338 MR..SPENCER LE M. MOORE—PHANEROGAMIC BOTANY 
et 5°5 cm. lat. (sepe 120x40 cm., vel 80X40 cm.), firme coriaceis ; cos tis 
secundariis circa 6 aperte arcuatis, demum margini undulatim parallelis; petiolis 
crassiusculis, late canaliculatis, 0:8-1:0 cm. long. ; carpidiis lanceolato-obovatis, apice 
truncato-emarginatis vel cuspidulatis, 4-5 cm. long., juxta basin 1:0 cm., superne 2:0 
em. lat., seminibus in quoque carpidio 4 (an semper?) biseriatis; funiculo basi leviter 
incrassato, late alato; ala 1:3-1:5 cm. lat. et 2:5-2:8 cm. long., ovato-oblongá, basi 
rotundatá, striá longitudinali medio percursá, margine rhaphigero incrassato ; nucleo 
1:5-17 cm. long., 0:5-0:8 em. lat., oblongo. 
Hab. Verisimiliter Santa Cruz, sed, schedulá preetermissá, non sine dubio habitationem 
dico. (N. 527.) 
The arrangement of the species of this genus depends primarily upon floral characters, 
and, inasmuch as I have no flowers, the position of this plant cannot be satisfactorily 
determined. 
SaALACIA (SPERITASSA) SIPUTA (sp. nov.) Ramosa, ramulis teretibus, ad nodos parum 
tumidis, fusco-cinereis, glabris; foliis longipetiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, obtusis, plerisque 
breviter cuspidatis, margine repando-undulatis, basi subrotundatis vel leviter co- 
arctatis, nonnunquam aliquanto obliquis, coriaceo-chartaceis, glabris ; cymis patulis, 
petiolos 13-4-plo excedentibus; bracteis minutis, quam pedicelli graciles sub flore 
leviter ampliati brevioribus; floribus vix 0'5 em. diam. ; petalis oblongo-spathulatis, 
obtusis, margine eroso-ciliolatis; antherarum connectivo loculos manifeste excedente; 
disco cyathiformi ovarium subzquante plano, ovarii loculis 2-ovulatis; stylo levi 
quam ovarium multo breviore, stigmate obscurissime trilobo, fructu ovoideo. 
Hab. Ad ripasfll. Paraguay et dos Bugres prope Santa Cruz (Barra dos Bugres), menss. 
Jul.-Oet. florens, et Sept.-Oct. fructum preebens. “ Siputá” sive “Cyputá” incolarum. 
(N. 432.) 
Arbor circa 12 (?) met. alt., rami sspe supra fluvium impendentes. Folia 9°0-14°0 
em. long. medio 4°0-5°5 cm. lat.; coste secundarise utrinque 6-8, angulis latis 
insertze, aperte arcuate, marginem versus dichotome et anastomosantes ; petioli 1:0— 
1:5 em. long., in sicco longitudinaliter rugati. Cymæ usque ad circa 5*0 cm. diam. 
Bracteze ovatee, acuminate, 0:1 em. long., glabre. Pedicelli plerique 0:3-0:5 
em. long. Flores luteo-virescentes. Calycis lobi rotundati, vix 0'15 em. long. 
Petala 0°3 cm. long. 0°15 cm. lat. Fructus maturus flavus, sapidus, 3:0-3:5 
em. diam. Semina 2-4 in pulpá gratissimá inclusa. 
Certe ad S. dulcem, Benth., spectat, ob folia vero firmiora, longius petiolata, basi haud 
cuneata, cymas laxiores, bracteas minutas, flores majores, discum haud plicatum, etc., 
speciem propriam esse arbitror. 
Of the fruit of this tree, which is greatly esteemed at Santa Cruz, the edible portion 
consists of a small quantity of luscious substance closely investing the 2—4 large seeds. 
I was fortunate in finding flowers, as, for some time, fruits only were to be seen, and I 
had been told that it was useless to expect flowers in September. However, one day in 
‘October I came upon a tree bearing both flowers and fruit, greatly to the surprise of an 
intelligent Santa-Cruzan who, with others, had declared the flowering season to have 
passed. {Amazonia. | | 
