PLATE DCXXXVII. 



TRIG H I LI A O D O RATA. 



Sweet-scented Trichilia. 



CLASS X. ORDER L 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 4 — 5-dentatus. Petala 4 — 5. Necta- 

 rium cylindricum, in apice dentatum, an- 

 theras 8 — 10 gerens, Capsula 3-locularis, 

 3-valvis. Semina baccata. 



Empalement 4 — 5-toothed. Petals 4 or 5. 

 Nectary cylindrical, toothed at the end, 

 and bearing from 8 to 10 stamens. Capsule 

 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds berries. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Trichilia petalis quatuor et decem antheris : 

 foliis pinnatis : folioHs lanceolatis, undu- 

 latis : floribus axillaribus : caule erecto, 

 moschato. 



Trichilia with four petals and ten stamens. 

 Leaves pinnated : leaflets lance-shaped and 

 undulated. Flowers grow from the axils of 

 the leaves. Stem upright, and musk- 

 scented. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. Empalement. 



2. Blossom spread open. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal. 



The genus Trichilia is certainly at present in a confused state, from the latitude annexed to it of 4 

 to 5 petals, and 8 to 10 stamens. It appears to contain at least two genera. This fine species is said 

 to have been sent over to England from the botanic garden in the Island of St. Vincent's by Doctor 

 A. Anderson about the year 1801, and is not we believe (at present) in any other collection but that of 

 Sir Abraham Hume, who favoured us with the specimen here delineated in fine bloom last summer 

 (1810). It possesses the same fragrance that is attributed to the Trichilia raoschata, of which we 

 have never seen specimens. 



