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31. Lectthis dubia, H. B. K. (non Berg), n. gen. yii. 259; Berg in Linn, xxvii. 460 et 

 446 : foliis oblongis, imo angustc cuncatis, apice acu minatis, basin versus integris, 

 medio obsolete et obtuse dentatis, subcoriaceis, glabris, supra nervosis et reticulatis, 

 subtus costa nervisque promineutibus ; petiolo semitereti, glabro, limbo 12plo 

 breviore : inflorescentia ignota ; pedunculo fructif ero longiusculo, glabro : pyxidio 

 subparvo, subpoculif ormi, imo rotundato et profunde 6-sulcato, paullo supra basin 

 zona calycari prominente annulate ambitu 6-gono cincto, cum lobis 6, tumidis, sub- 

 reflexis ; vitta interzonali cylindrica, leyi, diametrum fere alta ; zona superiore oper- 

 culoque orbicularibus et integris ; operculo depresse pulvinato, diametri sextam partem 

 alto, subtus columella aucto, bac primum faucem implente, dein repente conica et 

 profunde 4-sulcata; pericarpio 4-loculari, pallide brunneo, imo crasso, latere 

 tenuiore, leviter lignoso, extus lacunis plurimis rubellis variolato ; seminibus 8, 

 oblongis, rufo-brunneis, leviter costatis. In Nova Granada ad Eio Magdalena, ubi 

 legit plantam Bonpland {j)l. non vidi) : fructus mdi in Mus. Kew., Rio Magdalena 

 {Pur die). 



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The incomplete specimen brougbt home by Bonpland is said by Kuntb to consist only 

 of a single leaf and an immature fruit in a decayed state ; the leaf is 10-11 in. long, 

 3i in. broad, on a petiole 9 J lines long ; the peduncle (or rather part of the racbis of 

 raceme ?) is 1^ in. long. In the Kew Museum, accompanying the pyxidium of X. ellijp- 



another fruit, evidently belonging to a distinct species. The characters of that 



plant and those of the above show they are nearly allied, though very different species 

 The fruit of L. elliptica is well identified by Purdie's specimen ; and I think we may safely 

 refer the other fruit (Plate LI. fig. 3) to the species under consideration; and I have 

 therefore added the particulars of it to Kunth's diagnosis. It is 2f in. long, the basal 

 portion I in. high ; the calycary zone, immediately above this, is 3^ in. in diam. ; the 

 interzonary band is nearly erect, and l^ in. high; the upper zone and operculum -" 



2i in. in diam., the latter \ in. high, its columella fills the mouth, descending below 



conical form, deeply channelled ; the pericarp is f in. thick at its base, | in. thick at the 

 sides; the seeds are IJ in. long, i in. broad. -r r li 



This species was confounded by Dr. Berg with another specimen in the Berlin Her- 

 barium, as related by me under Gustavia dubia (ante, p. 179). 



32. Lecythis pilaeis, nob. : planta ignota : pyxidio subparvo, imo exacte globoso, 



pauUo supra medium zona lineari vix prominente sursum acutiuscula obsolete b-lo Da 

 ambitu fere circulari cincto ; vitta interzonali acclivi, paullo convexa, diametn 4tam 

 partem alta ; zona superiore Integra circulari, quam calycari a^&'^s*^^^ 

 ignoto; pericarpio crassissimo, dense lignoso, cortice crasso /t,- ^ 



culatim rimoso, obsolete ^-loculari. In Brasilia : v, s. fr, in Mm. Fry. (Kio de 

 Janeiro). 



oper 

 brunneo, opaco, reti 



I^_ shape this fruit (PI. XLII. fig. 3) much resemUes that of L. ^ff'^-}t:T:!f. 



i f its size. Without the operculum, the pyxidium is 2 in. high, and 2f . b;"*"^!;; *^ 

 ^'Wy .one. which is U in. above the base, and 2i in. in diam. ; the interzonary band 



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