﻿206 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE 



nitidis, obsolete rugulosis. In Brasilia : 10. s. in 3Ius. Brit. ( Capt. Burton) : exempla 

 2 in Mus. Kew. e Brasilia (sine nomine) : in Mus. Fry. et meo, Bio de Janeiro. 



The specimens vary in size, though all possess similar characters, one being remark- 

 able for its nearly horizontal interzonary band sunk almost below the level of the 

 calycary zone. Burton's larger specimen (Plate XLV.) is 7i in. long, 5f in. broad ; the 

 calycary zone, 6 in. above the base, is \ in. broader ; the interzonary band is | in. high, 

 (in tlio second specimen J in., in the third \ in. above the top of the zone) ; the upper 

 zone and operculum arc 3J in. broad, the latter | in. high ; that portion of the columella 

 which fills the mouth is f in. thick, and is further extended into a short 4-groovec[ cone 

 of about the same length ; the pericarp is J in. thick ; the seeds lJ-2 in. long, 1-1 g- in. 



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broad. 



In my own specimen the calycary zone is 5 in. in diameter and 4 J in. above the sub- 

 hemi«^plinuiical base, the interzonary band is \ in. higher; the upper zone 3f in, in diara., 

 with its mouth inflcxcd and 3 in. in diam. ; the pericarp is f in. thick, the depth inside 

 ])elow the uppi'r zone is 3 in. ; the operculum is 3 in. broad, 1 in. high; the descending 

 truncated portion is 1 in. long, and deeply 1-channelled. 



31. Lecythis lanceolata, Toir. (non Berg), Encyc. M6th. vi. 27 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 291 : 



ramulis tenuitcr virgatis, tcretibus, brnnnois, substriatis, lenticellatis ; foliis ob- 

 longis vol laiiceolatis, imo subobtusis et in petiolo dccurrentibus, apice longiusculc 

 scnsim acuminatis, crebcrrimc serrulatis, submembranaceis, supra Isete viridibus, 

 snl)lucentil)u«?, plauis, ncrvis tcnuibus venisquc creberrime reticulatis prominulis, 

 subtus panlulo pallidioribus, subopacis, costa tcnui, sulcata, prominente, nervis 

 prominulis; petiolo tcnuissimo, canaliculato, subtus ruguloso, limbo lOplo breviore : 

 racemis axillaribus, folio sul){equilongis, rachi tenui, angulata, pruinosa, sub-10-flora; 

 sepalis 6, pediccllo paullo longioribus, acute ovatis, extus pruinosis, marginihus 

 mcmbranaceiSjCiliatis; petalis G, ovatis ; stylo brevi; stigmate parvo, 4-lobo ; ovario 

 infero, parvo, 4-loculari, verticv piano, radiatim striate : pyxidio majusculo, oblongo- 

 ovato, imo rotundato, medio subcylindrico, supra medium zona calycari paullo 

 prominente annulari obsolete 6-lobata cincto, lobis brevibus, rotundatis, erectis, 



guie sursum acutiusculis ; vitta interzonal! primum concava, dein acclivi, 

 diamctri quintam partem alta ; zona superiore integra, inferiore minore ; operculo 

 pulviuatim convcxo, vitta 2-8plo altiore, subtus columella conica lonj-e descendente 



mai 



i-sulcata aucto; pericnrj)!© crasso, sublignoso, subpondcroso, cortice teuui, brunneo 



m m?ulis Mauritianis culta: v. pL siccam in herb. Soc. Lrnn. 

 (Smith), Isle of Prance {Commerson ex herb. Thouars., no. 382) : v.fr. sic, in Mus. 

 BrU., Guiana (sine nomine) ; Bourbon (sine nom.) : in Mus. Kew. Mauritius 

 (Buncan) ; altem sine nomine (forsan indigena). 



This is one of the species transported in 1770, by order of the French Government, to 

 ihe Mauntms, where it still flourishes. It is a lofty tree : the axils of its virgate 

 Dranclileta are f-l in. apart; its bright green thin leaves are 2\-U in. lon^, Hi '^' 



