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this ougM to be the case here is proved hj his drawing of the fruit, where the line of the 

 calycary zone is shown somewhat above the middle. 



3. CorROUPiTA NiCARAGUENSis, DO. Prodr. iii. 294 ; (Erst. Myrt. p. 16 ; Berg in Linn. 



xxvii. 462 : Lecythis NicaraguaensiSy M09. & Sess. PI. Mex. Icon. ined. Species 

 vix nota: foliis obtusis ; calycis niargine lobato; petalis obtusis. In America 

 central! prope Nicaragua : non vidi. 



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This scarcely known species is said to differ from C Guianensis in its obtuse leaves, 

 smaller flowers, of a reddish white colour, and the blue tint of the pulp of the fruit. 

 Perhaps it scarcely differs from the C. odoratissima of Seemann, which may be said to 



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4. CouROUPiTA Antillana, nob. : Couroupita Guianensis, Hook, (non Aubl.) Bot. Mag. 



lix. tab. 3158 ; Tuss. Ant. ii. tab. 10 et 11 ; Descot. Ant. v. 349 ; Criiger, Linn. xxi. 737 : 

 ramulis patentibus, subvalidis, teretibus, sulcatis, glabris, Isevibus, rufescentibus ; 

 foliis in apice ramulorum congestis, elongato-oblongis, sub medium valdc angustatis et 

 cuneatim acutis, apice subobtusato-acutis, aut brcviter acuminatis, intcgris, vcl obso- 

 lete serratis, submembranaceis, supra pallide viridibus, nervis subpatulc divaricatis 

 et subcrebre parallelis prominulis, costa tenui, vix prominula, subtus pallidioribus, 

 costa nervisque tenuissimis paullo prominulis et obsolete pubcrulis; petiole tenuissimo, 

 puberulo, limbo lOplo breviore : racemis in trunco ct ramis annosls loiiyis, multi- 

 floris ; pedicellis subproximis, longis, subtenuibus, erectiusculis, pcrsistcntibus, imo 

 bractea oblonga et apice bracteolis 2 parvis munitis ; floribus maximis, cum pedicellis 

 articulatis, et hinc ssepe caducis; sepalis ovatis, subacutis, ercctis, marginc cilio- 

 latis, aestivatione quincuncialiter imbricatis; petalis 6, rarius 7, magnis, 2 extc- 

 rioribus amplioribus, obovatis, expansis, extus flavide roseis, intus sangufneo-lila- 

 cinis; androphori basi late orbiculari galeaque lata incurva appendiculis nnilti- 

 seriatis staminigeris, in ilia clavatis, in hac longioribus teretibus, rubris intus tcctis, 

 ligula lata nuda ; ovario infero, vertice intra discum annularem altc convcxo ; stig- 

 mate fere sessili, 6-radiato : pyxidio globose, 8-pollicari. In Antilles : v. s. in hh. 

 Uooh.y San Vincente ( Guilding) ; Trinidad {Lockhart). 



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A tree 50-60 feet high, with a trunk more than 2 feet thick, and a soft wood ; leaves 

 7^-10 in. long, 2|-3 in. broad, on a rather slender downy petiole f in. long, with about 

 24 pairs of nerves : the racemes, growing upon the trunk and old bare branches, are 

 1-3 feet long, with sometimes as many as 100 flowers of a somewhat crimson colour* 

 each 5 in. broad when expanded ; the peduncle of the raceme is straight, about 3 lines 

 thick, closely beset with the suberect pedicels, which are persistent, about 1\ in. long, 

 with a larger bract at base and 2 small oblong bracteoles at the summit, where thu 

 caducous flowers are articulated ; hence the trunk and main branches have the appear- 

 ance of being armed with numerous spiny shoots ; the turbinated adnatc calyx is crowned 

 by 6 rounded sepals, 3 lines long and broad ; petals roundish, concave, fleshy, unequal, 

 imbricated and expanded, yellowish outside with a tinge of red, crimson-lilac within, 

 lf-2 in. long, li-2 in. broad ; androphorum large, 2 in. in diam., its basal ring ] \ in. 



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