﻿258 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE.E. 



A small tree, about 20 feet high, ahundant in sandy woods about 10 miles from Per- 

 nambuco. St.-Hilaire found it as far south as Espiritu Santo ; and the specimens ao-ree 

 well with his drawing. The axils of its branches are |-1 in. apart; the leaves are 2A-4i 



2 ^4 



long, 11-21 in. broad, 'on a petiole 2-4 lines long, with about 12 pairs of nerves and 

 icrs intermediate anastomosed ; the rachis of the terminal raceme is If in. long, with 



prominent nodes 2-3 lin. apart ; pedicels gradually shortening from 8 to 4 lines lono- 

 rtower in bud J in. broad, globular; sepals 2^ lin. long, 2 lin. broad; petals 10 lin. long 

 5 liD. broad ; style 1^ line long; pyxidium (Plate LX. fig. 16) 1^ in. high. If in. broad; caly 

 cary zone \ in. above base ; interzonal band 3 lines high ; upper zone and operculum 



in diara.; operculum f in. high, its velarium 1 in. in diam. and 1 line deep; pericarp 2-celled. 



15. ■R^r-TTWEiLERA LuscHNATii, nob. : LecytMs Luschnatii, Berg in Mart. M. Bras. I c. 



p. 499, tab. 74 : ramulis terctibus, pallide brunneis, rugulosis et verruculosis ; fohis 

 elliptico-oblongis vel anguste oblongis, imo obtusis et petiolum canaliculatim mar- 

 ginantibus, apice brcvit<U' et obtusule acuminatis, ssepe complicatis, integris, vel ad 

 margincm cartilagineuni paullulo revolutum obsoletissime crenulatis, ri^ide charta- 

 CCI3, supra iiallidc virldibus, subluccntibus, nervis vcnisquo reticulatis prominulis, 

 ad costam tonucm prominulam suloatis, subtus luiide bmnnescentibus, opacis, nervis 

 y('nia<iue prominulis, costa striolata prominonte ; petiolo subteaui, patente, marginibus 

 incurvis profundo caaalieulat o, subtus ruguloso, limbo 20plo breviore : racemis in 

 ramulis nxillaribus. rel pluribus congestis et terminabbus, simplicibus, folio dimidio 

 brcvioribus ; pedicol 1 is teuuibus, recurvis, calyee 4-6plo longioribus, pruinosis; sepalis 

 oblongis, n.scis, opacc pruinosis, imo gibbosis. margine membranaceo ciliato-deuticn- 

 latis ; potalis oblongis, marginibus dentieulatis ; ovario semisupero, turbinato, sulcato, 

 prumosc irrorato, 2.1oculari, oruUs in loculis pluribus, e basi erectis, vertice pulvinato, 

 stnato ; stylo brcvi. conico, obtuso : pyxidio immature depresse globoso, imo obconice 

 turbinate, ad medium zona calycari e sepalis auctis diyaricatis cincto ; yitta inter- 

 zonali brovi, subconvcxa, diaraetri decimam partem alta; zona supeiiore cii-culari; 

 opcrculo convoxo, pulviuato, apice alte et obtuse nmbonato, cum yelario intra faucera 

 descendente ; pericarpio verruculoso. striato, punetis flavidis maculate, 2.1oculari. In 

 Bnis.Ua (sec. Berg), in prey. Ilhcos (Lnselmutt, 65) : ,;. s. in hb. Book, sine loco 

 (Murchell, 9S83 bis, cum fructu immatuio). 



A middling-sized tree. «dth the axils ef its brancMets about J iu. apart ; leaves 3i-4| 

 m onj. li-l„ m. broad, on a petiole 2^3 lin. long, and witb about 12 pairs of nerves, 



^1°1 Tn r ■; •"*^™'"1'^'''> "" anastomosed ; raehis of panicle 2* in. long, its 

 hn,ncl,Iots linos long, each l-2-3-flo^vered ; slender pedicel 6-12 lines long ; flower in 

 budClnies broad; sopak 2 lines long; petals 8 lines long ; immature pyxTdimn (Plate 



^Toll2f n ^^l VTr"'""" ' ^- ^"^ ^^''"'•' ^ ^'' '''=''• Martins states that its fruit 

 resembles tliat ol i. Idatimon, Aubl., but is a little lon-ep 



r 



ri 



'^' nlT^I'^rt "f f *»'^^> "°1>- = ^C!^l!'is plati/earpa, Poit. Mdm. Mus. xiii. p. 146; 



diam. : interz 



Berg 



iuart. ±1. Br. l. c. p. 618 : Zeci/ihis longipes, var. platycarpa. DC. Prodr 



