﻿220 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



2 lines long and 1-9 lines apart ; each nodule bears an articulated pedicel 4 lines long ; the 

 reflected bract is 6 lines long, 3 lines broad ; the flower expanded is 4^ in. in diam. ; the 

 sepals 5 lines in diam. ; the petals li-2 in. long, IJ in. broad ; the androphorum f in. 

 broad, curving into a semiglobose summit, and 3 in. long ; fertile stamens over disk upon 

 truncated processes Ij line long, sterile processes on hood 4-6 lines long ; the pyxidium 

 (Plate LVII. fig. 1) is 6^ in. long, calycary zone 5 in. in diam., its height from base 4 in. ; 

 interzonary band 1 in. high; upper zone and operculimi 3 in. in diam., If in. high; 

 mouth of upper zone contracted to If in. ; depth of columella 3J in. ; pericarp f in. 

 thick : the admeasurements from Aublct's reduced figures are here restored to their 

 proper Bizc ; seeds If in. long, 1 in. broad. The fruit is called in Cayenne Canari- 

 macnque, or Monkey-pot. 



28. Lkcytiiis vartolata, nob. : foliis ovatis, imo subrotundatis et subito in petiolum 



longiusculc productis, apicc scnsim obtusis, marginibus dentibus parvis sursum 

 mucronatis scrrulatis, subcoriaccis, supra lajte viridibus, nervis subpaucis diver- 

 gcntibus vcniscj^ue crobre reticulatis prominulis, costa subtus prominente ; petiolo 

 lato, subtenui, cannliculato, alto marginato, limbo 5plo breviore : floribus in axillis 

 suporioribus solitariis, flavis ; pcdicellis validiusculis, subnutantibus, calyce 3plo 

 longioribus, imo bractcola rotunda minima munitis ; scpalis 6, rarius 7, obtusis, 

 itiK) ludoribus, oxpansis, extus convcxis; petalis 6-7, duplo longioribus, rotun- 

 datis, concavis, roflexis, membranaccis ; ovario turbinato, ssepius 4- rarius 5-locu- 

 hiri, vortioe subconcavo, radiatim striate, margine elevato et crenulato ; disco la- 

 tiusculo; stylo bnnissimo, uniboiiiformi; stigmate minute 4-lobo : pyxidio sub- 

 bph;i rice turbinato, paullo supra medium zona calycari annulatim subprominula 

 undulnta ambitu obsolete hexangulari cincto ; vitta interzonali subconvexa, diametri 

 tlaiu p;irtem alta ; zona superiorc circulari, Integra, quam calycari | minore ; oper- 

 culo ootifbrnii, maigiae sul)ucuto, subdeprcsse convexo, diametri 4tam partem alto, 

 obsolrto umbonato, cum columella primum truncata et faucem implente, 4-caver- 

 nosa et dcla subito obconica et 4-sulcata; pericarpio obsolete 4-loculari, sub- 

 crasso, leviter lignoso, pallido brunneo, opaco, grosse corrugato, arcolis granulosis 

 mnjusculls invgularibus imprcsso-variolato, vitta grosse torulosa; operculo foveis 

 minoribus variolato ; seminibus plurlmis, oblongis, costatis, funiculis carnosis fere 

 irquiniaguis 8u.spensis. In Brasilia, Rio Janeiro, in Monte Corcovado et vicinis, 

 in sylvis primrcvis : v. pi. s. elfrucL Tejuca (Bennett), Eio Macacu (Car). 

 Spociiriens of the flowers preserved in spirits, and of the seeds and funicles in the same 

 nmnner, as well as the dvkd fruits, were sent to me by Mr. Bennett. I have obtained 

 srvci-al other spoeimens of the fruit from other localities within the province. The leaves 

 are lf-21 in. long, lf-2 in. wide, on a broad channelled petiole 3-4 lines long, and have 

 7 pairs of divergent nerves areuatcly conjoined: the solitary pedicel is very thick, 

 •aduaUy incra^^ated, 4 line? long; the calyx expanded 8 lines across, the sepals 3 lines 

 loui;, 2^ lines broad at biu,e ; the petals G lines long, 5 lines broad ; the androphorum 

 lar-e, the head isl2 lines long and linos broad, its imbricated subulated appendages 

 1-5 lines long, mostly antheriXcrous. The mfloresccnce is described from specimens 





