﻿;j^g^ MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE. 



andropliorum, with very short capillary filaments seated upon dark tetragonous appen- 

 dages truncated at their summit ; anthers of 2 bright yellow oval lohes divaricated at 

 thek base ; the fruit is unknown. The fragrance of the flowers can be perceived at a 

 distance of half a mile. 



1, CouROUPiTA MEMBRANACEA, nob. *. tamulis teretibus, angulato-sulcatis, brunneis, 



glaherrimis, sublucentibus ; foliis elongato-oblongis, deorsum sensim angustioribus 

 et imo cuneatim acutis, apice in acumen breve obtusulum subito constrictis, 

 marginibus obsolete et remote crenatis, cum dente parvo glanduloso, valde mem- 

 branaceis, utrinque Isete concoloribus, glaherrimis, supra nervis tenuissirois paral- 

 lele divaricato-adscendentibus venisque transversim reticulatis prominulis, subtus 

 costa tenui nervisque sparsim pilosuKs et in axillis subbarbatis ; petiole tenuissimoj 

 imo crassiore, canaliculate, puberulo, limbo 8-9plo breviore : racemis ultrapeda- 

 libus, a trunco enatis ; rachi crassa, angulato -sulcata, pallide brunnea, puberula ; 

 pedicellis alternis, subremotis, imo firmatis, apice cum flore articulatis. In Nueva 



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This species, though in many characters approaching the preceding, is yet very distinct 

 in its deeply sulcated glabrous branchlets, without the peculiar odoriferous glands that 

 distinguish the Veraguas plant ; it differs also in its longer racemes, much larger leaves, 

 upon much longer and more slender petioles : a similar membranaceous texture of the 

 leaves occurs in both the preceding species. It is a tall tree, occurring in plains (not in 

 the forests), and, as in some other species of the genus, with the inflorescence issuing 

 from the main trunk or its bare branches. The axils of its branchlets are f-J in. apart ; 

 the leaves are 8^9 in. long, 2|-3J in. broad, on a slender petiole 1 in. long : the rachis 

 of the racemes is much above a foot in length, with pedicels 3 lines apart and 8 lines 

 long ; the petals are very thick and dark when dry, when fresh are succulent, and yield 

 a blue juice when squeezed. 



8. CouROUPiTA LENTULA, nob. I ramulis ramosis tenuibus, fusco-brunneis, subcompressis, 



striolatis, sparse verruculosis ; foliis ovatis, vel oblongo-ovatis, imo obtiisis, vel 

 rotundiusculis, apice sensim acutis, aut subobtusis, crenato-serrulatis cum dentibus 

 obtusis, membranaceis, f riabilibus, supra viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuissimis venisque 

 reticulatis immersis, subtus vix pallidioribus, fulvide opacis, costa nigra, tenui, 

 prominula; petiolo tenui, limbo 15-18plo breviore: forma inflorescentise ignota; 

 pctalis oblongis, apice rotundatis, submembranaceis (an rubris ? siccis fuscis), mar- 

 ginibus tenuissimis palLidis ; androphoro majusculo, ligula sensim ampliata, striata, 

 galea intus concava, appendiculis numerosissimis crebris staminiferis donata. In 

 Brasilia: v. s. in hb. Hooh., Ilheos iMoricand, 2636, sub Couroupita). 



The leaves are 2 J-3f in. long, li-lf in. broad, on a petiole 1^-2 lines long : there 



inflorescence on the specimen, only the petals and androphorum glued to the sheet ; 

 the latter has a broad oblique cup-shaped ring, widening considerably into a very broad 

 naked ligula, continued into an inverted hood of equal length and breadth, which is 



