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brunneis, opa<;is, lenticellis flavidis verruculosis, striatis; foliis elongato-oblono-is, 

 vel ellipticis, imo obtusis et subito acutatis, apice in acumen acutum constrictis, sub- 

 integris, vel ad marginem cartilagineum revolutum obsoletissime serrulatis, sub- 

 coriaceis, supra sublucentibus, nervis tenuibus subimmersis patule divaricatis, venis 

 crebeirime reticulatis, ad costam promlnulam sulcatis, subtus pallidioribus, ssepe 

 rubcntibus, nervis venisquc favoso-reticulatis prominulis, costa validiore prominente ; 

 petiolo fusco, canaliciilato, marginato, subruguloso, limbo 12plo breviore : racemis 

 tcrminalibus, saepe axillaribus, folio multo brevioribus; rachi ferrugineo-pruinosa, 

 angulata, intemipte striata, nodosa ; bracteis majusculis concavis, margine ciliatis, 

 cadurissirais; floribus subparvis ; pedicellis tenuibus, corrugatis; sepalis 6, his duplo 

 loii^ioribus, oblongo-ovatis, pruinosis, crassiusculis, carinatis, ciliatis ; petalis 6, 

 ovatis, duplo majoribus, concavis, flavis; ovario fere omnino supero, imo brevissime 

 turbinate, cum pcdicello toruloso, distincte 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 

 e basi ercctis, vcrtico valdo elovato, conice corivexo, flavimaculato, laevi; stylo 

 l)revi, obtuso : pyxidio oviformi, pauUo infra medium zona calycari e sepalis per- 

 sistontibus incrassatls bubdivcrgentibus linea nexis cincto; vitta intcrzonali in- 

 trorsum suburccta, diaractri fere dimidiam partem alta; zona superiore Integra, 

 qnam iiacrior paulo minor©; opercnlo orbiculari, subbemispbairice convexo, apice 

 breriter umbunato, intus concave, cum velario intra faucem dependente, ct dissepi- 

 mcntis 1. (sine columella) ruptis diviso ; pericarpio coriaceo, subcrasso, intus 4-locu- 

 lari, disscpimentis submcmbranaccis ; seminibus in quoHbet loculo solitariis, erectis, 

 oblongis, ventre subangulatis. In Guiana : v. 8. pi. in herb. Mm. Brit., Cayenne, 

 in sylns (Atiblci); in herb. Hook., Guiana (Talbot) : fr. non vidi. 



A species very near the preceding, differing in its much larger, more elongated leaves, 

 aud its more ovoid fruit. It is a tree of considerable size, with a copious head and a 

 thick trunk, bare for the height of 10 feet. The axils of its brancHets are f-1 in. apart ; 

 the leaves are 4-7J in. long, IJ-21 in. bread, on a petiole 5-7 lines long, with about IG 



])airs of pai-all(>l very diNcrgcnt nerves, with others shorter intermediate, all anasto- 

 mosing. By the fall of the upper leaves, the axillary racemes often assume a panicular 

 form; tbe rachis is li-2jin.long, with nodes 3-5 lines apart ; pedicel 4 lines long; sepals 

 lilme long; petals 1 linos long, 3 lines broad; upper moiety of ovary above disk Inline 

 high : sty Ic 1 \ Hne long ; the pyxidinm (Plat^ LVTII. figs. 8, 9) is 3 in. long, 2^ in. broad 

 lit the calyrary zone, which is H in. above the base ; the interzonary band is nearly 1 in. 

 h.gh; (1,0 entn-e npper zone ]| in. in diam.; the operculum, of the same breadth, is 8 

 lines high, ccmcave within, with a velarium descending 4 lines within the mouth ; the 

 membranous dissepiments persist, both in the lower portion and in the operculum; the 

 pericarp and operculum are rather thin iu substance, and somewhat fragHe; the seeds 

 are very hitter, as in all other species of this genua. 



i. Cm-TROMA iNCAiiCERATi, nob. I planta ignota : pyxidio filiformi, depressc globoso, 



pnuhssime sub apic(>m zoua calycari e sepalis acutis vix prominulis linea nexis 

 cincto; vitta intcrzonali introrsum aocHvi, diametri octavam partem alta; zona 

 superiore orbiculari, margine acuta, quam inferior minore ; operculo subhorizontali, 



