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high ; the upper zone is circular 3J-4J in. in diam., the inner mouth contracted and slant- 

 downward to a diameter of 1^-2 in. ; the operculum is 3J-4J in. in diam., lJ-2 in. 

 high, solid, with the attached columella, at first !{ in. thick, 2J long, extending down- 

 wards to an ohtuse point ; the pericarp is nearly 1 in. thick, depth of inner space from 

 upper zone 5-7 in., the internal diam. 4-6 in. ; the seeds are l|-2 in. lono-, l-li in. 



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hroad, suspended hy white fleshy funicles of nearly the same length ; the fruit is home 

 upon a long, thick, woody support. This pyxidium resemhles that of Z. Amazonum in 

 size, but is more elongated, with a longer operculum, a shorter columella, and a more 

 contracted mouth, and larger seeds. The larger dimensions above given are those of 

 Berg, the smaller ones from some of my own specimens. The leaves were not seen by 

 Berg. 



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It is distinguished from Z. Velloziana hy its shorter axils, more ovate leaves, not 

 acuminated, more finely serrated, hy its more robust pyxidium, more rounded at the base, 

 of a paler yellowish colour, lighter consistence, with a smoother subgranular surface, by 

 its lobeless annular calycary zone, showing inside of it a deep circular channel. 



5. Lecythis Velloziana, nob : Zecythis ollaria, VeU., non Linn., M. Plum. p. 222, Icon. 

 V. tab. 88 : foliis ellipticis, imo in petiolum sensim subacutis, apice gradatim acute 

 attenuatis, suhgrossule serratis, petiolo limbo 12plo hreviore: floribus ignotis: 

 pyxidio magno, late ovato, vasiformi-cylindrico, imo valde rotundato, medio sensim 

 paullo constricto, supra medium zona calycari subannulata, obsolete 6-lohata, am- 

 bitu subhexagona, margine sursum spectante cincto ; vitta interzonali subconica, 

 apice rotundiore, diametri tertiam partem alta ; zona superiore orbiculari, inferiore 

 multo minore ; operculo convexo, vitt^e fere altitudine, solido, columella crassissima 

 mo obconica et 4-sulcat a aucto; pericarpio crassissimo, subponderoso, luride 

 brunneo, opaco, granulatim irrorato, obsolete 4-loculari. In Brasilia, prov. Eio de 

 Janeiro : v. fruct. in Mus. Fry. ; «??. non vidi 



1^ in. 



^ he axfis of its branchlets are about 1^ in. apart ; the leaves are 3-3i in. long, 1}- 



thr 1 ^^ ^ ^^*^°^^ ^ ^^^^® ^^^^ ' *^^ PyxidiuiTL (Plate XL.) is 8 J in. long, 6^ in. broad ; 

 ^^e^calycary zone, 5 J in. above the base, is 6f in. in diam. ; the interzonary band is 



thiT ' *^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ operculum 4 in. in diam.; the latter, IJ in. high, is 



ic ened beneath by the portion filling the mouth, f in. deep, and farther lengthened 

 of i!'..!*^^ descending ob conical portion of the columella ; pericarp f-f in. thick; depth 

 " ' 51 in., internal diameter 4| in., the contracted 



: the seeds are 2^ in. long, 1 in. broad, con- 



: "T 'P^^^ ^^lo^ the upp 



^^^ at each extremity. 



ascend'^^^^^^^'' ^^^^^ ^"^^"^ •^* «^%^^« in the more eUiptic shape of its leaves, its more 



i^g nerves, and a very different pyxidium. 



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^^His BoGOTENsis, nob. : planta ignota : pyxidio magno, vasiformi, cylindrico, 



sensim breviter rotundato, longe supra medium zona calycari ambitu an- 



erectT ^^"^"^ P^^^inente undulatim 6-loba cincto, lobis subrotundis, compressis, 



IS ; vitta interzonaH circa lobos concava. dein introrsum convexe accliva, dia- 



