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conYex, pale yellow ; andropliorum 5 lines in diam. ; the pyxidium (Plate LIX. fig. 21) 

 is 2 in. long, 2^ in. broad, the calycary zone 9 lines above the base, the interzonal band 

 is 4J lines high, the upper zone and operculum 2i in. in diam., the latter 1 in. high, 

 hollow, snb-2-celled within, with a velarium descending 3-4 lines within the mouth ; the 

 pericarp, 2 lines thick, shows upon the inner surface the line of the evanescent dissepi- 

 ment ; tjie seeds are 1 in. long, | in. broad ; the coriaceous testa is 1 line thick on the 

 dorsal face, slightly thinner on the opposite face. 



3. EsCHWEiLEEA EiGiDA, nob. : ramulis fulvo- vel fusco-brunneis, pruinoso-opacis, sub- 

 angulatis, interrupte sulcatis, cortice rimoso subverruculosis ; foliis elliptico-ovatis, 

 imo in petiolum breviter et subito acutatis, apice in acumen recurvatum acutissimum 

 repente attenuatis, subintegris, vel marginibus cartilagineis vix revolutis punctis 

 nigris obsolete serrulatis, rigide chartaceis, supra viridibus, subopacis, minutissime 

 granulatis, nervis parallele divergentibus, prominulis, costa carinata, subtus pal- 

 lidis, opacis, valde ochraceo-pruinosis, nervis venisque grosse et crebre reticulatis pro- 

 minulis, costa striata, prominente ; petiolo canaliculate, marginato, subtus corru- 

 gulato, limbo 10-1 2plo breviore : panicula terminali, 3-ramosa, ramis simplicibus, 

 alternatim 16-20-floris ; pedicellis sulcato-corrugulosis ; sepalis obovatis, rotundatis, 

 margme denticulatis, extus carinatis, ovarioque granulatim rugosis, pruinosis; 

 petalis ovatis, crassiusculis ; ovario infero, turbinate, 2-locplari, ovulis 2-3 in quo- 

 que loculo, e basi erectis, vertice piano, pauUo elevate, radiatim sulcato ; stylo tereti 

 sepahs dimidio breviore : pyxidio oblongo-ovato, utrinque obtuso, imo pyriformi, 

 circa medium zona calycari e vestigiis sepalorum obsolete 6-lobata cincto ; vitta inter- 

 zonali vertical!, diametri 4tam partem alta ; zona superiore Integra circulari ; operculo 

 vitta multo altiore, pulvinato et alte obtuso-umbonato, subtus concavo, linea disse- 

 pimenti signato, cum velario crasso intra faucem descendente ; pericarpio coriaceo, 

 crasso, granulatim scrobiculato, pallide brunneo, 2-loculari. In Venezuela, versus 

 Brasiliae confinia : v.pl.s. in flore et infnictu immaturo in lib. Book., Eio Guainia 

 {^l^Tuce, 3505); v.fr. s. in Mus. Kew.,^^io Guainia {Spruce). 



comparatively small tree, 20 feet bi^h, from the banks of the river Guainia, or 



A 



pnucipal source of the Eio Negro, flowing from the mountains of New Granada. 



the ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ racemes are l-lj in. apart ; the leaves are 3j-6i in. long (including 



the ^ ^ ^^^^^ °^ parallel immersed scarcely visible nerves ; the raceme-like branches of 

 2 linT"^^^ ^^^ ^~^ ^'^' ^^''^' ^^*^ prominent nodes about 3 lines apart ; the pedicels 

 snpn-" ^^° ' *^® ^^P^^^ ^4 line lon^, 1 line broad. The unripe fruits upon the flowering 



Kpw Ar""' ^'''^ "^^""^ ^epressedly turbinate, | in. Ion-, 1 in. broad : but the ripe fruit in the 



^ew M "^p^csseuiy luromate, f m. long, i m. oroau ; uui lmc xx^jv. ^^^^- -- — 



form le T"^"" ^"^^^^^ ^^' ^^' 1)' ^^^^ ^^^ same locality, is extremely different in 

 » *^^g to the suininfii+irKn +T.«4. u ^'^T,^ i,„i ^ +« a-nnihe^v snecies not seen bv 



Spruce ' -f •'' "^ '"" supposition that it might belong to another species not seen by 

 ^^^ has^ "^1 '^^^^^^^i' elongated in form, 3 J in. long, with a calycary zone IJ in. above 

 ^he UD J ^^ ^' '"^ ^^^- ' ^^^ interzonary band is 2i in. in diam., and J in. high ; 



^tliin\..fr'' ^"""^ operculum are 21 in. in diam., the latter If in. high, quite hollow 



"*^> With a fra«/^ ^4? _.,,.*. , . 1 j:„™ t^i^^ +!.« 



a trace of a single dissepiment, and a thick velarium descending into the 



