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unusual occurrence. Berg states that the ovary is 3-cellecl, probably a typographical error, 

 as I have found it constantly 4-cclled, with erect ovules. The axils of the branchlets are 

 |-1 in. apart; the leaves are 2f-3j in. long, l|-2 in. broad, on a petiole 3 lines long, and 

 with about 10 pairs of nerves, with others shorter and intermediate ; the rachis of the 

 raceme is 2-2^ in. long, with prominent nodes 2-3 lines apart ; pedicels 1 line ; sepals 

 2 lines long, 1 J line broad ; larger petals 9 lines long, 6 lines broad ; androphorum 6 

 lines in diam. ; the pyxidium (Plate LVIII. figs. 1 & 2), of a humming-top shape, is 2f in. 

 long, 2i in. broad at the calycary zone, which is 1| in. above the base, and is formed of 

 the ahnost unchanged sepals united by a line ; the interzonal band is 5 lines hio-h ; the 

 upper enthe zone is 2 in. in diam. ; the pulvinate operculum, of similar diameter, is 

 4 lines high, is broadly concave above, concave and septate beneath, with a velarium 

 descending 4 lines within the mouth ; the pericarp is 2^ lines thick, is divided by thin 

 membranaceous dissepiments, continuous with those of the operculum, subsequently 

 ruptured to allow the escape of the seeds. This contains 8 erect seeds, which are 

 immature, erect and shrivelled. 



Chyteoma chartacea, nob. : Lecythis chartacea. Berg in linn, xxvii. 450 : ramulis 

 teretibus, opace vel glauco-brunneis, interrupte striatis ; f oliis ovatis, imo rotundatis 

 et m petiolo late decurrentibus, apice in acumen breve obtusulum vel acutum 



canahculatim recurvum repente constrict] s, integris, vel ad marginem cartilagineu m 



revolutum punctis fuscis obsolete crenulato-serrulatis, chartaceis, supra subop 



dioribu 



tenuibus, patule divaricatis, pauUo prominulis, valde reticulatis, subtus paUi- 

 , brunnescentibus, opacis, costa prominente, nervis venisque prominulis; 

 petiolo subtenui, late sulcato, marginato, Kmbo 12plo breviore : paniculis termina- 

 libus et axillaribus, pauciramosis, aut racemis axillaribus folio brevioribus ; rachi 

 angulata, flexuosa, nodosa, 6-12-flora ; pedicellis brevibus ; sepalis oblongo-ovatis, 

 subimbricatis, fuscis, extus punctis minutis albidis scabriduhs, margine membra-, 

 naceo ciliolatis ; petalis ovatis, concavis, rubris, marginibus fimbriate -ciliatis ; andro- 

 phoro globoso, luteo ; ovario semiinfero, pilis brevissimis scabridulo, distincte 4-lo- 

 c^an, ovuHs in quoque loculo pluribus, e basi erectis et radiantibus, vertice conico, 



stnato ; stylo subbrevi. In Guiana Brit. : v. s. in herb. Hook, Pomeroon {Schomh. 

 791,1432). 



les^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^tainly congeneric with C, Schomburgkiamm, from which it differs in its 



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leaves, its scabridulous sepals with a narrower membranaceous border 

 apart- tf^f ^' ^^^ conical vertex of the ovary. The axils of its branchlets are l-lj in. 

 baveabout iT^''^""^^"^ '''• ^''''^' li-2ii^- ^^oad, on a petiole 2-4 Imes long; they 

 f^eme is ii f ^^^^ ^^ nerves, with others shorter and intermediate ; the rachis of the 

 ^ lines h ^^l^ ^' ■^^^^' *^® pedicels | Hne long, the sepals 2 lines long, the petals 



^g> the flower in hn/i a^k v.^^r, :^ ^i,-^ 4.^„ 



bud 4-5 lines in diameter 



3. Chi 



fig 1 :\^''^^^' ^^^-' LecytUs amara, Aubl. PI. Guian. ii. 718, tab. 286-285 a 



' -DC. Prodr. iii. 292; Bers in Linn, xkvii. 453: ramulis teretibus, fusco 



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