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27. EsCHWEiLERA PACHYSEPALA, Mart. : Lecythis ^achysepala, Spruce, Berg in Mart. Fl. 



Br. Ic.^. 494 : ramulis teretibus, subtenuibus, cinereo- vel pallida brunneis, rugoso- 



• striatis, tuberculis parvis yerruculosis \ foliis elongato-oblongis, imo obtusis et in 

 petiolum sensim acutioribus, apice in acumen angustum longiusculum sgepe canali- 

 culatim recurvum attenuatis, marginibus subrevolutis, punctis obsolete crenulatis, 

 chartaceis, supra pallide viridibus, opacis, minutissime granulatis, nervis patentim 

 divaricatis et adscendenter curvatis, paullo prominulis, crebre reticulatis, subtus pal- 

 lidiusculis, flavidioribus, valde opacis, subpulverulentis, nervis venisque pallidioribus 

 prominentibus, costa carinata prominente; petiolo fusco, canaliculato, corrugulato, 

 limbo 12plo breviore : racemis axillaribus, vel plurimis in panicula terminalibus ; 

 rachi geniculatim flexuosa, longe nodosa, angulatim striata, opaca, pulverulente 

 granulosa ; pedicellis longis, fuscis, angulatis, striolatis, sursum incrassatis ; sepalis 

 majasculis, oblongis, obtusis, subinsequalibus, valde incrassatis, convexis, pruinosis, 

 corrugulatis, margine tenui sinuato-denticulatis ; petalis majusculis, obovatis, siccis 

 flavis, membranaceis, venosis, margine ciliatis ; ovario semisupero, 2-loculari, ovulis 

 pluribus e basi dissepimenti radiatira erectis, vertice intra discum pulvinatim ele- 

 vate, corrugato-striato, stylo conico brevissimo umbonato. In Guiana et Brasilia 

 septentr. : v. s. in herh. Mus, Brit., Cayenne {Van Mohr) ; in hb. variis, Eio Negro 



This is a tree 40-50 feet bigh, growing in a gapo (inundated land) between Barra and 

 Barcellos ; it is one of the kinds wbose fruit is called Macacarecuya. The leaves are 

 35-6J in. long, 1^2f in. broad, on a petiole 4-6 lines long, and have about 14 pairs of 

 nerves, with others shorter and intermediate, all anastomosing ; the raceme is 3-6 in. 

 long, with nodes f-1 line long, and \-\ in. apart ; pedicels 8-13 lines long ; sepals 2-4 

 lines long, li-3 lines broad ; petals 9 lines long, of a red colour ; androphorum 6 lines 

 m diam., of a pale sulpbur ; flower expanded 2 in. broad. 



28. ESCHWEILE 



nob. : Lecythis paniculatttf Berg in Mart. Fl. Br. I 



P- 501 : ramulis cortice rimoso, fusco-ferrugineis, pruinosis, rugoso-striatis, sub- 

 verruculosis ; foliis elongate- vel angustius oblongis, imo obtusis, apice in acumen 

 longiusculum obtusulum subito attenuatis, integris, yel ad marginem cartilagineum 

 ^evolutum integris aut obsoletissime serrulatis, subcoriaceis, supra Isete viridibus, 

 vix lucentibus, aut opacis, nervis venisque reticulatis subimmersis, subtus cinna- 

 momeo-pallidioribus, valde opacis, nervis venisque prominuUs, costa validiuscula 

 prominente ; petiolo subvalido, marginato, fusco, pulverulento, corruguloso-striato, 

 limbo 14-16plo breviore : panicula terminali, ramosa, ramis rectis, patentibus, rachi 

 longe nodosa ; pedicellis nutantibus, angulatis, ferrugineis, pruinoso-opacis; sepalis 

 calyci sequilongis, acute oblongis, crassiuscuHs, pruinosis, imo gibbosis ; petalis 

 oblongis, subinaequalibus, albis ; ovario infero, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 

 panels, erectis, vertice rotundatim pulvinato, radiatim granuloso, stylo brevi api- 

 cmato. In Amazonas : v. s. in herh, variis, S. Gabriel, Panur^, Rio Uahupes {Spruce, 



^610). 



