﻿Plate 1594. 



OPHIOCARYON PARADOXUM, Schmibk. 

 Sabiace^:. 



0. paradoxiun, B. E. Schomhirgk, in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. (1840) p. 

 203 ; foliis alternis petiolatis impari-pinnatis 5-7(-13)-foliolatis, foliolis 

 petiolulatis coriaceis ellipticis v. oblongo-ellipticis breviter obtuse 

 acuminatis basi plus minus rotundatis integris glabris, floribus minutis 

 carneis numerosis in paniculis ssepe amplis subterminalibus dispositis, 

 pedunctxlis divaricatis ferrugineo-pubescentibus, bracteis bracteolisque 

 minutissimis, petalis leviter inasqualibus ellipticis v. interioribus oblongo- 

 ellipticis, staminibus antheriferis 2 filamentis turbinato-incrassatia 

 antheris Bubalidymis connectivo obtnsiuscule apiculato, ovario glabro 

 bidentato. * 



Hab. River Essequibo, SchomburgJc ; Mazaruni River (No. 658) and 

 Macouria River (No. 2410), Mr. Jenman. 



Arhor (excelsa, Schmibk.) 15^0-pedalis (Jenman). Folia ampla, 

 lateralibus 2-(-6)-jugis 3£-6£ poll, longis, f. terminali 6-9 poll, 

 lougo 2f4J poll lato. Flares 1 lin. longi. Nux 1 J poll. diam. endocarpio 



We are indebted to Mr. Jenman for flowering and fruiting speci- 

 mens of this singular tree previously only known to ns from Schom- 

 burgk's description. It is evidently very closely allied to, and I think 

 may prove congeneric with, Mr. Bentham's genus Phoxanthwi, in which 

 the petals are narrowed into tail-like apices. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower and pedicel. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Petal with staminode slightly 

 adhering at base. 4. Antheriferous stamen, back and front. 5. Ovary, tf. Trans- 

 verse section of same. 7. Fruit. 8. Same laid open. (9. Embryo, from an original 

 drawing of Schomburgk's.) Floral analyses all enlarged. 



