364 FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
obovato-oblonga, basi in unguem angustata, rosea. Stamina 
petalis subzquilonga, in phalanges 5 ultra medium con- 
nata. Antherz parve, versatiles, didyme. Ovarium sessile, 
glabrum, conicum, 5-loculare, ovulis in quoque loculo 6-8, 
a basi adscendentibus. Stylus simplex, staminibus longior, 
apice stigmatifero obscure 5-angulato. Capsula calycem 
vix excedens, uti semina omnino cum descriptione A. 
triflore convenit.—Near the brook Roné, 5000 feet above 
the level of the sea (Roraima Expedition), Schomburgk. 
746. Caraipa Richardiana, Camb. Mem. Ternsir. p. 46, 
t.3. British Guiana, Schomburgk, (n. 175, Coll. 1841). 
747. C. laxiflora (sp. n.), foliis alternis oblongo-ellipticis 
obtuse acuminatis, panicula terminali laxa multiflora, ovario 
tomentello.— Pluribus notis cum descriptione C. fasciculate. 
Camb. convenit, sed folia minora angustiora, et panicula 
semipedalis, basi foliosa, pluries ramosa, ramis demum di- 
chotomis. Calyx linea brevior. Petala 2 lin. longa, . lato- 
ovata, extus tomentella, apice ciliata. Stamina breviter con- 
nata. Antheree ovato-globose. Connectivum crassiusculum, 
apice vix excavatum. Ovarium tomentellum, 3-loculare. 
Ovula in quoque loculo 2, collateralia, pendula. Stylus brevis, 
stigmate obsolete trilobo.—'Tree 40-50 feet high, flowers 
fragrant, on the Rio Quitaro, Schomburgk, n. 583. 
748. C. leiantha (sp. n.), glaberrima v. panicula juniore 
leviter ferruginea, foliis suboppositis obovali-ellipticis oblon- 
gisve obtusis venosissimis  pellucido-punctatis, panicula 
pyramidata multiflora, petalis glaberrimis lucidis.—Arbor 
40-pedalis, ramulis subteretibus. Folia pleraque opposita 
v. suprema alterna, exstipulata, 2-4 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. 
lata, acutiuscula v. sepius obtusa, basi angustata, venis 
parallelis crebris, venulis reticulatis prominentibus, punctis 
pellucidis | crebris, petiolo semipollicari. Panicula basi 
foliosa, parce ramosa, subsemipedalis, ramulis non divarica- 
tis. Bracteæ sub pedicellis lanceolató-subulate, acutissime, 
1-3 lin. longe. Pedicelli bracteis paullo longiores, ssepe 
bracteolis 1-2 parvis onusti. Sepala vix 1 lin. longa, acuta. 
Petala 24 lin. longa, ovata, obtusiuscula, wstivatione convo- 
