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hard and lasting and said to resist indefinitely as well in 

 the groxind as in fresh or salt water. Its color is a rich 

 reddish brown and as it is susceptible of a fine i^olish it 

 certainly ought to have some future as an export timber. 



Lecythis ampla ^ro^^/s on the ridges of the low hills 

 around j?ort Obaldia, on the uan Bias ^oast. It is grega- 

 rious and one of the most conspicuous trees in the forests 

 of the district. The seeds, v;hich have not been seen, are 

 certainly edible and could probably be collected in q^ian- 

 titiet: sufficient for exportation. 



Llell's L:onl:ey-Pot • 



Leoythis me 1 liana Pittier, Contr. U.S. Hat. Herb. 

 26:6, pi. 6. 1927. 



Description of the tree 



A large tree, up to 30 m. high and 30 en. in diameter, 

 the trunic straight, covered with a grayish, rimose baric, 

 the branching radiate, beginning about 8 meters above the 

 ground, f' Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, the petioles thick, ca- 

 naliculate, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, the blades ovate-oblung, 

 rciinded and decurrent on the petiole at the base, rounded 

 at the apex, 12 to 35 cm. long, 10 to 14 cm. broad, the 

 costa thick, impressed above, very prominent beneath, the 

 veins prominulous on both faces; margin entire, sometimes 

 slightly repand. Inflorescence paniculate, few branched, 

 the rachis thick, angular, glabrous, viewers sessile, sul- 

 j.hur or orange yellow, 5 to 6 cm. in diameter; calyx tube 

 5 to 6 cm. long, salver- shaped, the 6 lobes ovate, cotuse, 

 coriaceous, 9 to 11 liun. long and broad, the margin entire 

 and revolute ; petals ovate or obovate, obtuse at the 9j^ex; 

 more or lese attenuate and adnate together and with the 

 androphor at the base, about <t c;n. long »jud 2 cm. brtad; 

 androphor yellow, the basal ring 7 to 8 mm. oroad, the ligule 

 about 2 cm. long- and 1.5 cm. broad, the hood ovate, shortly 



