294, Mr. J. Miers on Goupia. ; 
notatum : integumentum secundum testaceum, durum, lineis: 
creberrimis longitudinalibus rugulosis signatum, apice chalaza 
circulari parvula centro (pro raphes vasorum introitu) perforata 
instructum; integumentum internum tenuissime membrana- 
ceum, pellucidum; albumen solidum, carnosum. Embryo or- 
thotropus, albumini paululo longiori immersus; cotyledones 
. ovali-oblonge, foliaceze, compresse, radicule tereti ad basin 
_ attingenti subzquilongee. 
Arbores Guianenses et Brasilienses; folia alterna, ovato-lunceo- 
. lata, integra, acuta, speciosim venosa, petiolata ; stipule utrin- 
que lineares, acute, decidue; pedunculi solitaru, axillares; 
pedicellos plurimos umbellatos 1-floros apice gerentes; flores 
minim. 
1: Goupia glabra, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. 296, tab. 116; Lam. Dict. 
i, 15, tab. 217; DC. Prodr. ii. 29; Benth. in Hook. Kew 
Journ. iv. 12; Reisseck in Mart. Flor. Bras. fase. 28. p. 34 ;— 
Glossopetalum glabrum, Schreb. Gen. Pl. No. 526; Willd. 
| Sp. Pl. No. 588 ;—arbor excelsa, ramosa; ramulis angulato- 
striatis subflexuosis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, in- 
tegris, basi inequalibus, utringue glabris, nitidis, nervis utrin- 
que 3-4 remotis obliquis, 2 inferioribus suboppositis, venis 
creberrime parallelis et transversis reticulatis speciosim sig- 
natis, subtus minutissime albo-punctulatis; petiolo tereti ; 
~ stipulis linearibus, caducissimis; pedunculis axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, petiolo sub-brevioribus, pedicellis illis longioribus gra- 
cillimis 20-24 umbellatis, unifloris, imo bracteolatis; fructu 
globoso, carnoso, piperis magnitudine.—Cayenne et Brasilia 
 Septentrionalis, v. s.; prope Panuré, Rio Uaupes (Spruce, 
No. 2624). 
One of the most conspicuous features in this plant is the ele- 
gant disposition of the veins in its leaves, greatly resembling in 
this respect the leaves of Poraqueiba Surinamensis*, belonging to 
the Icacinacee. The internodes are about ? inch apart; the 
leaves are 4—5 inches long, 1-2 inches broad, on a petiole 4 lines 
in length; the stipules are 4 lines long, 4 line wide ; the peduncle 
is 3-4 lines, the pedicels 6 lines long; the calyx is 4 line long; 
the petals are 4 lines long (including the inflected apex of 1 line); 
the drupe is 2 lines in diameter f. 
2. Goupia tomentosa, Aubl. loc.cit. ;—Arbuscula, precedenti sub- 
similis, cortice foliisque valde amaris ; foliis utrinque hirsutis. 
—Guiana et Ins. Cayenne. 
-* Contributions to Botany, vol. i. pl. 10. 
+ This species, with full analytical details, will be represented in the 
‘ Contributions,’ vol. ui. Plate 74. 
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