﻿262 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE 



phoro majusculo ; ovario infero, 2-lociilari ; stylo crasso, conico : pyxidio 2-3-spermo. 

 In Brasilia meridionali, prope Camacuam [Biedel) : non vidi. 



A small shrub, according to Hiedel, not more tlian a foot Mgli, found by bim in the 

 south of Matto-grosso, not far from the northern limit of Paraguay. It is a species 

 remarkable for its low stature and rather large sessile leaves, which are 2^-1^ in. long, 

 |-4| in. broad ; its racemes are 4-7 in. long ; the stout pedicels 2-3 lines long ; sepals 4-5 

 lines long, 3-4 lines broad ; petals 9-10 lines long ; androphorum 8 lines broad ; style 



1 line long. According to Berg, it differs from his LecytJiis coriacea in its low stature, 

 subsessile leaves, racemes longer than they, larger and more obtuse sepals, and pyxidium 

 with few seeds. 



22. EscHWEiLEiiA LURIDA, nob. : ramulls fusco- vel cinereo-brunneis, substriatis, len- 



ticcUis oblongis flavidis creberrime verruculosis ; foliis lanceolate- vel elliptico- 

 oblongis, imo rotundatis, supra medium sensim angustioribus, apice in acumen 

 longiusculum acutum subrcpente et valde attenuatis, margine denticulis parvis 

 duplicato-sorratis, tenuiter chartaceis, supra planis, luride viridibus, opacis, nervis 

 tenuissimis, vix prominulis, creberrime reticulatis, subtus ferrugineo-pulverulentis, 

 valde opiicis, nervis stramineis paullo prominulis, costa tenui prominente ; petiolo 

 subtenui, canaliculato, ruguloso, limbo 14plo breviore : racemis in ramulis novellis 

 terrm'nalibiis, folio multo brcvioribus, rachi crassiuscula, pauciflora ; pediceUo in 

 fructu incrassato, valido, longiusculo: pyxidio (adhuc immaturo) turbinate, imo 

 ubconico, medio zona calycari e sepaiis acutis divaricatis linea nexis cincto ; vitta 

 interzonali alta, pulvinatim valde convexa ; zona superiore circulari, quam calycaris 

 multo minorc ; opcrculo convexo, radiatim striate, umbone alto et conico terminato, 

 undit|ue h'tificellis flavidis m'aculato. In BrasOia septentrionali : v.pl.s. sine flore, 

 cum fructu immaturo {Burchell, 10,000). 



A species near E. naaa, but apparently of much taller growth : its axils f-1 in. apart, 

 the leaves arc 4-7^ in. long, 1^-2 J in. broad, on a petiole 3-5 lines long ; the rachis of 

 tlu^ nicome is 1 in. long, bearing the cicatrices of several flowers; the thickish pedicel is 

 3 lines long; the pyxidium (Plate LX. fig. 23) is 1 in. long, f in. broad at the caly- 

 cary zone, formed of G acute persistent sepals, each 5 lines long, 4 lines broad ; inter- 

 «onary band 3 linos high ; upper zone and operculum 5 lines in diam., the latter pulvinate 

 depressed, 1 lines high, with an elevated umbonate point. 



23. ESCHWEILERA Sagotiana, uob. : Leci/this parvlflora, Sagot, MS. (non Aubl.) : ramis 



validis, fuscis, nigulosis ; ramulis subteretibus, crriseo- vel rubro-brunneis, cortice 





nmoso, lenticellato- verruculosis ; foliis ovalibus vel ovato-eUipticis, imo obtusis aut 

 acutioribus, apice in acumen brevissimum acutum subito apiculatis, subintegris, vel 

 in margine tenuiter cartilagineo et subrevoluto obsolete crenatis, coriaceis, supra 

 pallidissimis, opacis, nervis immersis, reticulatis, costa prominente, subtus valde 

 fulvo-opacis, nervis venis costaque sulcata prominulis ; petiolo subvalido, rubidulo, 

 lato marginato, extus ruguloso, limbo 10-16plo breviore : paniculis axillaribus et 

 torminalibus, folio brevioribub, simpliciter ramosis, rachi compressa, angulato-striata , 

 noduiosa ; pedicellis tenuibus, imo 2-bracteolatis, calyce duplo longioribus ; bracteoU-^ 



