﻿200 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^ 



Lecythis, LceA., Linn. 



Calyx adnatus^ limbo libero in sepala 6-7 brevibus diviso. Petala 6-7, multo majora^ saepius insequalia, 

 ohlonga^ subreflexa, unguibus intra discum et androphorum semel agglutinata et cum androphoro 

 caduca. Discus epigynus, annularis, planus. Androphorum magnum^ petaloideum, ei BerthoUetia 

 slmilcj imum annulare disco agglutinatum, intus appendiculis brevibus erectis staminiferis creberrimis 

 munitum; fibula nuda, carnosaj galea subito inversa, extus depresse convex a, intus appendiculis 

 longiorlbus tcretibus dense echinata, his plerumque staminiferis, supremis longioribus et sterilibus • 

 stamina iis Bertholleli<e sirailia. Ovarium inferum, semiglobusum, vel turbinatum, vertice intra 

 discum planum convcxo, 4- raro 5-locnlarc ; ovula in quoque loculo plurima, a placcntis crassis ceu- 

 tralibus funiculo distincto pluriscriatim suspensa, anatropa : stylus longiusculus, teres, subincuniis; 

 stigma minimum, subglobosum, papillosum. Pyxidium saepius maximum, ovale, turbinatum, vel 

 globosum, ad varias altitudiucs zona calycari e sepalis incrassatis plus minusve tumidis cinctum ; vitta 

 mterzanali moHo vario clevata 5 zona superiore orbiculari, et hinc dehiscente ; operculum majusculum, 

 Bubclrcularc, crasslssijuuiu, liguciim, vel fibroso-coriaccum, supra couvexum, ssepe umbonatum, subtus 

 ad caluiadlam longe dcscendentera 4-angulatam arete agglutinatum, et simul deciduum : periearplum 

 crassum, llgncnm, durum, 4- vel incomplete 5-Ioculare : semina in quoque loculo 4-6, oblonga, 

 utrlnque obtusa, lusca, longitudinaliter costato-sulcata, ab bilo subsupero funiculo (seu strophiola) 

 albo carnoso fere ajquimagno snspensa ; testa crassa, dura, sublignosa, et raphes ramis intra costas 

 sepultis muuitaj integumentum internum tenuiter mcmbranaceum, chalaza infera ssepe signatum: 

 embryo oxalbuminosus, cdulis, albus, amygdalinus, utrinque obtusus, bomogencus, seu re vera radi- 

 cuh gignntca, cujus exorhiza externa neorhizam internam distincte et undique ciugit, cotyledonibm 

 4, tninutisfiimis, dccussatim imbricatis, valde depressis, vix distinctis, ab bilo remotis, cum pluniuh 

 obtusa sub iis abscondita, ita ut in gcrmiuatione plumula per cotyledones propulsa novae plants cuu- 

 liciihm squamigcrum gignat, et neorbizse incremento radicella, e mamilla bilo proxiraa, erumpat. 



Arborcs America: tropica et AntlUana s(eptus maxima, trunco crasso, dure ligneo, cortice coriaceo, libero, 

 e laminis mmerosiasimis solubililais confecio, ramos(E : folia elliptica, vel oblonga, raro cor data, sapius 

 glabra, iutcgra vel serruta, petiolata ; paaiculm aut racemi axillares et terminales, pluriflori : flores 

 pedicellati, aibi, rosei, aut luiei. 



1. LEcrrnis ollaria, Loefl. Itin. p. 159; Linn. Sp. p. 734; DO. Prodi*, iii. 291 (cxcl 



syn.); Berg in Mart. Flor. Bras. I. c. p. 615; in Linn, xxvii. 449: arbor vasta; 

 i-amulis verruculosis ; foliis ovatis, imo cordatis, apice obtusis, subserratis, firme 

 chartaceis, subundulatis, supra fusco-viridibus, petiolo subnullo : racemo terminali, 

 spicato, rachi angulata ; pediccllis e nodis alternis, horizontalibus, bractea orata 

 decidua mxmiiU ; floribus nutantibus ; sepalis 6, oblougis, in^qualibus, exterioribus 

 rotundioribus, concavis, perslstentibus ; petalis 6, mnlto majoribus, patuHs, sub- 

 insequalibus, oblongis, vel subrotundatis, concavis, marginibus obUque rcflexis, 

 albis; andropboro luteo: ovario infero, 4-loculari, vertice depresso; stylo sub- 

 brcTi; stigmate obtuso : pyxidio magno, imo subrotundo, supra medium zona calr- 

 cari subannulari obtuse 6-lobata cincto ; zona superiore Integra ; pericarpio Hgnoso. 

 In Venezuela ad Barcelona (Xff/%) ; in Cumana ? Bumholdt (sec. cl. Berg) : non 



Gidi. 



Wc know notbing more of this species, that can be depended upon, beyond the above 

 details, quoted from Lcefling ; the few additional characters offered by Berg are here 



