﻿MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 1S5 



in apice ramiilorum congestis, elongato-oblongis, imo lon^e et ani?uste sensim 



spathulatis, apice obtusatis, aut breviter obtuse acuminatis, repando-serratis, glabris, 

 nervis plurimis, erect o-patulis, intra marginem adscendentibus, utrinque promi- 

 nentibus, petiolo limbo circ. 60plo breviore ; racemo brevi, terminali, plurifloro ; 

 pedicellis brevibns, medio 2-bracteolatis ; catycis limbo brevi, integro ; petalis albis, 

 demum roseis ; ovario infer o, turbinato, velutino. 4-costato ; pyxidio globoso, ma- 

 jusculo, 4-costato, cinereo-viridi, snmmo piano, 4-loculari. In Alta Amazonas, 

 ad Ega (Poppig, 2658) : no7i vidi. 



A species very near G. speciosa, apparently differing only in its shorter petioles, and 

 somewhat smaller flowers : its leaves are 6-16 in. lonor, 2-5 in. broad above the middle. 



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petiole 1 to 3 lines long, and with about 20 pairs of nerves : the pedicels are 4 lines 

 bracteoles oval, 1 J line long ; ovary 4 lines long ; petals 2 in. long ; fruit 3 in. in 



diam. : seeds cuneatelv ansrular 



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17. GusTAViA CALYCAUis, nob. : Gustavia augusta, var. cali/caris. Berg in Mart. Fl. 



Bras. Lc. p. 471 : ramulis fusco-griseis, rugulosis ; foliis ssepius maximis, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, imo longe spathulato-angustatis, et in petiolum sensim obtusatis, su])ra 

 medium sensim latioribus, sursum gradatim angustioribus, ct in acumen acutum 

 constrictis, marginibus fere intcgris aut undulato-sinuatis, rigide chartaccis, supra 

 viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuibus utrinque circ. 24 reinote divergent ib us, juxta 

 marginem nexis, vix prominulis, costa prominula, striolata, subtus paullo pallidi- 

 oribus, nervis fulvidis, prominentibus, vcnis transvcrsim rcticulatis, petiolo sub- 

 valido, subcanaliculato, fulvido, limbo 30plo breviore: racemo axillari,brev I, altcr- 

 natim 10-floro; rachi opace brunnea, striata; floribus speciosis, roseis, odoratis; 

 pedicellis longiusculis, angulato-sulcatis, fusco-pruinosis, paullo sub apiccm bractcolis 

 2 lineari-acutis munitis ; calycis limbo brevi, in dentes 4 latos acutos rotates diviso, 

 utrinque pruinoso ; petalis 10, valde imbricatis, subajqualibus, ovato-oblongis, car- 

 nosulis, roseis, utrinque griseo-opacis et pulverulentis : ovario turbinate, fiisco- 

 tomentoso, leviter 4-costato, 4-loculari, vertice intra discum elcvatum valdc con- 

 cavo, flavide opaco; stylo brevi, conico, umbonato; stigmatc inconspicut). In 

 • Amazonas : v. s. in herb. Hook., inter Santarem et Barra (Spruce, sine num.) ; Kio 

 Negro usque ad Solimoes {Spruce, 1574) ; Eio Kegro {Spruce, 1574 his, sub G.fas- 

 tuosa). 



This species is very distinct from G. conferta, and is noted by Berg as difToring from 

 it by its 4-lobed calyx ; but he has confounded the specimens of Spruce's plants referred 

 to them respectively. Spruce says it is a bushy tree, 15 to 20 feet high ; its leaves 



10-14 in. long, 2-3} in. broad, on a petiole 4-6 lines long, with nerves diverging at a 



listancc of j in. apart in the larger leaves ; the raceme, apparently axillary, la about 2§ 



long; the pedicels f-l^ in. long, with bracteoles f-1 in. above the b:iso, each 3 

 lines long : the flower expanded is 3 J in. broad ; the limb of the calyx is subquadratc, 

 1 line long at the lobes, \ line broad in each sinus, the lobes opposite to the sleiuler 

 costal ridges; the petals lJ-2 in. long, f in. broad; the androphorum is white; the 

 fruit of a yellowish- green colour. 



