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convexiusciila, conico inclinata, diametri circa qiiintam partem alta ; zona superiore 

 (^uam inferiore multo angustiore, Integra, circular!; operculo vittae altitiidine, 

 sphajrice convexo, solido, subtus columella intra faucem valde incrassata hinc obco- 

 nica, profunde 4-sulcata et longe descendente aucto ; pericarpio crassissimo, sub- 

 spongiose lignoso, sublevitcr opaco, vel granulis paryis elevatis subirrorato, obsolete 

 4-loculari. In Brasilia, prov. Park {Martius) : non vidi 

 This species, seen by Von Martins, was a tree too lofty to obtain a specimen of its 



inflorescence. The pyxidium is 9 in. long, 74 in. broad in the middle : the 



calycary zone is G^ in. above the base, 6 in. in diam. ; the interzonary band is 1 in. high 

 the superior zone and operculum 3| in. in diam., height of the latter IJ- in., the coin 

 mclla filling the mouth and descending to the depth of 4 in. ; pericarp | in. thick, it 

 inner moutli 3 in. broad, depth of cell below upper zone 7J in., its* internal diamete 

 CJ in. ; seeds 1 In. lonr% 8 lines broad. 



1. Lecttuis rr.xiGEiiA, Mart., Berg in Mart. Flor. Bras. I c, p. 493, tab. 64: ramuli; 



subsulcatis ; foliis ovalibus, imo rotundatis, apice saepis 



o '•^•"'» '""o 



simc obtusatis, ad margiiu ni subtenuem flayescentem serrulatis, dentibus obt 

 8ul)cbar<aceis, supm viridibus, opacis, ncrvis tcnuissimis patentim divaricatis vix 

 promimilis, crcbcrrime reticulutis, subtus pallidioribus, nervis venisque prominulis, 

 costa pronuncnte; pctiolo tcnui, supra sulcato et marginato, subtus fusciore, limbo 

 lOplo brcviore: inn.)iescentia brevi (invisa); pedicellis fructiferis valde incras- 

 sntis; pyxidio maximo, ovali-oblongo, infra vel ad medium subventricoso, longe 

 supra medium zona calycari \ix prominula annulari circumdato, margine acutius- 

 culo erccta, undulata et obsolete 6-loba, ambitu circulari : vitta intcrzonali imo 



ct anguste canaliculata, dein conice convexa, diametri quartam partem 



zona supenoro mtcgra, inferiore angustiore, fauce crassissima, inti 

 ore zona dimidio minore; operculo rotundiuscule et conice conv 



duplo 



altiorc, solido, subtus columella aucto, hac primum valde crassa, faucem implente 

 dein snbhrcviter obcouica, 4.sulcata ; pericarpio crassissimo, subscabride granuloso 

 vel scrobiculato-rngoso, giauulis llavidis crebemme signato, interdum sublacunosc 

 tnberculato, obsolete 4.1oculari ; seminibus 16-24, ovato-oblongis, profunde sulcatis, 

 costis furcatis, funiculo magno carnoso suspensis. In Brasilia, prov. Rio Janeiro 

 (Cant agallo) : v. pi. s. In herb, moo, Marica {3Icatos) ; v.fr. s. ex eodem loc. (Mattos), 

 m Mu,. Fry. et meo. Novo Friburgo {Cox) ; Ilheos (Ilaiohshaw) . 



Speoiniens of the plant, without flowers, but attached to the fruit, were lately received 

 from Sen. IVIattos j I also obtained the fruit in a fresh state many years ago in Bio de 

 Janeiro The species forms a tree of immense size, unquestionably the same as L, mi- 

 Ocra :^Iart which extends over the province from Marica to Cantagallo, and even as far 

 north as Ilheos. Tlie leaves are 3-3J in. long, 2-2i in. broad, on a petiole 3^-4 lines 

 long; and they have about 15 pairs of nerves, with others shorter and intermediate, all 

 anastomosmg. The pyxidium (Plate XXXIX.} is 7-lOJ in. long, 6-7^ in. broad; the 

 cal.^ cary zone o.-Oi m. in diam., 5-7i in. above the base ; the interzonary band is l-lj in- 



