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' rosissimis staininigeris tereti-clavatis munltum, iis intra cupulam brevjoribus, crebriter ere'ctis, intra 

 galeam longioribus, undique echinatim creberrimis et imbricatis. Stamina parva, apici appendicuk- 

 rum insita j filamenta tenuiter filiformia, brevia, erecta ; anthera ovatae, 2-lob2e, lobis collateralibus, 

 medio ad filamentum affixis^ rirna longitudinali extus dehiscentibus. Ovarium inferum, semi- 

 globosum, 6-loculare ; ovulis in quoque loculo plurimis, fiiniculis a placenta axillari bilamellatim 

 prommente snspensis^ anatropis^ vertice intra discum anuularem alte pulvinatum radiato-crenatum 

 valde concavo; stylus subnullus; stigma in cavitate sessile^ subglobosum, 6-8-sulcatum, apice 

 6-8-radiatnm^ radiis glutinosis. Pyxidium majusculum^ globosum^ circa medium zona calyc&ri sub- 

 lineari cinctnm ; vitta inter zonali fere semiglobosa; zona 5M/?more valde minore^ orbicularis integra: 

 operculum parvum, vix elevatum^ subtus ad columellam cOnjunctum : pericarpium crassissimum^ pon- 

 derosum; epicarpio ^viho^^eo, textura granoso^ duro; mesocarpio submolli demum deliquescente et 

 effugiente^ hinc vacuum reliquit (an semper ?) ; endocarpio crasso^ osseo, primum G-loculari^ deinde 

 . dissepimentis columellaque in pulpam resolutis^ pulpafirme carnosa, subglutinosa^ 1-loculari, 30— iO- 

 spermo : semina ovsita., funiculis totidem carnosis pubescentibus dimidio brevioribus suspeusa; testa 

 subcoriacea, velutino-pubescens^ circa hilum magnum rimosa : integumentum internum mcmbrana- 

 ceum : embryo exalbuminosus, radicula sequilonga, tereti, ad hilum superne spectante, cotyledonibus '2, 

 modo hippocrepiformi adscendentibuSj, magnis, foliaceis, corrugato-plicatis. 

 Arbores Americee tropioE et Antiltantp sape procerrimce, trunco crasso, valde ramosis : folia elliptlco-ohlonga , 

 petiolata, nervis parallelis divergentibus : infloresccutia racemosa. 



1. COUROU 



Gu 



152, tab. 7 ; DC. Prodr 



Alibi. PI. Guian. ii. 

 iii. 294 ; Berg in Mart. Fl. Bras 



708, tab. 282 ; Toit. Mo 



I. c. p. 4 



Mus. xiii 

 in Linn 



xxvii. 461 : Lecythis hracteata, Willd. Sp. ii. 1174 : Fehea CouroupUa, J 



ra- 



mulis 



assiusculis 



o 



cicatricibus foliorum post lapsum signatis, brii 



pruinosis, apice creberrime foliiferis : foliis 



D 



ato-obloniris. imo obt 



D 



uscule obtusis, apice sensim obtusis vol in acumen breve obtusum iq 



strictis, 

 profund 



mar 



giaibus subintegris vel obsolctissime crenuiatis, chartaccis, supra 

 idibus, subuitidis, nervis numcrosis, tcnuibus, parallcle divergculibus, 



intra marginem arcuatim 



nexis, flavidulis, costaquc tenui scmiimmers: 

 pallidioribus, subnitidis, vel subopacis, costa crassiore promincnte, pruino 



subtus 



tenuibus venisque transversim 



promincntibus ; petiolo 



reti 



ubpuberulo, marginibus tenuibus valde involutis, limbo lOplo brcviore : racemis 



e 



vel 



:imis nudis ortis, folio fere sequila 



raclii valida, rectiuscula 



alternatim nodosa; pedicellis persistentibus, imo bractea fere a^quilonga acuta 



bus majusculis, ad pedi- 



decidua munitis, apice bracteolis 2 minutis signatis 

 cellos a: 



flor 



ticulatis, plerumque caducis, odoratis ; sepalis 6, ovalib 



viridibus 



petalis 6, quorum 4 maj 



2 minoribus, obi 



» r 



unguibus palUdis carnosis; andropboro albo-roseo, appendiculis rufis; ovario infero 



turbinate, 6-loculari, vertice intra discum elevatum subconve 



tylo 



stigmate globoso, radiatim 6-sulcato : fructu globoso, ut in charactere gcnenco 

 Guiana : v. s. specim. typic. (sine florc) in herb. Mas. Brit., Cayenne (Auhlet). 



ullo 

 I 



Th 







stated by Aublet to bave a tbick trunk, 20-30 



t bigh, often more than 



feet in diameter. The leaves in the typical specimen arc G-12 in. long, 2^-4 in. broad 

 I a petiole 7-10 lines long, with 22-24 pairs of nerves, all conjoined within the margin 



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