Lecythides.] . LXVII. MYRTACEX. 723 
68, Lecythopsis, Sehranek in Denkschr. Acad. Münch. yii. 241. (Couratari, Camb. 
4n St. Hil. Fl. Bras. 379; t. 159, non Aubl.)—Calycis tubus turbinatus, supra ovarium 
haud v. vix produetus; limbi segmenta 6, subzqualia, imbricata. Petala 6, inzqualia. 
Discus staminifer hine in ligulam magnam bis involutam superne introrsum staminodiis 
ereberrimis breviter linearibus onustam: productus. Stamina creberrima, disco ad basin 
. appendieis oo-seriatim inserta, filamentis brevibus; antherm versatiles, loculis parallelis 
longitudinaliter dehiseéntibus. Ovarium inferum, 3-loeulare; stylus brevis, stigmate parvo; 
ovula in loeulis oc. Fructus lignosus, anguste cupulatus, vertice. operculo circumseisso 
intra diseum dehiscens. Semina pauea (nobis non visa) erecta, testa papyracea circum- 
alata; embryo biplicatus, subspiralis, radicula maxima conduplicata ; cotyledones foliaces, 
contortuplicatg, intra erura radiculs latentes.—Arbores. Folia serrata, reticulato-penni- 
venia, impunctata. Flores flavi, speciosi, racemosi, racemis in paniculas axillares termi- 
nalesque dispositis. 
Species 2, Brasilim incole. Berg in Mart. FI. Bras. Myrt. 608. 1. 75, 76. . Flores fere Lecythidis. 
Fructus ot semina Couratari. 
69. Lecythis, Linn. Gen. n. 664.— Calycis tubus turbinatus, supra ovarium haud v. vix 
productus ; limbi segmenta 6, rarius 4, :equalia v. inzequalia, imbrieata. Petala 6, rarius 4, 
insqualia. Discus staminifer hine in ligulam magnam petaloideam eueulliformem intus 
basi apieeque staminodiis creberrimis onustam productus. Stamina creberrima, disco ad 
basin appendicis oc-seriatim inserta, filamentis brevibus filiformibus v. superne dilatatis ; 
antherz versatiles, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium inferum v. 
semisuperum, 2-6-loculare; stylus brevis, conicus, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis oc. 
Fructus calycis tubo valde aucto adnatus, coriaceus v. lignosus, globosus vy. cupuliformis, 
. vertice operculiformi intra calycis marginem cireumsceisse deciduo. Semina pauca, smpius 
magná, ovoidea v. oblonga, testa carnosa v. cartilaginea ; embryo indivisus, semini con- 
formis.—Arbores nune maxime. Folia alterna, coriacea, integerrima v. serrata, impunc- 
. tata. Flores Sepe majusceuli, i in racemos simplices v. paniculatos axillares terminalesque 
dispositi, - 
Species enumerat 64. sed plurimse reducendsm, omnes Americie tropic imprimis orientalis in- 
cole. Poit: in Mem.. Mus. xiii. 143. 7. 2, 8, 7. Berg in Linnea, xxvii. 448 ; xxix. 258, et in Mart. 
Fl. Bras. Myrt. A79. 0. 62 ad 74. Cambess. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. t. 158. 
" EscHwRILERA, Mart. in DC. Prod. iii. 293, a Bergio in Mart. Fl. Bras. Myrt. 485, ad sectionem 
Lecythidis reducitur fructu minore, operculo intus concavo (nec utrinque oonico solidoque), seminibus 
paucioribus; testa cartilaginea : nec carnosa. 
70. Bertholletia, 77umb. et. Bonpl. Pi. AEquin. i. 122; £. 36. — Calycis tubus turbinatus, 
supra ovarium vix productus; limibus primum clausus, lobis ad apicem-4-6 brevissimis 
imbrieatis, demum in lacinias 2, rarius 3-4, fissus, deciduus. Petala inzequalia. Stamina 
ereberrima, disco urceolato, hinc: brevissimo illine in ligulam apice staminodiis creberri- 
mis instructam cuculliformem petaloideam producto, oo-seriatim imposita, filamentis 
brevibus filiformibus clavatis ; antherz versatiles, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus. Ovarium inferum, 4-5-loeulare ; stylus longiusculus, stigmate capitato ; ovula 
in loculis pauca. Fructus magnus, subglobosus, lignosus, calycis tubo aucto adnatus et 
superne limbi margine cinctus, vertice operculo parvo cireumsceisse dehiscens. Seminaco, 
obovoideo-triquetra, ossea ; embryo semini conformis, carnosus, indivisus.—Arbor excelsa. 
Folia alterna, impunetata. Flores in panieulas terminales dispositi, seeus ramos sessiles. 
Bracteole subfoliacez, oblongo-cuneatz, caducissimz: 
Species 1, Americe tropies incola. Poit. in Mem. Mus. xiii, 148. t. 4, 8. Berg in Mart. Fl. 
JBras. Myrt. 418. t. 60, 61. 
.71. Napoleona, Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. ii. 29. 0. 78. — (Belvisia, Desv. Journ. Bot. iv. 
.. 130.)— Calycis tubus turbinatus, supra ovarium haud productus ; limbus valvatim 5-fidus. 
— Petala 0? Staminodia? staminaque in series 4 concentricas ima basi plus minus conna- 
tas disposita, seriei exterioris (petala ?) in merabranam orbieulatam petaloideam, 20-40- 
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