﻿MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE. 



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292 : ramulis brunneis vel rubesccntibus, lenticellis elongatis flavidis verruculosis ; 

 foliis ovato-oblongis vel oblongis, imo subrotundatis et in petiolum brevissime acu- 

 tatis, apice in acumen acutum subito attenuatis, crenulato-serratis, vel in margine 

 cartilagineo paullo revoluto punctis obsoletissime serrulatis, rigide cbartaceis, supra 



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pallida viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuibus, subimmersis, arcuatim divaricatis, crebre 



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reticulatis, subtus opace flavidioribus, costa striolata nervis venisque prominentibus ; 

 petiolo validiusculo, fusco, tereti, marginato, limbo 16-20plo breviore: racemis 



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axillaribus et terminalibus, folio dimidio brevioribus; racM valida, geniculatim 

 flexuosa, valde nodosa, pluriflora ; floribus majusculis ; pediceUis in alabastro brevi- 

 bus, demum longioribus, cum nodis articulatis, apice crassioribus, fuscis, pruinosis, 

 striatis; sepalis oblongis, obtusulis, pruinosis, convexis, crassiusculis, gibbosis, 

 medio tuberculatis, marginibus membranaceis et ciliolatis ; petalis ovatis, albis ; 

 androphoro luteo ; ovario semiinfero, turbinato, 6-sulcato, 2-loculari, ovulis paucis e 

 basi erectis, vertice elevato, pulvinato, radiatim striato ; stylo brevi, obtuse conico ; 

 stigmate obsolete 2-lobato : pyxidio subparvo, depresse lentiformi, imo convexo, ad 

 , medium zona calycari e sepalis inflexis linea nexis cincto ; vitta interzonali brevis- 



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sima; operculo circulari depresse convexo, umbonato, intus concave, cum velario 



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angustissimo intra faucem descendente aucto ; pericarpio coriaceo, 2-loculari, loculis 

 monospermis. In Guiana : v. s. in lib. Mus. Brit, in flore, Cayenne {Martin) ; 

 Guiana {Anderson) ; in lib. Hook, et Mm. Brit., Karaouary {Sagot, 1139). 



A large sufiPruticose tree, found in savannas round the town of Cayenne. It is easily 

 distmguisbed from B. longipes by its larger and smoother leaves, longer inflorescence, 



more granulated racbis, more slender pedicels, and other characters. Its leaves are 



4-3i in. broad, on a stout petiole 3-5 lines long, and have about 12 pairs 



5-7| in. lono^, 2i 

 of slend 



of the 



er nerves, with several others shorter intervening, all anastomosing; the rachis 



raceme is about 2 J in. long, with prominent geniculate nodes 2-3 lines apart, with 

 pedicels articulated on the nodes 2 lines long in the bud, 10 lines long in the flower; the 

 sepals are 3 lines long, 2 lines broad ; the flower in bud is globular, 1 in. in diam. ; the 

 Pyxidmm (Bate LX. fig. 18) is IJ in. in diam., 6 lines high. 



17. EsCHWEaERA 



PARviFOLiA, Mart, in DO. Prod. iii. 293 : LecytUs parvifolia, Berg in 



455 : ramulis teretiusculis, pruinosis 



Linn 



jrait K Br. I 0. p. 496 et 618 , ^^.. _,... ... 



^oliis^ovato-oblongis, imo obtusis, apice sensim acuminatis, integerrimis, supra 



nitidis, nervis venisque reticulatis vix visibilibus, costa pro- 



atis 



pallidis, l^y 



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^i^ente, subtus opacis, nervis tenuibus 



-^jiie, subtus opacis, nervis tenuibus venisque prominuUs, costa prommente 



petiolo teuui, canaliculato, limbo lOplo breviore : racemis axillaribus et terminal! 



us, foHo brevioribus ; racH gracili, 6-13-flora ; floribus mediocribus ; sepaHs sub 



inaequaUbu 

 ^'^gine ciliolat 



imo gibbis 



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J. - v^iuoiatis ; petalis ovato-oblon^ 



Diedium 



ato-oblongis, obtusatis, pedicello dimidio brevioribus 



emiinfero, 2-loculari, stylo bre- 



iimbonato : pyxidio parvo, oblongato, imo turbinato, paullo supra 

 «^ zona calycari e sepalis recurvatis linea nexis cincto ; vitta interzonali altius- 

 erecta ; zona superiore circulari, inferiori gequilata ; operculo altiusculo, con- 



e umbonato; pericarpio coriaceo, rugoso, obsolete 2-loculari, abortu 



^^xo. obtus 



