Ta. 8387. 
CLUSIA GRANDIFLORA. 
Guiana. 
GUTTIFERAE. Tribe CLUSsIEAE. 
Ciusia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 170. 
Clusia grandiflora, Splitg. in Tijd. Nat. Gesch. vol. ix. p. 101; Mig. Stirp. 
Surinam. Select. p. 90, tt. 25,26; Planch. et Trianain Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 4, 
vol. xiii. p. 8325; Engl. in Murt. Fl. Bras. vol. xii. pars 1, p. 423; Vesgque in 
DC. Monogr. vol. viii. p. 106; affinis C. insignt, Mart., a qua floribus 
majoribus, connectivo longius producto recedit. 
Arbuscula dioica, 3-6 m. alta, maximis arboribus innata, truncos radicibus 
implicitans et eas sensim strangulando necans, succo flavescente viscoso 
scatens. Rami patuli, crassi, subangulati; ramuli circiter 1°5 cm. 
diametro, crassi, virides, laeves. Folia versus apices ramulorum conferta, 
Opposita, petiolata, obovato vel elliptico-obovata, apice rotundata, basi 
obtusa vel plus minus cuneata, interdum inaequalia, 15-30 cm. longa, 
75-15 em. lata, coriacea, glabra, supra intense viridia nervis lateralibus 
Inconspicuis, nervo medio utrinque valde prominente, subtus pallidiora 
nervis lateralibus vix visibilibus, lineis numerosissimis nigrescentibus 
ascendentibus notata ; petioli 7-11 cm. longi, basi caulem semiamplectentes, 
inferne per 2-3 em. supra applanati. damuli florentes in axillis paris 
supremi foliorum ramuli orti, cireiter 8 em. longi, par unicum cataphyllo- 
rum, et paria 1-8 foliorum gerentes. Cymue terminales, 3-2-florae ; 
pedunculus circiter 3 em. longus, leviter decurvatus; pedicelli 2°5-3 cm. 
longi; bracteae deltoideo-ovatae, circiter 1-2 em. longae; bracteolae iis 
similes, obtuse carinatae, vix 1 cm. longae. Flores mascult : Sepala 0, alba 
marginibus roseo-tincta, in paria 3 disposita, exteriora et interiora antico- 
postica, media lateralia ; sepala extima ceteris minora, late ovato-elliptica, 
media transverse elliptica, 1°6 cm. longa, 3°2 cm. lata, intima elliptica, 
3 cm. longa, 2°5 em. lata. Petala 8, alba, basin versus rosea, ambitu 
pyriformia, circiter 6-5 em. longa, 5 cm. lata, medio late umbonata, umbone 
plano leviter elevato tantum. Stamina circiter 500, eburnea, gy mesaeee: 
8-seriata, exteriora majora; filamenta in cupulam circiter 4 em. “ tro 
1-3 cm. altam alte connata, parte libera 1°5-2 mm. longa; antherae 
lateraliter dehiscentes ; extimae lineares, apicem versus leviter = 
connectivo excluso 5 mm. longae, connectivo lato ultra loculos in — 
dicem subulatam 5 mm. longam producto; intimae 2°5 mm. ray 
appendice 1 mm. longa. Staminodia numerosissima, in corpus pr na 
iscoideum gummosum fere 2 cm. diametro 7 mm. altum cong. tate 
flores feminei: Ovarium subglobosum ; stigmata 14-15, sessilia, radiata. 
Capsula late ovoidea, albida, post dehiscentiam ee oo. Bi : 
valvis. Semina numerosa, arillo aurantiaco inclusa.— 0. maxima, L, C. ey 
ex Planch. et Triana, l.e. C. rosea, Ch. Lem, in Hortic. Univ. ag tinge = 
cum ic. non Linn. C. insignis, Benth. in Hook. Lond. be ae ape 
1843, p. 368, non Mart. C. petiolata, Klotzsch ex Engl. 1. c.—T. A. SPRAGUE. 
The genus Clusia includes nearly a hundred ae: 
natives of Tropical America and the West Indies. Al 
Avausr, 1911, 
