LECYTHIDE^i. I. LECYTHIS. 



873 



Ollata Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 40 to 60 feet. 



2 L. MINOR (Jacq. amer. p. 168. t. 109.) leaves petiolate, 

 serrated, lanceolate-oblong ; racemes terminal ; fruit globose. 



J? . S. Native in the woods of Carthagena, especially about 

 La Quinta. Flowers large, sweet scented, white, but with the 

 strap of the stamens yellow. Fruit 2 inches in diameter. 

 Seeds eatable, and with a very agreeable taste. Monkeys are 

 said to be extremely fond of them. 



Smaller Cannon-ball-tree. Clt. 1825. Tree 60 feet. 



3 L. LANCEOLA'TA (Poir. diet. p. 27.) leaves petiolate, ser- 

 rated, lanceolate, acuminated ; racemes lateral ; fruit ovate. 

 J? . S. Native of Brazil, whence it has been introduced to 

 Madagascar and the Mauritius. Flowers smaller than those of 

 the first species. Petals very blunt, nearly equal. Fruit large. 



Lanceolate-leaved Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



4 L. ELLipucA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 259.) 

 leaves petiolate, elliptic, short-acuminated, rounded at the base, 

 ucntately crenated ; racemes straight ; petals obtuse. fj . S. 

 Native of South America, on the banks of the river Magdalena, 

 near Morales. Fruit unknown. 



JEH/2>tic-]eaved Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



5 L. DU'BIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves oblong, acuminated, 



FIG. 127. 



narrowed at the base, obsoletely 

 toothed. Pj . S. Native on 

 the banks of the river Magda- 

 lena. Flowers and fruit un- 

 known. 



Doubtftd Cannon-ball-tree. Tr. 



6 L. LONGIFOLIA (H. B. Ct 



Kunth, 1. c.) leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, acute at the 

 base, obsoletely and remotely 

 toothed, conduplicate. lj . S. 

 Native of South America, where 

 it is called Cocos de mono. Flowers 

 and fruit unknown. 



Long-leaved Cannon-ball-tree. 

 Tree. 



* * Leaves quite entire. 



7 L.GRANDIFLORA (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 712. tt. 283, 284, and 

 285.) leaves petiolate, oval, acute, quite entire, stiff; racemes 

 axillary and terminal ; pedicels thick, shorter than the largest 

 petal ; fruit ovate, nearly globose ; operculum acute. 1? . S. 

 Native of Cayenne, in woods, where it is called, as well as 

 several other species, Canarl Macaque and Marmite de singe. 

 L. ollaria, Lin. amcen. but not of his spec. pi. according to 

 the Linnsean herbarium, ex Smith, in Rees' cycl. 20. no. 1. 

 Leaves glabrous on both surfaces, rather velvety beneath when 

 young. Pedicels thick. Flowers 2 inches in diameter. Petals 

 deep red, very hard. Fruit 4-5 inches in diameter. Seeds eat- 

 able and very palatable. 



Great flowered Cannon-ball-tree. Clt. 1824. Tr. 60 to 80 ft. 



8 L. CORIA V CEA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 291.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oval, acutish, quite entire, stiff', glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 panicles axillary and terminal ; pedicels slender, about the length 

 of the flowers. (7 . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Rio Negro. Consistence and nervation of leaves nearly as in 

 L. grandiflbra, but the flowers are 3-times smaller. Fruit un- 

 known. 



Coriaceous-leaved Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



9 L. IDATIMON (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 721. t. 289.) leaves on 

 short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire ; ra- 

 cemes axillary and terminal ; pedicels slender, longer than the 



VOL. II. 



flowers ; petals obtuse ; fruit nearly ovate, depressed, 4-celled. 

 Tj . S. Native of Guiana, in woods, at the river Sinemari, and 

 of Brazil, in Maranham, and the province of Para. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. Fruit an inch in diameter. The leaves in tin- 

 Brazilian specimen are less intensely reticulated than in the 

 Guiana plant. Perhaps L. lutea is a variety of this species, 

 only differing in the colour of the flowers. 



Uatimon Cannon-ball-tree. Clt. 1825. Tree 60 feet. 



10 L. LONGIPES (Poit. mem. mus. 13. p. 114. t. 2.) leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, quite entire, abruptly acuminated ; racemes 

 terminal, loose, pendulous ; fruit ovate, depressed, 2-celled. 

 Jj . S. Native of Cayenne, at Mount Mahari. Flowers vio- 

 laceous. Fruit violaceous, with a white lid, 18-24 lines in 

 diameter. 



Var. ft, platycarpa (Poit. 1. c.) fruit large, depressed ; flowers 

 smaller, pendulous. fj . S. Native of Cayenne, at Savanna 

 Baduel. Perhaps a proper species. 



Long-petioled Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



11 L. PEDICILLA'RIS (D. C. 1. c.) leaves on short petioles, 

 oblong, gradually acuminated, quite entire ; panicles terminal ; 

 pedicels slender, length of corolla. (7 . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Intermediate between L. longipes and L. corrngata, but tin: 

 colour of the flowers and fruit is unknown ; it however differs 

 from the first species in the leaves being not abruptly but gradually 

 acuminated, and in the flowers being smaller ; and from the second 

 in the pedicels being G-times longer than the flowers ; and from 

 both in the 1 bcsof the calyx being oval-oblong, not roundish. 



Pedicelled-flo\\cred Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



12 L. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves on short petioles, quite 

 entire, oval, abruptly acuminated, rather membranous ; panicle 

 elongated, sparingly branched at the base ; pedicels slender, 

 length of the corolla. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Rio Negro. This species is allied to L. longipes and 

 L. pedicel I arts in the elongated pedicels, but differs from the 

 first in the leaves being oval, not oblong, and in the racemes 

 being erect, not pendulous, &c., and from the second in the 

 leaves being abruptly, not gradually acuminated. Fruit un- 

 known. 



Acunrinaied-\e&ved Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



13 L. SUBBIFLORA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 461.) leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, acuminated ; pedicels 

 1 -flowered, usually 2-together ; petals obtuse, h. S. Native 

 of Peru. 



Somervhal-tn'O-flonered Cannon-ball-tree. Tree. 



14 L. ALBIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves petiolate, oval, acute or 

 acuminated, rather coriaceous, quite entire ; panicle terminal, 

 with its branches angular ; pedicels longer than the corolla ; 

 petals rather unequal. J; . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Para, at the Rio Negro, in woods. Lecythis, Mart, 

 herb. Flowers white, nearly like those of L. Idalimon. Fruit 

 unknown. Leaves less coriaceous, but much more reticulated 

 than in L. Idatlmon. 



White-flowered Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 60 feet. 



15 L. CORRUGA'TA (Poit. mem. mus. 13. p. 145. f. 3.) leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, acute, coriaceous, quite entire ; panicle ter- 

 minal, erect ; flowers on very short pedicels ; fruit turbinate, 

 4-celled, corrugated. T; . S. Native of Guiana, along the river 

 La Mana. Flowers rose-coloured. Fruit an inch in dia- 

 meter, girded by the calyx, deeply corrugated by transverse 

 wrinkles, (f. 127.) 



Corrugated-fruited. Cannon-ball-tree. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



16 L. ZABUCA'JO (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 719. t. 288. and t. 284.) 

 leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire ; 

 racemes terminal ; pedicels rather shorter than the flowers ; 

 petals acute ; fruit ovate, fj . S. Native of Guiana, in woods, 

 where it is called by the natives Quatele and Zabuccijo. Petals 



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