﻿242 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE 



floribus parvis, rubris, vel roseo-purpureis ; pedicellis recurvis valde corrugulatis, 

 calyci sequilongis ; sepalis subimbricatis, ovatis, obtusis, fuscis, crassiusculis, rugu- 

 losis, marginibus submembranaceis rubris ; petalis parvis, rubris ; ovario infero, 

 parvo, turbinate, corrugulato, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 3-4, e basi erectis, 

 rcrtice subconvexo, radiatim striate ; stylo tereti, subincurvo ; stigmate parvo, albo. 

 In •Guiana: v. s. in herb, Mus. Brit.y Cayenne (Van Uohr), Karaouary {Sagot, 

 1032, bis). 



This plant was confounded by Sagot with another of bis collection under the same 

 n Timber, described by mc under Eschweilera corrngata : from this it differs in its shorter, 

 l)roadcr, more obtuse leaves, of a rufescent hue, with a different nervation, in its inflo- 

 rescence, and in its 4-celled ovary. It is not unlike Lemjthis rubicunda in its general 

 } 1 1 ) pea la uco, but differs in its broader more obtuse leaves, in its inflorescence, in its 

 nigulose pedicel and ovary, and in the vertex of the latter; it has also fewer ovules, erect 

 (not suspended). 



It is said to be a lofty tree, with red flowers : the axils of its branchlets are |-1 in. 



t ; the Icavos arc extremely dark when dried, 3-5 in. lonff, li-21 in. broad, on a 



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petiole 5-6 lines long, and with about 10 pairs of nerves, with several others shorter 

 nnd intermediate, all anastomosing in a transverse reticulation. The very branching 

 l)aiiiclr, Is 8 in. loTig, its slender branches about 2 in. long, with nodes 1 line apart; the 

 pedicels 2 linos long ; the sepals IJ line long. 



10. CniTJ:<»NrA nosEA, nob. : Lecythis rosea, Spruce; Berg in Mart. Fl. Br. /. c. p. 488: 



ramulis subteretibus, subflexuosis, fusco-brunneis, lenticellis flavidis verruculosis ; 

 foliis subapproximatis, ovatis, vel ovali-oblongis, aut sublanceolatis, imo obtusis, 

 vel in petiolum seusim aeutioribus, apice obtusis, vel brevissime et acute acuminatis, 

 subintegris, vol in margine revoluto obsoletissime serrulatis, sajpe complicatis, 

 rigide chartaceis, supra profunde viridibus, nitidiuscuHs, et ad venas reticulatas sub- 

 foveolatis, nereis subpatentil)us et marginem versus arcuatim nexis onmino im- 

 mersis, subtus opaeis, ferruginco-hepaticis, glauco-pruinosis, nervis tenuibus venis- 

 quc reticulatis prominulis, costa valida, striolata, valde prominente ; petiolo pruinoso, 

 profunde sulcato, marginibus tenuibus introflexis, subtus ruguloso, limbo ll-14pIo 

 brcviorc : racemis axillaribus, vel pluribus terminaUbus, paniculam simulantibus, 

 foho brevioribus; rachi fusca, glauco-pruinosa, striata, subapproximatim longe 

 nodosa ; bracleis infra nodos caducis ; pedicellis ad nodes articulatis. corru 



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semi 



frnctis, qtiam sepala longioribus ; floribus mediocribus ; sepalis oblongo-ovatis, sub- 

 obtusis, sul)Lnsqualibus, crassis, fuscis, pruinosis, rugoso-carinatis, imo gibbosis, 

 margmibus membianaceis et ciliolato-denticulatis ; petaHs obovato-oblongis, 3plo 

 longioribus, crassiusculis, marginibus membranaceis et denticulatis ; ovario 

 infero, ikuvo, corrugate, 4.1oculari, ovulis in quoqnc loculo 4, e basi erectis, vcrtlcc 

 mtra discum elevate, conico, radiatim striato; stylo subulate subincurvo; stigmate 

 mmuno, squamuloso. In Brasilia, prov. Amazonas : v, s. in herb, variis, Eio iXegro, 

 mter Barra et Barcellos ( Spruce, 1920). 



The axils of its branchlets are | in. apart; the leaves are 3^8 in. long, l^i ^"- 



