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TRICHILIA oporata. 
Sweet-scented Trichilia. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nat. Orv. MELIACE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyz quinque- (vel quadri-) dentatus). Petala quinque (vel 
quatuor). Nectarium 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, ae quatuor, dentibus necta- 
riferis bifidis. 
T. odorata, “ Anpr. Bot. Repos. t. 637. Gare 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 sess 
sile, 3-lobed. The fruit I have not seen. 
This species departs from the characters of the genus, as 
- they are laid down by Jussteu and SMITH; for it has a ca- 
lyx which is neither tubular nor ea 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 Z. odorata, also, as this is stated by Smita (for I 
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