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nibus incurvatis et circa stylum conniventibus, singulis sub apicem obtusulum staminiferis ; Stamina 

 hinc numerosissima, brevissima, sequalia; filamenta filiformia tenuia; anth€r<B lineares, 2-lob«, 

 2-sulc« apice poris 2 debisceutes; pollen lenticulare, subtriquctrum. Ovarium inferum, semi- 



anfnistissime 



axillari 



inifi 



minutum^ obsolete lobatum. Pyxidium globosum^ pomi molis, 



paullo sub apicem 



marcidis cinctum 



superiore 



cavo aut planato, imo columella angulata amplificata : peincaipmm tenuiter coriaceum, subliguosum, 



loculis 



funiculis 



paullo minoribus carnosis intus spiraliter fibrosis suspcnsa ; testa crustacca, nitida, summo micropyle 

 magna signata: integumentum internum tenue : emhryq exalbumiuosus, cotyledonibus 2 ovalibus, 

 plano-convexis, caruosis, radicula supera, brevi, tereti, plumula conspicua immersa. 

 Arbores ve/ arbusculi ^wericte meridionalis, frondosi ; folia alterna, ohlonga, subserrata, breviter petiokta, 



S(Bpe conferta : flores terminales vel axillares, fasciculati, magni, albi, rosei aut flavi, sape odorati ; 

 pedicelli medio 2-bracteolati ; hractesQ parv(B. 



1. GusTAViA AUGUSTA, Linn. Dissert. PI. Surinam, p. 17, cum icone ; Amoenit. Acad. 



viii. 266, tab. 5 ; Linn. fil. Suppl. 313 ; WiUd. Sp. iii. 846 ; DO. Prodr. iii. 289 (excL 



) : Gustavia augusta, var. Guianensis, Berg in Mart. PI. Bras. fasc. 18, p. 470, 

 tab. 56 (excL tab. 55) ; in Linn, xxvii. p. 442 : Gustavia urceolafa, Poit. Mem. Mus. 

 xiii. 156, tab. 5 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 289 : Gustavia insignis, Willd. bb.: Gustavia meizo- 

 carpa?, Gaertn. Pr.ii. 264, tab. 138 : ramulis angulatis, striatis, fuscis ; foliis majus- 

 culis, alternatim confertis, oblongo-lanceolatis, a medio deorsum sensim cuneatis. 



syn 



apice gradatim obtusatis, aut subacutis, supra medium distincte serratis, vel crenu- 

 latis, leviter chartaceis, supra viridibus, nervis divergentibus juxta marginem nexis, 

 semiimmersis, reticulatis, subtus paullo pallidioribus, opacis, nervis costatis venisque 

 reticulatis prominentibus, petiolo semitereti, fusco, limbo 24-plo breviore : floribus 

 axiUaribus, solitariis, vel 2-4 congestis,'maximis, speciosis ; pedicellis longis, validis, 

 apice crassioribus, supra medium 2-bracteolatis ; calycis limbo brevissimo, mtegro, 

 crenulato, subreflexo ; petalis 8, quorum 4 majoribus, 2 multo minoribus, oblongis, 

 nnguiculatis, crassiusculis, rosaceo-albis, extus granulatis et griseo-puberulis, intus 

 parce tomentellis ; andropboro magno, extus punctulis pallidis minute granulato , 



infero, bemispbserico, ecostato, puberulo, 6-loculari, ovulis plurimis 



ad 



lonsis 



funiculis suspensis, vertice intra discum elevatum concavo, glabro, granulato, 

 stigmate parvo fere sessili, 6-lobo, umbonato : pyxidio pyriformi-globoso, viridi, laevi , 

 zona calycari paullulo sub apicem linear i, integra ; vitta inter zonali angustissim , 

 operculo orbiculari, piano, centro breviter umbonato; pericarpio tenuiter coriace^ 

 6-loculari, paucispermo; seminibus oblongo-ovatis, nigris, funiculis crassis 

 torte corrugatis suspensis. — In Guiana (Poiret) : v. s. in hb. Sooh. Surinam (^^ 

 mann, 276), Guiana {Talhot\ Guiana {Schomhurgh), Guiana {Appun, 1856), fliiv 

 Mand {Sagot, 268), Cayenne {Martin), Brasilia {Burchell, 10,080), in hh. Mus 

 Brit. Guiana {Martin), Guiana {Auhl.), Surinam {sine nom, in hb. Smith). 

 This species was originally described and well figured by Linnseus in 1775; aiio* ei 



