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nervis patentim divaricatis et curvatis, semiimmersis, reticulatis, subtus ochraceo- 

 opacis, nervis venisque prominulis, costa prominente ; petiolo fusco, canaliculate, 

 marginato, subtus granoso-ruguloso, limbo 22plo breviore: panicula in ramis 

 novellis tenuibus terminali; racbi tenui, striata, fusco-pruinosa ; floribus parvis; 

 pedicellis tenuibus, calyce duplo longioribus ; sepalis parvis, rotundato-ovatis, valde 

 " convexis, imo gibbosis, rotatis, marginibus membranaceis, ciliatis ; petalis obovatis, 

 concavis ; ovario semiinfero, granuloso, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2, e basi 

 erectis, vertice pulvinatim elevato, radiatim striate, stylo brevissimo apiculato. In 

 Guiana Brit, interiore : v, s. in hh. variis, Rio Branco, Parimo [Schomh. 865). 



This scarcely differs from X. parvijlora of Aubl. ; but its leaves are more pallid, witb a 



somewbat different venation, with rather smaller flowers ; the leaves are 3|-5| in. loni', 



lg-2 in. broad, on a petiole 2-3 lines long, and ^\dtb about 14 pairs of nerves, with others 

 shorter and intermediate, all anastomosed; rachis of racemes If in. long; pedicels 

 J-1 lin. long; flowers in bud 3 lines in diam.; sepals \ line long and broad; petals 

 4 lines long. 



V , - - V 



20. EscHWEiLEEA SiBERiAXA, Mart. : Lecythis Sibenma, Berg in Mart. Fl. Br. I c. 

 p. 501 : frutex, ramulis verruculosis ; foliis ovalibus vel ovato-oblongis, imo rotun- 

 datis et in petiolum breviter acutatis, apice breviter acuminatis, subintegris vel in 

 marginibus undulatis obsoletissime subserrulatis aut serrulatis, chartaceis, supra 

 nervis tenuibus venisque reticulatis parum prominulis, subtus nervis costaque pro- 

 minulis ; petiolo canaliculato, limbo 12plo breviore : racemis axillaribus, foKo di- 

 midio brevioribus ; racbi gracilenta, flexuosa, pauciflora, pruinosa ; floribus majus- 

 culis ; sepalis parvis, insequalibus, rotundatis ; petalis 12plo longioribus, obovatis ; 

 ovario subinfero, 2-loculari, ovulis pluribus basilaribus, vertice subplano, stylo 

 brevissimo vix umbonato : pyxidio subparvo, subgloboso, imo turbinatim rotundo, 

 ad medium zona calycari e sepalis linea nexis cincto ; vitta interzonali subconvexa; 

 zona superiore convexa, Integra ; operculo orbiculari, convexo. In Brasilia ad Para 

 {Siber) : non vidi. 



A low tree or shrub, with leaves 3-4| in. long, 16-30 Hues broad, on a petiole 3-4 Unes 

 ong; rachis of raceme 2-2^ in. long ; sepals f-l line long; petals 1 in. long; pyxidium 



zo 1 ^^' ^^' ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^' ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ' calycary zone 5 lines above base ; inter- 



l band 2 Hues high ; operculum 10 Hues broad, 3 Hnes high. Berg states that this 



P«^ies IS near Chytroma Spruceana, differing in its shorter petioles audits 2-celled ovary. 



• EscHWEiLEUA NANA, nob. : LectjtUs nana. Berg in Mart. PI. Bras. /. c, p. 617 : 

 ^^milis, caule suffruticoso, dense verrucoso; foHis sparsis, subsessilibus, ovatis vel 

 oyato-oblongis, imo obtusis vel subcordatis, apice apiculatis, serrulatis, glabris, supra 

 violaceo-viridibus, glaucescentibus, nervis tenuibus venisque reticulatis, prommulis, 

 s^Wus costa nervisque prominentibus, petiolis vix uUis : racemis axillaribus et ter- 

 mahbus, folio longioribus ; racbi valida, angulosa, flexuosa, nigro-violacea, glabra, 

 J 1 r ' P^^i^^^s vaUdis, alabastro brevioribus ; sepalis oblongis, obtusis, in ■ 

 J^7^^' pedicello duplo longioribus, palUde marginatis, denticulatis, dorso sub 



TGI. !! ' ^'^^^^^ obovatis, Imo subcoalitis, luteis, sepalis duplo longioribus ; andro- 



