﻿3^30 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE 



GlJSTAVIA 



ANGUSTiPOLiA, Bentli. Voy. Sulph. p. 99 ; Seem, (non Benth.) Bot. Her. 

 p. 126 ; Berg, Linn, xxvii. 443 : ramulis crassiusculis, albidulis : foliis subsessilibus 

 anguste oblongis, basi longe sensim angustatis, apice acuminatis, acumine obtusulo 

 marginibus subrevolutis obsolete" serratis, tenuiter cbartaceis, supra viridibus, opacis, 

 nervis planis et sulcatnlis arcuatim nexis, venis valde reticulatis et promiaulis 

 subtns pauUo pallidioribus, nervis venisque prominentibus, ntrinque opace pruinosis, 

 petiole brevissimo, aut vix nllo : floribns terminalibus, 3-4, subfasciculatis, sgepe e 

 truHco nascentibus, griseo-puberulis, pedicellis striatis, imo bractea late lanceolata, 

 et paullo sub apicem bracteolis 2 minutis donatis ; calycis limbo brevissimo, sub- 

 integro, vel obsoletissime 6-lobo ; petalis ssepius 6, oblongis, obtuse rotundatis, albis 

 aut purpurascentibus, extus puberulis ; ovario turbinate, ecostato, tomentello. In 

 America tropicali : v. s. in lierh. Hook. Columbia (Hinds). 



A very distinct species : its leaves are 10-17 in. long, 2f-4 in. broad, almost epetio- 

 late; flowers sometimes appearing on the trunk; the pedicels are slender, 10 lines 

 long ; their basal bract is 4-5 lines long, the 2 minute bracteoles placed 2 lines below 

 the apex ; the limb of the calyx is extremely narrow ; the petals are 11 lines long, 

 5 lines broad. Mr. Bentham states that the leaves are pellucid-punctate ; but they 

 have no pellucid glands, as in Mj/rtacece; the translucent dots are due only to the 

 thinness of the parenchyma in the small areoles formed by the reticulations of the 

 coarse veins. 



This species differs from G. siiperba, from the same region, in its smaller, more 

 chartaeeous, almost sessile leaves, subpuberulous on both sides, and much smaller 

 flowers. 



8. GusTAviA PUBESCENS, Buiz et Pav. vol. ined. p. 306, tab. 351 ; Berg in Linn, xxvii. 443 : 



foliis sessilibus, spathulato-oblongis, imo sensim lon^e et gradatim angustatis, supra 

 medium latioribus, apice breviter acuminatis, serrulatis, cbartaceis, supra opacis, 

 glabris, nervis utrinque circ. 62 divaricatis marffinem versus arcuatis, puberulis, 



subtus molliter pubescentibus, nervis costatis, costaque media prominentibus, et 

 , tomentosis : inflorescentia ignota : floribus speciosis, magnis, petalis ovaU-oblongis, 

 coriaceis. In Ecuador ad Guayaquil : non vidi. 



The specimen in the Berlin herbarium, according to Berg, consists only of a single leaf, 

 a few petals, and an androphorum ; but all the other details are derived from Euiz s 

 details and his drawing : from these it appears a very good species. The leaves are 32J 

 in. long, 7 in. broad above the middle, 10 lines broad at the insertion ; so tbat they m 

 be somewhat auriculated at their base : the petals of their handsome flowers are 2 

 in. long, 15-17 lines broad. It is sufficiently distinct from the preceding species. 



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9. GusTAViA GKACiLLiMA, nob. : ramulis palHdis, profunde sulcato-striatis, sparse lenti 



cellatis, apice creberrime foliiferis ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, sub medium sensm 

 spathulatis et in petiole longe decurrentib as, apice gradatim attenuatis, acumuw 

 obtusulo, tenuissime cbartaceis, flaccidis, marginibus subundulatis et crenulato 



