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the cicatrices of the fallen leaves : the leaves are 9-24 in. long, ^~^ in. broad, 

 on a petiole 1-2 J in. long, and with about 20 pairs of nerves ; the pedicels in the 

 hud are # in. lon^, hut they finally attain a length of 2 J in. ; the petals are 2 in. Ion"' 



IJ in. broad 



SirWm. Hooker's drawing of this species, under the name of Gustama insignis, 

 was taken from a plant cultivated at Kew, and sent by Linden, probably from New 

 Granada. 



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3. GusTAViA CONFERTA, Sprucc MSS. : Gusiavia augiista, var. conferta, Berg in Mart. El. 



Bras. I. c. p. 471 : ramulis pallide brunneis, interrupt e striatis, lenticellatis ; foliis 

 elongato-oblongis, imo sensim cuneatis, supra medium angustioribus et in acumen 

 obtusulum gradatim attenuatis, marginibus inferioribus integris, sursum vix aut 

 leviter serratis, dentibus obtusis, tenuiter chartaceis, supra fusco-viridibus, opacis 

 nervis patentim divaricatis, intra marginem arcuatim nexis, costaque pauUo pro- 

 minulis, subtus leviter brunneis, opacis, valde reticulatis, costa nervis venisque 

 prominentibus, petiolo brevissimo aut vix ullo : racemo axiUari, brevi, 3-4-floro ; 

 rachi brevi, fusca, angulato-striata ; pedicellis confertim alternis, crassiusculis, sul- 

 catis, ferrugineo-pruinosisj supra medium 2-bracteolatis ; calycis limbo brevissimo, 

 rotundato-undulato, obsolete 6-lobato, ferrugineo-opaco ; petalis 6-8, spathulato- 

 oblongis, carnosulis, in alabastro ferrugineo-pulverulentis : ovario turbinate, ecostato, 

 fusee opaco, granulatim ruguloso, 6-loeulari, vertice intra discum subplanum griseo- 

 pubescente; stylo brevissimo, conico; stigmate brevissimo 6-lobo, intus papilloso. 

 In Brasilia, v. s. in herb. Hookr, in Amazonas inter Santarem et Barra (^S^ntc^, 

 1165) ; Bio Negro, Parahuamirim dos Bamos {Spruce, 1011) ; Bio Negro (1574 bis, 

 sub G.fcistuosa). 



A species very different from G, augusta, of which it was considered to be a variety l)y 

 Dr. Berg ; but it differs in its leaves being darker, of more lurid hue, almost sessile, and 

 in its smaller flowers. It is a small tree, 5-15 feet high ; its leaves are 8-10 in. long, 



2J-3 in. broad, on a petiole J-| in. long. The rachis of the inflorescence is only a few 



long ; the pedicels |-1 in. long ; the flower expanded is 4 J in. in diam. ; the spatbulale 



petals 2 in. long, 1 in. broad ; the androphorum \\ in. in diam 



4. GxJSTAYiA LACiNiosA, nob. : Gusiavia augusta, var. calycaris in parte, Berg, I.e. p. 471 : 



foliis approximatis, elongato-oblongis, vel elliptico -oblongis, a medio deorsum sensmi 

 angustioribus, imo in petiolum subito acutis, apice breviter et obtuse acuminatis, 

 marginibus laciniose et grosse serratis, chartaceis, glaberrimis, supra viridibus, 

 nervis subpatentim divaricatis juxta marginem arcuatim nexis, subtus luride Tin- 

 dibus, petiolo subtenui, limbo 14-plo breviore : racemo terminali, 4-6-floro, floribus 

 odoriferis ; pedicellis alternis, medio 2-bracteolatis ; calycis limbo 6-dentato, dentibus 

 late rotundatis ; petalis roseis, margine pallidioribus ; androphoro albo : ovario 

 turbinate, ecostato: fructu flavido-viridi (sicco fusco), lenticellis flavidis crebre 

 maculato, subgloboso, supra basin paullo constricto et sub zonam calcycarem coarc- 

 tatoj hsec undulatim 6-loba, membranacea: vitta interzonali brevissima; zona 



