﻿240 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



the base, but agreeing in its semiinferior oyaiy, witb erect ovules^ on wbicli account it 



is refcired to this genus; the leaves are 2-3 in. long; 9-17 lines broad, on a petiole 3-4 

 lines long; racemes 3 in. long; pedicels l|^-2 lines long; sepals 1-2 lines long; petals 

 5 lilies long; androphorum 5 lines in diani. ; style 1 line long. 



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25. Ckytroma perspicua, nob. : ramulis fuscis, subcinereis, lenticellis flavidis verru- 

 cosis ; foliis oblongis, imo subacute obtusis, apice acutis, vix acuminatis, tenuiter 

 chartaceis, subintegris, vel in marginem tenuiter cartilagineum subrevolutum punctis 

 nigris obsoletissime serratis, supra viridibus, subnitidis, minutissime granulatis, 

 nervis tenuibus prominulis, subtus paullo pallidioribus, valde opacis, sub lente lenti- 

 ginose pruinosis, nervis venisquc rcticulatis flavidis prominentibus ; petiolo canalicu- 

 lato, fusco, limbo 12plo brcviore : racemis axillaribus, fere terminalibus, folio multo 

 brevioribus, plurifloris ; floribus mediocribus ; pedicellis subreflexis ; sepalis 8, sub- 

 scqualibus, oblongis, obtusis, crassis, fuscis, valde convexis, rugulosis, imo gibbosis, 

 imbricatis ; petalis 8, istis 5plo longioribus, obovatis, concavis, submembranaceis, 

 imbricatis, androphori carnosi galea selliformi, appendicibus creberrimis, subbrc- 

 vibus, plerumque antherifcris, sericbus 2 cxterioribus latis acutis sterilibus ; ovario 



, infcro, 4.-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo plurimis radiantibus, vertice intra discum 

 valde convexo, radiatim striate ; stylo brcvi, crasso, umboniformi. In Guiana : v. 8. 

 in herb. Hooh.^ Guiana [PoUeau, sub LccylMs platycarpa). 



A species differing horn Lecy this plat ycarpci, Poit., in its less-pointed leaves, its shorter, 

 straight, and slender raceme (not long, stout, and geniculated), its much smaller flowers, 

 its 8 sepals, 8 petals, and a ^-celled ovary. It approaches much nearer to Chytroma 

 amam in its habit and inflorescence ; but its leaves are less pointed, have shorter petioles, 

 flowers with 8 sepals, 8 petals, and an ovary whose vertex is less elevated, and a more 

 umboniform style. Its leaves arc Q\~1i in. long, 2 J-2f in. broad, on petioles 6-7 lines 

 long; the raceme is 1-1 1 in. long; pedicels 4 Unes long, striated; sepals 3 lines long, 

 2 lines broad ; petals 12 lines lono:, 6 lines broad. 



6. EscuwE 



(Plate XXXIV. c.) 



The previous remarks upon the structure of this genus (ant^, p. 165), showing how it 

 diTcrges from Lccythls, with which it has been generally confounded, are sufliciently 

 ample, requiring no further elucidation here. It differs from Chytroma in its ovar^- 

 bf>ing always 2-locular, and its pyxidium constantly 2.celled ; its seeds are more rugose, 



mibedded raphe. Its generic characters may be summarized in the following 



manner 



Camb 



;w£iLERA, Mart.; DC. Prod. iii. 293: Lecythis (lu parte) Berg, 



petala ut iii Lecythide : androphorum ci cjusdem simile, sed cum galL 



orari-um Bemunfcnm, turbinatum, vertice intra discum planum clevatoi semper 2 -locidari; ovula iu 



quoqne loculo panca, sessilia e basi erccta, aiiati-opa : stylus brevissimus. obtusus : stiama minimum, 



subglobosum, papillosum. Pii.ridwn, mpr7iV.^vo „«i .„k . 



ona c ah cart 



infra 



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supmor orbicuUuIs : operculuni isti couforme, mox solubile et dcciduum, supra convexum 



