TRICHILIA. 



molt gradually largeit — Native of mountainous woods about 

 the Havaiinah. A lofty, branched, fpreading /rcf, exhaling 

 a fetid, very difagreeable fcent. Leaves of from five to feven 

 fmooth and (hining leaflets, nearly feffile ; on a [lightly 

 winged ftalk, about five inches long. Clujlers axillary, very 

 fhort. Capfules globofe, greenifh. Jacqitin. 



5. T. paUida. Pale Trichilia. Swartz Ind. Occ. 733. 

 Willd. n. J. ( Portefia ovata ; Cavan. Diff. 369. t. 21 j.) 

 — Leaves pinnate ; leaflets fmooth, membranous, elliptic- 

 ublong. Clufters axillary, iimple, fomewhat aggregate. 

 Flowers four-cleft, oftandroiis. Capfules of two valves only. 

 — Native of bulhy places, in the mountainous parts of Hif- 

 paniola, flowering in February and March. A tree, whofe 

 'trunk is from twelve to fifteen feet high, branched, fmooth, 

 with nearly horizontal, fmooth, round, fubdivided branches- 

 Leaves large and handfome, thin, reticulated with innumer- 

 able veins. Leaflets from two to five inches long, the outer- 

 moft gradually largeft, the partial _/?a/i of th- terminal one 

 ,not longer than the reft. Clujlers about an inch long, 



Iiufually two or three together, fomewhat downy, or filky. 

 Flowers whitilh. Calyx and petals downy. Nectary, or eight 

 combined Jlamens, externally fmooth, hairy within at the 

 fummit. Capfule roundifh, of two cells and two valves, with 

 two feeds in each cell, one above the other, invefted with 

 fcarlet vifcid pulp. 



6. T. mofchata. Muflcy Trichilia, or Muflc-wood. Swartz 

 Ind. Occ. 735. Willd. n. 6. — Leaves alternately pinnate; 

 leaflets ovate, pointed, fmooth. Clufters axillary, compound. 

 Flowers four or five -cleft, monopetalous. Neftary undi- 

 vided. Capfule with one feed Found in old woods of the 



northern part of Jamaica, flowering in May. The inhabit- 

 ants know this tree by the name of Mujk-ivood, becaufe 

 every part, the bark, bruifed leaves, Jlotuers, and fruit, fmell 

 powerfully of mufl<. The pulp of the feed has a fweet tafte. 

 'Tlie trunk is twenty feet high, or more. Leaflets alternate, 

 I veiny ; (hining on the upper fide; on very ftiort partial 

 Ift.alks ; their common ftalk hoary. Clujlers folitary, ereft, 

 of many fmall whitiftl flowers. Calyx downy. Corolla in 

 four or five deep ovate fegments, with a (hort tube. Nedary 

 fearcely longer than the tube of the corolla, undivided, bear- 

 ing rarely more than eight anthers, though the corolla is 

 generally five -cleft. Capfule down, of three or four valves. 

 Seed folitary, like ^drupa with a brittle (kin, and a juicy rich 

 fcarlet pulp, including a hard oblong kernel, feparable into 

 two parts. 



7. T. odorata. Sweet-fcented Trichilia. Andr. Repof. 

 t, 637. Ait. Epit. 375. — Leaves oppofitely pinnate ; 

 leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, pointed, fmooth. Clufters ax- 

 illary, compound, denfe. Petals four. Neftary in ten 

 double-pointed fegments, with a flightly ftalked anther be- 

 tween the points Native of the Weft Indies ? It was fent 



by Dr. A. Anderfon, from the botanic garden at St. Vin- 

 cent's to fir Abraham Hume, about the year 1801, and 

 flowered in his ftove at Wormleybury, in 18 10. The plant 

 has a mufl<y fcent, but appears otherwife different from the 

 laft. The leaflets are feven or nine ; their common ftalk 

 fmooth, except when very young. Flotuers pale green, 

 numerous, in ftiort, denfe, compound clujlers. We find them, 

 as defcribed in Mr. Andrews's work, with four broad-ovate 

 feparate petals, though the nePary confifts of ten flat feg- 

 ments, united lialf way up, deeply forked at the fummit, and 

 each bearing from the fork an ovate, inflexed, two-celled 

 anther, on a very rtiort llender ftalk, or filament. Nothing 

 is known o{ \\\e Jrmt. 



