LECYTHIDEiE. IV. Courocpita. V. Couratari. 



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branches, bracteate. Flowers large, of a dirty whitish or flesh- 

 colour. 



Lin. syst. Monddelphia^ Polydndrta. Tube of calyx tur- 

 binate ; limb 6-parted. Petals 6, joined at the base. Stamens 



1 C. Guiane'nsis (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 708. t. 282.) leaves numerous; filaments concrete into an urceolately concave' trun- 

 acute ; edge of calyx circumcised; petals acute. Tj . S. Na- cate unilateral ligula, bearing the anthers on the inside. Ova- 

 tive of Guiana and Cayenne, in sand by the sea side, where it is rium 3-4-celled ; cells 4-ovulate ; ovulas erect. Style subu- 



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called CouroupitoutoumoUi e^ Barrere ; Ahricot sauvage, ex Au- 

 blet; Calehasse-coUn, ex Poit. Fruit larger than a head, and 

 conseqviently called boulet de canon or cannon^halU Tuss. ant. 

 2. p. 45. f. 20-11. Lecythis bracteata, Willd. PekeaCourou- 

 pita, Juss. Pulp of fruit vinous. Flowers flesh-coloured, size 

 of those of Lecythis grandifloraf sweet-scented. The pulp of the 

 fruit is white, acid, and not disagreeable. 



Guiaiia Cannon-ball-tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 50 to 100 ft. 



2 C. NicARAGUARE'^Nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 294*.) leaves ob- 



late, simple. Fruit or pyxidium oblong, somewhat trigonal, 3- 

 celled, but at length becoming 1 -celled, coriaceous, valveless, 

 closed; operculum convex, formed from the central dilated 

 column. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, numerous, disposed in 3 

 bundles in the bottom of the fruit. Embryo conduplicate, with 

 a long root. Cotyledons 2, long, foliaceous, corrugated. Radicle 

 incumbent. — Trees. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, quite entire. 

 Racemes axillary, spicate. 



1 C. Guiane'nsis (Aubl. 1. c. t. 290.) fruit somewhat tctra- 



tuse ; margin of calyx lobed ; petals obtuse. Tj • S. Native gonal, with the orifice entire ; seeds girded by a wing. ^2 . S. 



of South America, near Nicaragua. Lecythis Nicaraguarensis, Native of Guiana, near Aroura, at the river Sinemari, where 



Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Differs from the first in the it is called couratari^ maou^ and haluta hlanc^ Rich. 1. c. t. 21. 



flowers being smaller, of a dirty whitish brown-colour, and in good. The inhabitants of Guiana form cordages of the bark 



the pulp of the fruit being bluish. 



Nicaragua Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 

 Cult* For culture and propagation see L^cythis^ p. 874. 



of this tree. 



Guiana Couratari. Tree 60 feet. 



2 C. Estrelle'nsis (Raddi, mem. pi. bras. add. p. 25. f. 2.) 

 fruit nearly cylindrical, with a lobate orifice ; seeds acute up- 



V. COURATA'RI {Couratari is the Guiana name of the first wards. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, on the mountains of Estrella. 

 species). Aubl. guian. 2. p. 723. t. 290. Rich. ann. sc. nat. 1. Flowers unknown. 



p. 329. Poit. mem. mus. 14. p. 154. D. C. prod. 3. p. 294. 



Lecythopsis, Schrank in akad. munch, phil. 7. p. 241. 

 Curupita, Gmel. 



Estrella Couratari. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Cult* For culture and propagation see Lecythis^ p. 874. 



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