Marila
(the native name of the tree in the Antilles). SYN. Scyphaea. ORD. Ternstraemiaceae. A small genus (four species) of very ornamental stove evergreen West Indian and South American trees or shrubs. Flowers disposed in axillary racemes; sepals and petals four or five, latter imbricated. Leaves opposite, parallel, penniveined. The undermentioned is the only species known to our gardens. For culture, see Mahurea.
M. racemosa (racemose). fl. greenish-white, in axillary racemes. August. l. opposite, oblong-lanceolate, elegantly veined, entire, full of pellucid dots. h. 15ft. West Indies, 1827. Tree or shrub.