﻿216 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



imo gibbosis ; petalis oblongis, flavis ; ovario semisupero, imo breviter turbinate 



rugulato, vertice alto, conice cupulato, flavide maculato, distincte 4-loculari, ovulis 

 paucis, funiculatis ; stylo tereti, subbrevi. In Guiana : «?. s, in herb. JSooJc. (Talbot). 



The entire plant presents a rufescent hue ; the axils of its branches are about IJ in. 

 apart ; the leaves are 5^-9 in. long., 3-3| in. broad, on a petiole 6-7 lines long ; the 

 rachis of the panicle is ahout 5 in. long, of its branches 2-3 in. long, distance between 

 alternate flowers 6 lines ; pedicels 3 lines ; sepals 2 lines long, 1 line broad ; petals 6 lines 

 long. It differs from X. amara, Aubl., in its more acuminated leaves, which are not 

 veiy reticulated, in its longer inflorescence, its petals not glutinous, and the structure of 

 the ovury by which the two plants fall into two distinct genera. It differs from X. ve- 

 mist a in its general appearance, in its inflorescence, especially in its semi superior ovary, 

 doiiioshapcd vertex, which is smooth and covered with minute red spots ; the fruits 

 of the two species, in consequence, will probably be very different in form. 



23. Lecytuis tumepacta, nob. : planta ignota: pyxidio urceoloto-turbinato, imo sensim 



angustiorc, 4-lobatim sulcato, rotundiusculo, et circa pedicellum crassiore et umbi- 

 licato, paulio supra medium zona calycari ambitu' sinuato-hexangulari prominente 

 cincto ; lobiij cum angulis 6, magnis, convexis, valde tumidis; vitta interzonali ogivalo- 

 couvexa, diamctri 4ta parte alta ; zona superiore circular!, iute£?ra, inferiore dmiidio 



cum 



angustiore ; operculo vitta altiorc, crassissimo, yalde pulvinato et convexo, 

 columella infra adnata, hac acute obconica, 4-sulcata, fere ad basin loculi descen- 

 dcnte ; pericarpio crasso, spongiose lignoso, fulvo-brunneo, pulverulenti-pruinoso, 

 areolis majusculis ferriigineo-granulatis cancellatim impressis exsculpto, obsolete 

 l-loculari ; seminibus in quoque loculo circa 5, oblongis, pallide brunneis, irregu- 

 lariter costatis, subscrobiculatis, funiculo albo carnoso paulio minore suspensis. In 

 Guiana Britannica : v. fruct. sic. in Mas. Kew., tria exempla sine operculo, et in 

 meo cum operculo ; Demerara [Boughton). 



Tiie fruit of this species (Plate LV. fig. 4) approaches that of the following (crassi- 

 noda) but differs in being smaller, in its calycary zone placed above the middle, not 

 i>liarply angular m its periphery, in being tumidly swollen, with its lobes very rounded 

 and thick, in a less elevated interzonal band, a smaUer upper zone; the operculum is 



pulvmatc, quite convex, and the columella lon-er: the seeds are smoother, less 



b 



anulated 



It IS 6 m. long, the calycary zone 3 J in. above the base, with an undulating sharpish 

 ease orbicular m form, hoUowish beneath, 5| in. in diam., the tumesecent lobes being | 

 m thick; the mtcrzonal band is i in. high; the upper zone 3 in. in diameter, with an 

 mcbncd aperture in the mouth, 2 in. across ; the operculum IJ in. high, 3i in. broad 



pulvinate base, the attached columella 3 in. deep ; the perica^ is | in. thick, the 



inner space H iu. deep, and 5i in. in diam.; the seeds are If in. long, | in. broad 



o 



Lecttius CKASSINODA, nob. : ramulis tenuibus, teretibus, brunneo-opacis, angulatc 

 striatis; fohis oblongis, vel elongato-oblongis, imo subobtusis et in petlolum sub- 



