Refugium Botanicumn. | | November, 1871. 
TAB. 293. 
Natural Order MELIAcE®. 
Genus ‘T'rRrcHin1A, Linie. 
T. sponprorEs (Swartz, Hl. Ind. Oce. p. 780). Arborea ramis pu- 
bescentibus foliis imparipinnatis foliolis 8—6-jugis obovato- 
oblongis leviter pubescentibus lateralibus obliquis, paniculis 
thyrsoideis folus multo brevioribus, filamentis pubescentibus 
Jacq. Hort. Schoen. vol. 1. 


prope basin distincte concretis. 
fever C, J roar. 1, 622, 
Widely diffused in Tropical America, from the West Indies 
southward to Columbia and Brazil. 
A tree reaching fifteen to twenty feet high, with virgate 
branches pubescent when young. Leaves imparipinnate, with 
three to six pairs of shortly stalked opposite leaflets ; petiole 
woody, two to three inches long; rachis reaching half a foot or 
more in the lower leaves; end leaflets obovate-oblong, three to 
four inches long, often cuspidate ; side ones rounded at the base, 
especially on the upper side, the lower ones growing gradually 
shorter than the others; texture scarcely coriaceous ; both sides 
bright green, inconspicuously pubescent ; main veins channelled 
above and raised beneath. lowers in copious stiff erecto-patent 
short-stalked axillary thyrsoid panicles much shorter than the 
leaves. Pedicels very short. Calyx green, rotate, very minute, 
the lobes deltoid. Corolla campanulate, milk-white, one-eighth of 
an inch deep. Jilaments strap-shaped, pubescent, distinctly 
monadelphous for the lower third or quarter. Fruit a persistent 
triquetrous capsule half an inch deep, with loculicidal dehiscence, 
containing usually three large seeds. 
Tas. 298.—1, half-closed flower; 2, opened flower; 3, 4, stamens ; 
5, pistil and calyx: all magnified.—J. G. DB. 
The fine foliage of this plant makes it an interesting object in 
the stove, although its flowers are not remarkable for beauty. 
he plant was sent to me by the late Dr. Bowman from the 
vicinity of Rio Janeiro. ‘The plant delights in plenty of pot- 
room and a liberal supply of water. It grows freely in strong 
loam, and should be placed in a shady position—IJV. W. S. 
