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Qaragueiisis ^ ,0 , , is knovvn only from Darien, "out will pro- 

 bably be found in the neighboring ilistriots of Chcoo and the 

 iltrato valley. It gro./s singly and v/idely scattered in the 

 virgin forest and is reraarliable for its gigantic proportions. 

 Its size and the repugnant fetid ity of its fresh wood act as 

 a jjrotection against its being felled for any pur^jose "by the 

 natives, among whom it is knovi/n by the names of coco de mono 

 and GuGO zapote. , 



Jhe large-flowered Gvistavi a 



Gustavia superba (H.3.Z.) Berg,, Linnaea H7:444. 1854, 



Description cf the tree 



A tree xig to about 20 meters high, and 35 cm. diameter 

 at the base of the trunk, the limbs few and unbranched, gla- 

 brous and scarry. Leaves congeated at the end cf the bran«hes, 

 glabrous, the i^etioles thick, 2 to 9.5 cm. long,, the blades 

 oblong-lanceolate, long cuneate at the base, long acuminate, 

 25 to 100 cm. long, B to 18 cm. broad, grossly vind remotely 

 serrate on the margin, and the venation prominent on both 

 sides. Inflorescences racemose, 2 to 12-f lov/ered, issuing 

 from the old wood just below the branches, the pedmicles 

 thick, £ to 6 cm. long, the jjedicela i to \) cm. long, brac- 

 teate at the base and bearing at the middle a jjair of short, 

 broad, clasping bractlets. ii'lowers 3 to 12 cm. in diameter, 

 the receptacle about 2 cmi in diameter, the cslyx short end 

 truncate, the ^.etals 8, obovate, obtuse, 5 to 7 cm. long, 2 

 to 3 cm. broad, yellow at the base, turning to pink toward 

 the apex, the androphorum pinkish white, about 4.5 cm. in 

 diameter, v;ith the filaments and stamincdes yellov/ at the 

 base and pinic at the apex, the ovary turbinate, velvety on 

 the upper face, v/ith a shcrt and obtuse style. Pyxidiam 

 large (5 to 10 cm. long) subglobosa. 



Desori^.tion o f the wood 

 Sapwood thick and nearly white; heartwood reddish brown 



