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Berg states that this species comes near L. corrugafa (which belongs to the genus 

 Eschweilera) : it is nearer Chytroma Idatimon, and perhaps does not differ from it spe- 

 cifically. The leaves are 3-6 in. long, 16-28 lines broad, on a petiole 6-8 lines long ; 

 the raceme is 2-3 in. long, f-1 in. broad ; the pedicels 2 lines long ; the hud 5 lines 



in diam.; the sepals |-2 lines long, j-1 line broad; petals 5 lines long; style IJ 

 line long. • 



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17. Chytroma valida, nob. : ramulis vahdis, teretibus, pallide brunneis, pruinoso- 

 opacis, subrugosis yel interrupte striolatis, yerruculosis ; foliis ovalibus, utrinque 

 rotundiusculis, apice brevissime et subito constrictis, marginihus valde undulatis, 

 integris vel obtuse serratis, rigide chartaceis aut su.bcoriaceis, supra pallidis, opacis, 

 minutissime granulatis, nervis parallele patentibus et sensim incurvatis prominulis, 

 costa sulcata, subtus concoloribus, costa nervis venisque reticulatis prominenti- 

 bus ; petiolo profunde sulcato, late costato-marginato, limbo 9plo breviore : racemis 

 validis, subpaniculatis, terminalibus, foliis brevioribus, aut longioribus ; rachi crassa, 

 compresso-angulata, ochraceo-opaca, pruinosa, nodis crassis subapproximatis pro- 

 minentibus ; floribus caducis ; pedicellis brevibns, crassis, lenticellato-verruculosis, 

 adnodos articulatis; sepalis obtuse obovatis, glauco-pruinosis, crassiusculis, mar- 

 ginihus tenuibus laceratis; petalis oblongis; ovario semiinfero, crebre flavido- 

 maculato, verruculoso, 4-loculari, ovulis 4 in quoque loculo basilarihus, vertice intra 

 discum latiusculum conice elevato, et stylo brevissimo umbonato, lenticeUis crebre 



verruculoso. In Nova Granada : v. s. in herd. SooJc., inter Plato et Pinto [Eorton, 

 929). 



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This species has much of the habit of a Courmipita ; the axils of its branchlets are 1 in. 

 apart; the leaves are 6| in. long, 3 J in. broad, on a thick petiole 9 lines long, 2 Imes 

 oroad, and they have about 18 pairs of parallel nerves arcuately joined ; the racemes are 

 6-9 Ikes long, 2-2| lines thick, its prominent nodes are 3-5 hnes apart ; the pedicels 



line long ; the semiinferior ovary is obconical, 2 lines long, 3 lines broad ; the sepals 

 Ki„. r^ ^^f S and broad ; the flower, expanded is 1 in. in diameter. Prom the resem- 

 ^ ""-^e of its habit to that of Lecytkis €lUj>tica, it might be placed alongside of it, were 

 « not for Its erect ovules ; bnt it resembles greatly that of Chytroma retma. 



■ Chytroma rtjbriflora, nob. : ramulis striatis, rimosis, subferrugineo-ochraceis, 

 pruinoso-opacis, lenticeUis verruculosis ; foliis ovato- vel oblongo-ellipticis, imo 

 ojusis, et in petiolum breviter acutatis, apice in acumen breve latiusculum 

 ? ^^8«m recurvatum constrictis, rigide chartaceis vel subeoriaceis, subintegri« vel 

 ^ marginihus cartilagineis subrevolutis crenulatis, supra fusco-viridibus, subopacis, 

 ,l\!X P^^^^^i^ divaricatis semiimmersis, reticulatis, costa tenui prominula, subtus 

 ^^•^mtentibus, luride vel hepatice opacis, costa striata, pulverulenta, prominente, 

 terl7 ''^'^'^''^ stramineis prominuUs, nndique minute granulatis ; petiolo semi- 

 cuk'' ':^,''^^''^''^^^^> marginato, subtus carruguloso, limbo 7-8plo breviore: pani- 



^^lan et terminali e racemis 3-4 con-estis ; rachi striata, crebre nodosa ; 



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