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branches, bracteate. Flowers large, of a dirty whitish or flesh- 

 colour. 



1 C. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 708. t. 282.) leaves 

 acute; edge of calyx circumcised; petals acute. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana and Cayenne, in sand by the sea side, where it is 

 called Couroupitoutoumou, ex Barrere ; Abricot sauvage, ex Au- 

 blet ; Calebasse-colin, ex Poit. Fruit larger than a head, and 

 consequently called boulet de canon or cannon-ball, Tuss. ant. 

 2. p. 45. f. 20-11. Lecythis bracteata, Willd. PekeaCourou- 

 pita, Juss. Pulp of fruit vinous. Flowers flesh-coloured, size 

 of those of Lecythis grandiflora, sweet-scented. The pulp of the 

 fruit is white, acid, and not disagreeable. 



Guiana Cannon-ball-tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 50 to 100 ft. 



2 C. NICARAGUARE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 294.) leaves ob- 

 tuse ; margin of calyx lobed ; petals obtuse, fj . S. Native 

 of South America, near Nicaragua. Lecythis Nicaraguarensis, 

 Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Differs from the first in the 

 flowers being smaller, of a dirty whitish brown-colour, and in 

 the pulp of the fruit being bluish. 



Nicaragua Cannon-ball-tree. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Lecythis, p. 874. 



V. COURATA'RI (Cauratari is the Guiana name of the first 

 species). Aubl. guian. 2. p. 723. t. 290. Rich. ann. sc. nat. 1. 

 p. 329. Poit. mem. mus. 14. p. 154. D. C. prod. 3. p. 294. 

 Lecythopsis, Schrank in akad. munch, phil. 7. p. 241. 

 Curupita, Gmel. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Tube of calyx tur- 

 binate ; limb 6-parted. Petals 6, joined at the base. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments concrete into an urceolately concave trun- 

 cate unilateral ligula, bearing the anthers on the inside. Ova- 

 rium 3-4-celled ; cells 4-ovulate ; ovulas erect. Style subu- 

 late, simple. Fruit or pyxidium oblong, somewhat trigonal, 3- 

 celled, but at length becoming 1 -celled, coriaceous, valveless, 

 closed; operculum convex, formed from the central dilated 

 column. Seeds oblong-lanceolate, numerous, disposed in 3 

 bundles in the bottom of the fruit. Embryo conduplicate, with 

 a long root. Cotyledons 2, long, foliaceous, corrugated. Radicle 

 incumbent. Trees. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, quite entire. 

 Racemes axillary, spicate. 



1 C. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. 1. c. t. 290.) fruit somewhat tetra- 

 gonal, with the orifice entire ; seeds girded by a wing. Ij . S. 

 Native of Guiana, near Aroura, at the river Sinemari, where 

 it is called couratari, maou, and baluta blanc. Rich. 1. c. t. 21. 

 good. The inhabitants of Guiana form cordages of the bark 

 of this tree. 



Guiana Couratari. Tree 60 feet. 



2 C. ESTRELLE'NSIS (Raddi, mem. pi. bras. add. p. 25. f. 2.) 

 fruit nearly cylindrical, with a lobate' orifice ; seeds acute up- 

 wards. Pj . S. Native of Brazil, on the mountains of Estrella. 

 Flowers unknown. 



Estrella Couratari. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Lecythis, p. 874. 



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