formibus, atque quinque cum costis secundariis similibus, 
minoribus, pericarpio inter costas longitudinales valde 
reticulato-costato tenuissimo, maturitate probabiliter 
luteo. Semina plura quam sexaginta ut videtur, in cir- 
cuitu triangularia vel angulato-ovata, complanata, 12x 
11X11 mm., plusminusve 4 mm. crassa, in pulpa alba 
inclusa. 
Of the specimens cited below, fruits in mature condi- 
tion are preserved in im Thurn sine num. (which I have 
chosen as the type of the fruit), Rusby & Squires 252 and 
Forest Department Brit. Guiana Record No. 4500. The 
last of these three collections has a 6-costate fruit, an un- 
usual and probably abnormal departure from the 5-parted 
condition of the genus. 
Bririsu Gurana: “Banks of Barima River’? Schomburgk (Herb. Kew, 
3 spec.)—|Everard] im Thurn sine num. (Herb. Kew, fructus typus, 4 
spec.).—‘‘Upper Arawau River, Aruka River, N.W.D. Mixed forest 
in swamp and on rather swampy soil. Small tree, 20-30 ft., but told 
by Indians it grows larger. Trunk 4 in, diam. at 6 ft. from ground. 
Leaves alternate, large, compound, palmate, 6-lobed in specimens 
taken. Slender paired stipules at base. Flowers cauliferous at base of 
trunk. Arawak dialect: bur-oo-ma.’’ May 1929, Martyn 61. (Herb. 
Kew, 2 spec.).—‘*‘Essequibo River, White Creek, Groete Ck. 15 ft. 
high, soft-wooded tree from clearing with terminal, peltate, long- 
stalked lvs., pubescent below, br. velvety on petiole and midrib be- 
neath; fr. cauliflorus, fascicled, 1-4 together, drooping, long-stalked 
ovoid-globose, acuminate with 6 major and 6 minor ribs and numerous 
lesser oblique ridges between ribs, greenish, the ribs darker, thinly 
bony with an inner pithy layer, seeds forming a soft, white oblong- 
globose mass divided into 6 segments shaped like orange flakes, each 
flake consisting of 3 seeds embedded in thin, sugary pulp with a very 
sticky coating to testa—testa pale brown finely pitted, wrinkled and 
veined—seed trigonous.’’ Forest Dept. British Guiana Field No. F1764, 
Record No. 4500 (Herb. Kew). 
Venezugkta: *‘Catalina, Lower Orinoco’? 1896, H. H. Rusby & Roy 
W., Squires 252 (Herb. Kew, 2 spec.). 
Herrania purpurea (Pittier) R. 1. Schultes in Cald- 
asia no. 9 (1944) 8383. 
The following collections of Herrania purpurea em- 
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