8. T. fpeaabilis. Handfome New-Zeeland Trichilia. 



Forft. Prodr. 33. Willd. n. 7 " Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 



obovate. Clufters axillary, compound." — Gathered by 



Forfter in New Zeeland. His fpecific charafter, all we 

 know of the plant, is not fufficicnt to diftinguifli it from our 

 fourth fpecies, T. glabra, though the two fpecies are pro- 

 bably widely diiferent. 



9. T. alliacea. Garlick Trichilia. Forft. Prodr. 33. 

 WiUd. n. 8 — " Leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute. 

 Clufters axillary, repeatedly compound." — Native of the 

 idand of Namoka. 



10. T. glandulofa. Glandular-veined Trichilia. — Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets five or feven, elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly 

 pointed, with axillary hairs on their veins beneath. Petals 



four. Neftary undivided. Stigma deprefled Native of 



New South Wales, near Port .Jackfon. A fpecimen from 

 thence was communicated to us by fir Jofeph Banks, under 

 the name of T. odandra of Solander, which not being pub- 

 lifhed, we prefume to change, as the oftandrous fpecies of 

 this genus are numerous, though this only was then known 

 to the great botanifts who firft difcovered it. The leaves 

 agree nearly with T. heterophylla, hereafter defcribed, in fize 

 and ftiape, but are all pinnate, and remarkable for axillary 

 glands, bearing tufts of hairs, along the mid-rib of each leaflet 

 beneath, as in the Lauruftinus, of which we perceive no indi- 

 cations in any other fpecies, except perhaps the firft. Clujlers 

 axillary, folitary, ftalked, an inch or two in length, firhple, 

 of few Jlotuers. Calyx four-cleft, minutely fringed. Petals 

 four. NeUary undivided. Anthers eight, feffile. Stigma 

 capitate, broad. Capfule triangular, deprefled, with three 

 deflexed lobes. Seeds in a red, pulpy, elaftic tunic. 



1 J. T. heterophylla. Various-leaved Trichiha. Willd. n. 9. 

 (Portefia mucronata ; Cavan. Dift. 370. t. 216.) — Leave.^ 

 pinnate or ternate ; leaflets elliptic-obovate, pointed. Cluf- 

 ters fimple, axillary and terminal. Petals four. Neftary 

 undivided. Anthers eight. Stigma club-fliaped — Gathered 

 by Commerfon in Madagafcar. Leaves fmooth ; of three or 

 five ftalked, moftly elliptical, taper-pointed leajlds, near two 

 inches long. Clujlers an inch long, folitary or in pairs. 

 Floiuers fmall, four-cleft. Fruit unknown. 



12. T. trifoUata. Three-leaved Weft Indian Trichilia. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 551. Willd. n. 10. Jacq. Amer. 129. t. 82. 

 Vahl Symb. v. i. 31. (T. quie Halefia Loeflingii ; Loefl. 

 It. 188.) — Leaves ternate; leaflets obovate, poliflied, ob- 

 tufe ; tapering at the bafe ; the odd one much the largeft. 

 — Native of South America, and fome of the Weft Indian 

 iflands, flowering in April and May. A tree fifteen feet high, 

 exhaling from every part a difagreeable, though not power- 

 ful, odour. Leaves alternate, ftalked ; their two oppoftfe 

 leaflets an inch long, the odd one two inches ; all very ob- 

 tufe, tapering greatly at the bafe, without any partial ilalki. 

 Clujlers axillary, very fliort, of about fix fmall, whitilh, five- 

 cleft flowers. Capfule green, with brownifli dots, globofe, 

 of three valves. Seeds with a fcarlet (kin. The negro wo- 

 men are faid to procure abortion by a decotlion of the roots. 

 Jacquin. . 



13. T. nervoja. Three-leaved Eaft Indian Trichilia. 

 Vahl Svmb. v. 1. 31. Willd. n. 11. (Melia Koetjape ; 

 Burm. ind. 101, excluding Plukenet's fynonym.)— Leaves 



ternate ; leaflets ovate, acute ; their nbs hairy beneath 



Native of .lava. Branches downy at the extremity . Leaves 

 ftalked ; leaflets on ftiort ftalks, entire, two inches long, and 

 we prefume all three about equal in fi/e ; common ftalk 

 downy, the length of the leaflets, fliorter than the axillary 

 n^nght flower Jlalks. Flowers in ftiort denfe panicles, with 

 a lanceolate bradea at the bafe of each. Calyx and corolla 

 villous. 



14. T. Jpinofa. Thorny Tnchilia. Willd. n. 12. 

 ( " Turrsea virens ; Hellenius in Stockh. Tranf. for 1788. 294. 

 t 10. f. I." We fufpea an error in llit page.)—" Leaves 



firaple, 



