﻿544 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



pallidis, vel luride et fulvide pruinosis, nervis costatis, veniaque reticulatis promi- 

 nulis, costa valida fusca striata p rominent e ; petiolo valido, fusco, pruinoso, supra 

 sulcato, submarginato, subtus corrugulato-striato, limbo lOplo breviore : panicula 

 axlllari, saepius terminali, multiramosa; folio longiore ; ramorum rachi valida, ad- 

 scendente, angulato-rugosa, opaca, crebre longe nodosa; floribus majusculis, ap- 

 proximatis ; pediccllis ad nodos articulatis, fuscis, rugosis, angulato-sulcatis ; sepalis 

 rotundatis, fuscis, crassiusculis, granulato-verruculosis, gibbosis, marginibus mem- 



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branaceis ciliato-denticulatis ; petalis subinaequalibus, oblongis, unguiculatis, eras- 

 siuscuHs, extus grunulato-maculatis, marginibus membranaceis, ciliatis ; ovario 

 infcro, breviter turbinato, vel semigloboso, ruguloso, 4-5-loculari, aut interdum 

 3-locuIari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2-4, e basi erectis, vertice intra discum latum 

 subcoricavo, radiatlm striato; stylo tereti, striato, sepalis pauUo breviore ; stigmate 

 albo, 4-lobulato. In Brasilia prov. Amazonas, v. s. in herb, variis, Rio Negro 

 prope Buna {Spruce , 1166). 



Prom its general resemblance, especially in the venation of its leaves and the peculiar 

 a racier of tUo inflorescence, this species bears more the appearance of a Couroujpita ; but 

 c section of the ovary shows that it belongs to Ghijtroma ; it closely resembles Chy- 



oma valida. The axils of its rather stout branches are about | in. apart; the leaves 



^ 8:5^-()| in. long, 2^^ in. broad, on a petiole 6-12 lines long, ; they have about 18 

 irs of ptirnllcl nerves, with others shorter intervening, all anastomosing. The panicle 

 about 8 in. long, its brunc-hes 2-2 J in. long, their prominent nodes 2-3 lines apart; 

 c pedicels 1 line long ; the sepals IJ line long ; the petals 11 lines long, 7 lines broad ; 

 drophorum 9 lines in diameter. 



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nob.: Lecythis oval/folia, DC. Prodr. iii. 292; B 



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Mart. ri. Br. I. c. p. 48G ; in Linn, xxvii. 453 : ramulis teretibus, striatis, ochraceo- 

 opacis; foliis majuscnlis, oblongis, vel lanccolato-oblongis, imo rotundatis, vel ob- 

 tusis, npiVem versus sensim angustioribus et in acumen breve obtusatum atteuu- 

 atis, subiutegris, vel punctis fuscis obsoletissime serrulatis, supra vu-idibus, Isevibus, 

 nervis numerosis divcrgenti-adscendentibus paullo prominulis, reticulatis, costa 



tenui. imo 



crassiorc, subtus concoloribus, valde opacis, nervis tenuibus stramineis 

 promlnuli'^, costa striolata prominente; petiolo semitereti, supra piano, marginato, 

 corniguloso, limbo 15-20plo breviore: racemis binis, terminaUbus, folio multo 

 brevioribns; rachi subvalida, nodoso-flexuosa, pallide ochracea, pruinosa, crebre 

 Tcmiculosa; pediccllis validis, patentibus, vcrruculosis, sepalis sequilongis, imo 

 3-biacteolatis; sepalis subfrqualibus, subrotundis, ochraceo-pruinosis, gibbosis, mar- 

 gino ciliatis j petalis ovatis, convexis, velutino-pruinosis; ovario semisupero, 4-locu- 

 lari, ovulis in loculis paucis, uniserialiter radiantibus, vertice altiuscule annulari, 

 subcf)nenvo, striatim radiato; stylo obtuse conico, umbonato. In Brasilia, prov. 

 Amazonas, p. #. m herb. Hook., Rio Negro (Martins). 



This typical plant of a species referred by DeCandolle and Berg to Lecythis, appears 

 me to belong to Chytroma, because of its eaves, its inflorescence, with three bracts at 



