiole naked; cymes 

 glabrous : pedicels much longer than the flower ; staminai tube glabrous within : antljers 

 '8(-9); ovary glabrous; capsule globose, smooth, 3(-^)-celled. — Cav. Diss. 7. t. 215; Bot. 

 B^os. t. 637. — Trichilia pallida, Sw. ! {exclus. descr.Jldr., nee A. Juss.). T. odorata, Andr. 

 (ihde Moschoxylimi, A. Juss.). T. moschata fi, DC, Macf. ! — A low tree, or shrub, 

 lZ'-25'high; leaflets shining, 6"-2"'16ng, 2"-l" broad; cymes many-flowered, about 6'" 

 long ; petals 1'" long, yellowish ; capsule 4'" diam. : ariUus red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf.; 

 Pd., WUs:, Al., common ; [Cuba ! to Haiti, Mexico !, Guatemala !, Veraguas'!]. 



Trichilia glabra, Macf., irom its description, is no Meliacea at aU : hut T. glabra, L., of 

 Cuba, confounded by Swartz, is a second species of Portesia, distinguished by having nar- 

 rowly winged petioles, and a villous ovary. 



6. MOSCHOXYLUM, A. Juss. 



e'«?ya4-5-toothed. Pe^flfe valvar, cohering at the base (or distinct). Staminai tube 

 ■entire, 8-10-toothed : filaments very short, inserted between the teeth : anthers terminal, 

 subulate, glabrous. Ovary Z-txHui: cells biovulate, with the ovules coUateral. Pericarp.... 

 — Pragrant trees or shrubs; leaves pinnate; leaflets few-jugal, quite entire; panicles 



Swartz says, thatthe fniit is that of Trichilia : in my fruit-bearing specimens the peri- 

 carp, perhaps by monstrosity, is woody, indehiscent, and fiUed with balsam. 



8 M. SwartzH, Juss. Le&flets 9-3, eBiptical-oblong, glabrous; panicles loose, ra- 

 cemiforra, puherulous : divisions corymbiform, shortly peduncled ; corolla deeply 4-5-oarfe'fe, 

 twice as long as the calyx : segments ovate-oblong, pointed, spreading above : ovary to- 

 mentose.— TnchiUa moschata, Sie.!, Macf.l T. membranacea, Macf. I— k. low, highly 

 fragrant, resinous tree ; leaflets 4''-8" long, 2''-l" broad, either alternate (with the terminal 

 one sometimes abortive), or (m the same branch) opposite, and impari-pinuate, about twice as 

 long as the panicle; coroUa yellowish-white, l''Mong.— Hab. Jamaica 1, Macf., AL- 

 Triuidad !, Pd,, Or. > j > , 



7. GUAKEA, L. 



Calyx 4-toothed or 4-lohea. Petals oblong, imbricative. Staminai tufre quite entire': 



