P L A T E DCXXXVII.
T R I C H I L I A ODORATA.
Sweet-scented Trichilia.
CLASS X. ORDER L
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointai.
• E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 4—5-deiitatus. Pelala 4—5. Nectarium
cylindricum, in apice dentatura, antheras
8—10 gerens. Capsula 3-locularis,
3-valvis. Senaina 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.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
TRICHILIA petalis quatuor et decem antheris :
foliis pinnatis : foliolis lanceolatis, undulatis
: fioiibus 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 muskscented.
R E F E R E N C E 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 Trichnia moschata, of which we
have never seen specimens.
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