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ovatis, membranaceis, caducis ; floribus subparvis, odoratis ; sepalis oblongis, rotun- 

 datis, patentibus, imo crassis, gibbosis, granulato-rugulosis, margine late submem- 

 branaceis et subdenticulatis ; petalis triple longioribus, obovatis, concavis, in^equali- 

 bus, albis et flavide punctulatis ; andropboro luteo ; ovario fere supero, imo um- 

 bilicatim 6-lobo, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 3, erectis, yertice intra discum 

 elevate, depresse pulvinato, radiatim striate, stylo brevi obtuse umbenato. In 



Guiana : v. pi s. in hb. Mm. Brit et Kew., Karaouary {Sagot, 1104, sub Lee. 



'parvijlora) . 



Its leaves are ^-^ in. long, 1|-2| in. bread, on a petiole 3-4 lines long, and with 



about 8-10 pairs of nerves areuately conjoined with others shorter, very reticulated 

 rachis of racemes slender, 2-21 i^, jo^ig^ branches J in. long, bearing 2 flowers ; pedicels 

 slender, 2|-3 lines long ; bracts 1 line long ; sepals 1 J line long, 1 line broad ; petals 

 5 lines long ; andropherum 5 lines in diameter. 



This species in no way approaches U. parvijlora ; it differs in its more corrugated 

 branches, its much larger, broader, more oval, and very coriaceous leaves, which are 

 pallid and smooth above, with nerves entirely immersed, ochreous below, with very pro- 

 minent midrib and nerves, with thicker corrugated petioles, in the branches of the 

 panicle compressed, flat, stouter, ferruginous, subpolished and striated, and in its white 

 (not golden-coloured) petals. • 



24. EscHWEiLEEA MACEOPHTLLA, nob. : LecytUs maci^ophylla, Berg in Mart. PL Br. I. c. 

 p. 616 : LecytUs WullscJilcegeliana, Berg, I. c. p. 493 : ramulis teretibus, pallide 

 brunneis, vel fuscioribus, opacis, lenticellis flavis verruculesis, junioribus teretibus 

 sublsevibus ; foliis oblongis, imo obtusis, apice in acumen angustum ssepe recurvum 

 subito attenuatis, subintegris vel in margine cartilagineo revoluto punctis obsole- 

 tissime serratis, subcoriaceis, supra pallide viridibus, nervis tenuibus divaricato- 

 adscendentibus vix prominulis, crebre reticulatis, subtus pallidioribus, opacis, cesta 

 valida nervisque flavidulis prominentibus ; petiole crassiusculo, sulcato et marginato, 

 corrugato-granuloso, limbo 15-24plo breviore : racemis axillaribus et terminaHbus, 

 oho dimidio brevioribus, rachi subtenui, valde geniculata, angulata, subflexuosa, 

 onge nodosa, fusca ; floribus majusculis, circa 8-12 ; pediceUis subtenuibus, calyce 

 -3plo longioribus, scabride granulosis; sepalis oblongis, obtusis, convexis, imo 



yalde gibbosis, fuscis, subpruinosis, marine ciliatis ; petaHs flavidis 



ini 



infero 



guloso, 2-loculari, ovulis pluribus basifixis, vertice elevato, depresse pulvi- 

 i^ato, stylo crasso brevi umbonato. In Guiana Gallica (Folteau); in Guiana Ba- 



ava, Paramaribo {TFuUschlcegeL 1471): v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit., Guiana Batava 

 [Anderson). 



as welf^^^^-^°^'^ specimen, also from Dutch Guiana, agrees with Berg's L. macrophylla, 

 tbe latf^' ^'^^ ^' ■^' f^ulkchlcBffelia, I have considered them to be specifically identical ; 



petiole 3^'i • ^'"^ ^"^ ^^ ^ '"^^^^ *^^^ ' ^*« 1^^^^« ^^^ ^*-^^ ^- ^''''^' ^*"^* '''• ^'*'''''^' '''' ^ 

 »iediat .}^^^^ ^^^^' ^^^ ^ave about 12 pairs of nerves, with others shorter and inter- 



^^e peM.^li ^^^*^^^^'^^' *^® ^l^Ti.&Qx pedicels are 9 lines long; the sepals 3 Hues long; 



long ; androphorum 1 in. in diameter 



2 m2 



