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A tree 40 feet high, growing in low woods near the hanks of the river ; its leaves are 

 41-8 in. lon<^, l|-2^ in. broad, on a petiole 5-6 lines long; the main rachis of the 



2-0 111. luiig, xg "4 



panicle is straight, 4-6 in. long, its branches 1-2 in. long, 8-12-flowered, pedicels lf-2 

 lines long, about J-J in. apart; sepals 2^ lines long; petals 5 lines long, 3 lines broad; 

 androphorum 4 lines in diameter. 



29. ESCHWEILEUA 



TENUiFOLiA, nob. : LecytUs tenwifoUa, Berg in Mart. M. Er. Z. c. 

 p. 502 : ramulis ferriigineo- vel pallide brnnneis, cortice valde rimoso, interrupte 

 strlatis, pruinosis, crebre lenticellato-verruculosis ; foliis oblongis vel elliptico- 

 oblongis, imo obtnsis et in petiolum sensim vel abrupte breviter acutatis, apice in 

 acumen angustum sccpc recurvnlum acuminatis, marginibus subcrenatis, vix serru- 

 latis, rigidc chartaceis, junioribus tcnuioribus, supra laete viridibus, opacis, costa 

 pauUo prominente, nervis tenuibus, subpatulis, vix prominulis, reticulatis, subtus 

 fere concoloribus, vel luride pallidioribus, opacis, costa striolata prominente, nervis 

 venisque pauUo prominulis; petiole subcorrugato, canaliculatb, opaco, limbo 13-15plo 

 brcviorc : raccmis axillaribus ct terminalibus, folio brevioribus • rachi tenui, remo- 

 tiuspule et Ion 2:0 nodosa, angulato-striata, verruculosa, pauciflora ; pedicellis bre- 



vibus, imo artlculatis ; sepalis ovatis, extus rugulosis, pruinoso- vel strigoso-granu- 

 latis, marginibus mcmbranaceis, ciliolatis ; petalis obovato-oblongis, flavis, punctis 

 all)*uHsmaculatis, ciliato-dcuticulatis ; ovario semiinfero, breviter turbinate, flavido- 

 maculato, 2-loculari, ovulis plurimis e basi radiantibus, vertice elevato, depresse 

 pulvinato, radiatim striate, stylo brevi conico umbonato. In Brasilia septentr. : 

 V. s. in hcrh. variis. Bio Negro inter Barcellos et Barra {Spruce, 1884 et 2031) ; in 

 herb. IIooJc., Santarem [Spruce, 698). 



The specimens from Bio Negro and Santarem, if not specifically distinct, form two well- 

 marked varieties, the one having broader, more shortly acuminated, more membranaceous, 

 greener leaves, on shorter petioles. The former is a bushy tree, 30 feet high ; the leaves 

 are 5-7i in. long, If -2 J in. broad, on a petiole 4-6 lines long, and with about 5 pairs of 

 nerves, and others intermediate, all anastomosed ; the rachis of the raceme is 2|-3J in. 

 long, with nodes \ line long, equal to the pedicels articulated upon them ; the flower 

 expanded is 2 in. in diam. ; the sepals are \\ line long and broad ; the petals 10-12 lines 

 long, 7-9 lines broad ; the androphorum is 6 lines in diameter. In the Santarem plant 



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the leaves are 3J-5 in. long, IJ-IJ in. broad, on a petiole 2-3 lines long; the rachis of 

 the raceme 3-4 in. lonsr. 



30. Esc HWEiLEiiA siJBGLANDULOSA, nob. : LccytMs subglandulosa, Steud., Berg, in Linn. 



xxrii. 459: ramulis subvalidis, subflexuosis, brunneis, opacis, subangulatis,* striatis, 

 lenticellato-verruculosis ; foliis ovato-oblongis, imo rotundatis, canaliculatis, et in 

 petiolum breviter acutatis, apice sensim obtusioribus et in acumen acutum vel 

 obtusum s»pe recurvatum attenuatis, ad marginem cartilagineum valde revolutum 

 punctis obsolete serrulatis, valde coriaceis, supra pallide viridibus, opacis, suhcon- 

 vcxis, nervis divaricatis longe intra marginem adscendentibus subimmersis, venis 

 valde reticulatis omnino immersis, circa costam prominulam sulcatis, subtus 



