LECYTHIDEiE. I. Lecythis. 



873 



Ollata Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 40 to 60 feet. 



flowers ; petals obtuse ; fruit nearly ovate, depressed, 4-celled. 



2 L. MINOR (Jacq. amer. p. 168. t. 109.) leaves petiolate, Tj . S. Native of Guiana, in woods, at the river Sinemari, and 



serrated, lanceolate-oblong ; racemes terminal ; fruit globose. of Brazil, in Maranham, and the province of Para. Flowers 



>2 . S. Native in the woods of Carthagena, especially about rose-coloured. Fruit an inch in diameter. The leaves in the 



La Quinta. Flowers large, sweet scented, white, but with the Brazilian specimen are less intensely reticulated than in the 



strap of the stamens yellow. Fruit 2 inches m diameter. Guiana plant. Perhaps Z. lutea is a variety of this species,. 



Seeds eatable, and with a very agreeable taste. Monkey 

 said to be extremely fond of them. 



Smaller Csxmon-hdW'iree. Clt. 1825. Tree 60 feet. 



S L. lanceola'ta (Poir. diet. p. 27.) 

 rated, lanceolate, acuminated ; racemes 



leaves petiolate, ser- 

 lateral : fruit ovate. 



only differing in the colour of the flowers. 



Idatimon Cannon-b^U-tree. Clt. 1825. Tree 60 feet. 



10 L. LONGiPEs (Poit. mem. mus. 13. p. 144. t. 2.) leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, quite entire, abruptly acuminated ; racemes 

 terminal, loose, pendulous ; fruit ovate, depressed, 2-ceIIed. 



\. S. Native of Brazil, whence it has been introduced to Tj . S. Native of Cayenne, at Mount Mahari. Flowers vio- 



us. Flowers smaller than those of laceous. Fruit violaceous, with a white lid, 18-24 lines in 



g, V..V. Maurit 



tlie first species. Petals very blunt, nearly equal. 

 Lanceolate-le^ved Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



Fruit large. diameter. 



i 



dentately crenated ; racemes straight ; petals obtuse. 



Moral 



Fruit unknown. 



p. 259.) 



the base, 



Tj. S. 



Magdalena, 



Var, j3f platycdrpa (Poit. 1. c*) fruit large, depressed; flowers 

 smaller, pendulous, fj • S. Native of Cayenne, at Savanna 

 Baduel. Perhaps a proper species. 



Long'petioled Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



11 L. PEDiciLLA^Ris (D. C. 1. c.) Icavcs on short petioles, 

 oblong, gradually acuminated, quite entire ; panicles terminal ; 

 pedicels slender, length of corolla. Ij • S* Native of Brazil. 



narrowed at the base, obsoletely 



Native 



toothed. 



Tj. S. 



FIG. 127. 



on 



Elliptic-leaved Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



5 L. du'bia (H. B. et Kunth, I.e.) leaves oblong, acuminated, intermediate between L. Ibngtpes and Z. corrvgata, but the 



colour of the flowers and fruit is unknown ; it however differs 

 from the first species in the leaves being not abruptly but gradually 

 acuminated, and in the flowers being smaller ; and from the second 

 in the pedicels being 6-times longer than the flowers; and from 

 both in the 1 besof the calyx being oval-oblong, not roundish. 

 Pedicelled-Rowered Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



12 L. acumina^ta (D. C. 1. c.) leaves on short petioles, quite 

 entire, oval, abruptly acuminated, rather membranous ; panicle 

 elongated, sparingly branched at the base ; pedicels slender, 

 length of the corolla. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Rio Negro. This species is allied to Z. longipes and 

 Z. pedicellaris in the elongated pedicels, but differs from the 

 first in the leaves being oval, not oblong, and in the racemes 

 being erect, not pendulous, &c., and from the second in the 

 leaves being abruptly, not gradually acuminated. Fruit un- 

 known. 



AcuminatedAedived Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



13 L. suBBiFLORA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 461.) leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, acuminated ; pedicels 

 1 -flowered, usually 2-together ; petals obtuse. ^ . S. Native 



the banks of the river Magda- 

 lena. Flowers and fruit un- 

 known. 



Doubtful Cannon-ball-tree. Tr. 



6 L. LONGIFOLIA (H. B. et 



Kunth, 1. c.) leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, acute at the 

 base, obsoletely and remotely 

 toothed, conduplicate. ^ . S. 

 Native of South America, where 

 it is called Cocos de mono. Flowers 

 and fruit unknown. 



Long-leaved Cannon-ball-tree. 

 Tree. 



* * Leaves quite entire, 

 (Aubl 



284, and of Peru. 



285.) leaves petiolate, oval, acute, quite entire, stiff*; racemes 



ax 



petal; fruit ovate, nearly globose; operculum acute, b- S. 

 Native of Cayenne, in woods, where it is called, as well as 



several other species, 



Macaque and Mar mite 



Somewhat-two-Jlowered Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



14 L. ALBiFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) Icaves petiolate, oval, acute or 

 acuminated, rather coriaceous, quite entire ; panicle terminal, 

 with its branches angular; pedicels longer than the corolla; 

 petals rather unequal. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro 



L. oll^ria, Lin. amoen. but not of his spec. pL according to vince of Para, at the Rio Negro, in woods. Lecythis, Mart, 

 the Linnsean herbarium, ex Smith, in Rees' cycl. 20. no. 1. herb. Flowers white, nearly like those of Z. Idatimon. Fruit 



Leaves glabrous on both surfaces, rather velvety beneath when 

 young. Pedicels thick. Flowers 2 inches in diameter. Petals 

 deep red, very hard. Fruit 4-5 inches in diameter. Seeds eat- 

 able and very palatable. 



Great flowered Cannon-ball 



8 L. cokia'cea (D. C. prod. 3- p. 291.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oval, acutish, quite entire, stiff", glabrous on both surfaces ; 



pedicels 



of the flowers. 



ro. 



Rio Neg 



L. grandiflbn 



known. 

 Coriaceous 



^ 



unknown. Leaves less coriaceous, but much more reticulated 

 than in Z. Idatimon. 



White-flowered Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 60 feet. 



15 L. coRRUGA^TA (Poit. mem. mus. 13. p. 145. f. 3.) leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, acute, coriaceous, quite entire ; panicle ter- 

 minal, erect ; flowers on very short pedicels ; fruit turbinate, 

 4-celled, corrugated. Tj . S. Native of Guiana, along the river 

 La Mana. Flowers rose-coloured. Fruit an inch in dia- 

 Native of Brazil, in the province^ of meter, girded by the calyx, deeply corrugated by transverse 



Clt 



Consistence and nervation of leaves nearly as in wrinkles, (f. 127.^ 



Fruit un- 



Tree. 



(Aubl 



^. p 



•) 



short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire; ra- 

 cemes axillary and terminal ; pedicels slender, longer than the 



VOL. II. 



Corrugated-ixnMed Cannon-ball-tree. Shrub 6 to 10 ieet. 



16 L. Zabuca'jo (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 719. t. 288. and t. 284.) 

 leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire ; 

 racemes terminal ; pedicels rather shorter than the flowers ; 

 petals acute ; fruit ovate. T? . S. Native of Guiana, in woods, 

 where it is called by the natives Quatele and Zabucajo. Petals 



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