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TRICHILIA ODORATA. 
Sweet-scented Trichilia. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.— Nat. Ord. MELIACEJE. 
Gen. Char. — Calyx quinque- (vel quadri-) dentatus). Petala quinque (vel 
quatuor). Nedarium dentatum (cylindricum ?) in apicem dentium An- 
theras gerens. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis, trisperma. Semina arillata. 
Trichilia odorata ; foliis opposito-pinnatis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis gla- 
bris, racemis glomeratis axillaribus, petalis quatuor, dentibus necta^ 
riferis bifidis. 
T. odorata, " Andr. Bot. Repos. t. 637-" — Smith, in Rees' Cycl. 
A shrub, reaching, in the stove of the Liverpool Botanic Garden, to a height 
of about 8 feet, with long cylindrical branches, the younger of which 
are green, and slightly pubescent. Leaves very numerous, alternate, 
pinnated with generally from three to four pairs, and an odd one, of op- 
posite leaflets, which are shortly stalked, ovato-lanceolate, dark green, 
subcoriaceous, waved, glabrous, entire, faintly nerved, paler beneath. 
Flowers arranged in short, compound, axillary clusters, of a pale green hue, 
and small. Pedicels subpubescent, as well as the calyx, which is minute, 
composed of 4 spreading lobes or teeth, minutely ciliated at the margin. 
Petals four, ovato-concave, rather fleshy, pale green. Nectary, or fila- 
ments, of eight, ovate, pale green, slightly concave, bifid scales, united 
at the base by a fleshy ring which surrounds the base of the germen. 
Anthers eight, one on each of the nectariferous scales, and between the 
cleft, linear, pale yellow, 2-celled. Germen ovate, 3-celled. Stigma ses- 
sile, 3-lobed. The fruit I have not seen. 
This species departs from the characters of the genus, as 
they are laid down by JussiEU and Smith ; for it has a ca- 
lyx which is neither tubular nor bell-shaped ; its nectary also 
cannot be termed cylindrical, being composed of eight scales, 
distinct to their base, where they are united by a fleshy ring, 
which encircles the base of the germen. With the specific de- 
finition of T. odorata, also, as this is stated by Smith (for I 
A^OL. II. 
