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226 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



prominente, nervis venisque prominulis, petiolo sulcato crenulatim marginato, 

 limbo 14plo breviore : racemis terminalibus, foUo dimidio brevioribus ; rachi angu- 

 lata, Temicosa ; pedicellis brevibus, recurvis, angulatis, rugulosis, pilosulis ; sepalis 

 oblongis, subacutis, insequalibus, margine membranaceis, apice ciliolatis, maculatis, 

 parallele striatis, breviter sparse ct adpresse pilosulis ; petalis obovatis, albis, mem- 

 branaceis ; ovario infcro, hcxagone turbinate, ruguloso, 4-loculari, ovulis plurimis 

 ab axi 3-scriatim radiantibus, vertice intra discnm subconcavo, radiatim striate, 

 medio conicc elevate; stylo tereti, subincurvo ; stigmate parvo, sub-4-lobo, albo. 

 In Amazonas: v. s. in herb. Hook., San Jos6, PJo Negro {Biedely 11'50). 



Tliis |jlant quite agrees with the characters assigned to this species by Berg, although, 

 iu evident forgetful ucss, the name of " Lecythia Riedelianum teste Berg " was written by 

 Ri('(l(;l on the specimen, the latter being a species of Eschioeilera. It is a tree 20 feet 

 high, found by Bicdcl at the fort, Marabitana, S. Jos6, opposite the confluence of tlie 

 rivorb N«'gro and Casiqulare, on the confines of Brazil and Venezuela ; its leaves are 3-5 

 in. long, 1-2 in. brond, on petioles 8-G lines long, and have about 12 pairs of nerves ; the 

 racliis of the tenninnl meenie is 3} in. long, with iloAvcrs about 3 lines apart; the 

 pedicels are IJ lino long; the sepals 2 lines long, 1 line broad; the rounded petals G-S 

 lir»c.>> loni:^, 4 lines broad; the androphornm has a very convex scmiglobosc head lacinu- 

 lated and incurved at the margin, densely charged inside with shortish appendages, most 

 "»f which arr anthcriferous. 



?^0. LiXTTiris ^VIahtini, Berg in Mart. Fl. Br. p. 61C: ramulis teneris, verruculosis ; 



foliis oblongis, vel ovali-oblongis, imo obtusatis et breviter acutis, apice recurvato- 

 acuminati'', snbiutegris, vcl ad margincm e punctis fuscis obsolete serrulatis, char- 

 tncois, nervis patulis, margiuem versus adscendentibus et arcuatim nexis, cum aliis 

 brcribus intcrjcctis, costa carinata, flcxiiosa, prominente, subtus costa incrassata 

 prominente ; petiolo canaliculato, limbo G-7plo breviore : racemis axillaribus, vel plu- 

 ribus congCitis rt terminalibus, folio brevioribus ; rachi gracili, angulata, pruinosa; 

 braolcis oblongis, dcciduis ; pediccUis rccurvatis ct verrucoso-torosis ; sepalis quam 

 his longioribus, inajqualil)ns pruinosis, oblonsjis, obtusis, carinatis : ovario scmiinfero, 



-locnhiri, lociiHs pluriovulatis 

 Martin) : noii chit. 



tylo longiusculo. In Cay 



Ben? states that this species is near Z. corrugata, Poit. ; but as its ovary is 4.1ocular, 



this po<;ition cannot be accepted: it is also said to be near L. salehrosa. Berg, differing 



in its Icarea beinir obtuse at base, in the smooth vertex of its ovary, and oblong sepals ; 



the leaves lU'c 3-5 iu. long, lJ-2 in. broad, on a petiole G-7 lines long ; rachis of raceme 



i;-2; in. Ion?; bracts 2 lines long; pedicels 3 lines long; sepals "s lines long, 1^2 

 lines broad. 



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40. I.FXYTUis RUBicuxDA, nob. : ramulis pallidc brunneis vel griseo-opacis, striolatis. 



lentieolUs verruciJosis ; foliis ovatis, vel oblongis, imo obtusis, et in petiolum breviter 

 ac subito acntioribu « , apiee in acumen acutum, aut obtusulum, subrccurvum repente 



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