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is I in. high ; the upper zone is If- in, in diam., its inner mouth contracted to 1 in. ; the 

 lip ^ in. broad ; the internal depth below the upper zone is If in., its internal diam. 



1| in. 



33. Lecythis cupularis, nob. : planta ignota : pyxidio subparvo, imo hemisph^erico, 



medio extrorsum subcurvato, supra medium zona calycari valde prominente annular! 

 sub-G-loba cincto, lobis tumidis, margine acutis, supra planis, subtus convexis; 

 vitta intcrzonali brcvi, erectiuscula, subconvexa, diametri quintam partem alta : zona 



(( 



supcrioro integra, circulari ; operculo ignoto ; pericarpio baud crasso, spongioso- 

 lignoso, cortice areolatim rimoso, ochraceo-brunneo, granulatim scrobiculato, obsolete 

 4i-loeulari, oriflcio vertical!. In Brasilia Amazonica : v. a. in Mm. Kew., vernac. 

 Monkey's Stewpan" (sine altera indicatione) . 



The above pyxidium (Plate XLIX. fig. 2) somewhat resembles that of Z. levicula, but 

 it is more globose, with a narrower erect interzonary band, a more acute calycary zone, 

 nnd an erect mouth ; it is 2 in. long from the base to the upper zone ; calycary zone 

 li in, above base and 8 in. in diam, ; interzonary band scarcely \ in. high ; upper zone 

 2 in. in diam., with an erect inner mouth ; pericarp \ in. thick, depth of cell If 



side diam. 2 in., showing the traces of 4 dissepiments ; externally it is not tuberculate, 

 but subsmooth or finely granular, with a thin bark cracking into angular areoles. 



U. Lecytiiis L^vicuLA,nob. : planta ignota; pyxidio parvo, subgloboso, imo hemi- 



spluurlco, medio extrorsum curvato, supra medium zona calycari annular! prominente 

 obsolete G-loba ambitu subhexagona cincto, lobis subtumidis; vitta interzonal! convexe 

 accUvi, diametri quintam partem alta ; zona superiore circulari Integra subminore ; 

 operculo ignoto ; pericarpio subcrasso, coriaceo-lignoso, l^evi, pallide brunneo aut 

 cmerco, indistincte tuberculato et minutissime granulato, obsolete 4i-loculari. In 

 Guifina Brit. : v. 8. in Mm. Kew., Demerara {FarJcer), 



The pyxidium is small (Plate XLIX. fig. 3), only 2} in. long from the base to the 



ppor zone, which is 2 in. broad ; the calycary zone, 1| in. above the base, is 2i in 



diam ; the interzonary band \ in. high ; the very Hght pericarp is 3-4 lines thick ; the 

 depth of inner cavity below the upper zone is 2 iin., its internal diam. 2 in., the con- 

 tracted mouth boinj? U in. broad. 



35. Lecytuis PLATYZONE, Berg in Mart. H. Br. I. c. p. 485 : planta ignota: pyxidio sub- 

 globoso, imo turbinato et anguste truucato; supra medium zona calycari obsolete 

 lobata et^ undulatim lineata margine acuto sursum spectante cincto ; vitta inter- 

 zonali apico obtuse acclivi, diametri quintam partem alta ; zona superiore circulari, 

 lutegra, ore eontracto ; operculo ignoto ; pericarpio crassiusculo, suberoso-Hgnoso, 

 extus exasperato, intus obsolete 4.1ocularL In prov. Rio de Janeiro : mn vidi. 



^ir^^'''^ ""^ ^^' 'P^^'' (^^''*" ^^^' fi^- 2) differs from that of Z. pila.^ m its 

 Wl i . ^^ '"""' ? ^^ *^'^^"*" ^^^"^' ^^^ i^ ^^^^^S a narrower interzonary 

 Tr.iT 'V f '^'''' coriaceous substance, and its scrobiculately rugose (exas- 

 peratc) surface. It .s 3 in. long fi-om the base to th. upper .one, 3* in broad L the 



