﻿212 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^ 



aucto, hac primum crassa, faucem implente, subtus cavitatibus 4 infossata, et dein 

 obconicc dcscendente late 4i-sulcata ; pericarpio crassissimo, fere osseo, extus corru- 

 gulatoet variolosoj obsolete 4-loculari; seminibus majusculis, oblongis, irregulariter 

 costatis. In Brasilia, prov. Espiritu Santo et Minas Geraes ad ripas Rio Doce : 



jpl. sine Jlorc in lib, HooJc. {Burehell, 9650, sine loco) ; fructus ab eadem 



o 



{non vidi). 



I have no doubt of the identity of Burchell's flowerless specimen with that of St.- 

 Ililaire, described by Cambess5des, as it was tbrougb tlie same region tbat Burchell 

 travelled on his way to the Rio Tocantins ; its characters agree well with Cambessedes* 

 description, especially in its finely serrulated leaves, differing essentially from Berg's 

 plant from Eio de Janeiro, the leaves of which are larger and crenately dentate. Berg's 

 diagnosis of L. Pisonis (except that of the fruit) must therefore be rejected, as it appears 

 to mc well adapted to Z. Velloziana^ nob. (i. ollaria. Veil, non Linn.) I have accepted 

 Berg'a character of the fruit from Xipote, as it comes from the same region as St.- 

 Ililairo's plant, near the source of the Bio Doce. On the other hand Cambassedes' 

 account of th(^ fruit cannot be received, as he did not see it, and wrongly assumed it to 

 be identical with the Jacapucmja of Marcgraaf, from Alagoas. 



Tn BurchcU's specimen, the axils of the slender branches are 1-1^ in. apart : the leaves 

 arc 2J-61 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad, on petioles 1-2 lines long; they have about 18 pairs 

 of slender nen'cs, with others shorter and intermediate. The raceme, according to Cam- 

 bessedes, is 3-4 in. long, the pedicels 2-3 lines long, the sepals 2-2^ lines long, tlie 

 pefnls lines long, the androphorum 7 lines in. diam. In Plate LI. I have copied tlie 

 pyxidium from Berg's drawing, with the addition of the operculum; it is altogether 

 8J in. high ; the calycary zone is 8 in. across, and 3^ in. above the base ; the interzonal 

 band is 2 in. high ; the upper zone and operculum 4 in. in diam. ; the latter, as stated by 

 Berg, is 2 J in. high ; the breadth of the rim of the mouth 9 lines, its orifice 3 in. wide ; 

 tlie columella descends 2 in. lower ; the pericarp, 9 lines thick, weighs 3 or 4 lbs. ; the 

 seeds are If in. lonsr, W in. broad. 



18. Lecythis sph^roides, nob. ; planta ignota ; pyxidio majusculo, subsph^rico, imo 



scmigloboso, circa medium zona calycari annulari ambitu circulari paullo promi- 

 nentecuicto; vitta interzonali subacclivi, diametri tertiam partem fere alta ; zona 

 suporiorc Integra, orbiculari, quam calycari paullo minore; operculo circular!, 

 pulvinatim convexo, vitta dimidio breviore, subtus columella primum crassissima 

 dem su])ito conica et profunde 4.cavernosa aucto ; pericarpio subleviter lignoso, 

 crassisj^imo, extus in lacunas longiusculas irregulares profunde corrugulato, circa 

 zonam cal ycarem laeviusculo ; operculo subruguloso, intus obsolete 4-loculari. In 

 Amazonas : t7./r. «. in Mm. Morson. et meo, Cametd {Farriss). 

 The pyxidium only is known (Plate LIL), which somewhat resembles that of X. P*" 



*ft«w, but has a much wider upper zone and operculum, with a broader marginal mouth 

 1 a much tidcker pericarp of a lighter woody tissue. It is 7 in. hic^h, 7i in. brond 



the 811 g 



baud is 



htly undulating calycary zone, \Yhich is 3i in. above the base; the interzonaiy 

 ^ in. high; the upper zone is U In. in diam., with a flattish incUned mouth 



