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ochraceo- vel ferrugineo-pallidis, valde opacis, nervis immersis, venis foveatim areo- 

 latis, costa imo crassiore prominente ; petiolo valido, canaliculato, marginibus inflexis, 

 ruguloso, limbo ISplo breviore : panicula terminali, folio subseqiiilonga, ramosa, 

 ramis simplicibus, fusee rufeseentibus ; floribus majusculis; pedicellis sulcato- 

 striatis, calyce duplo longioribus ; sepalis oblongis, obtusis, crassiusculis, extus 

 rugulosis, imo gibbosis, marginibus tenuibus et subdenticulatis ; petalis oblongis ; 

 ovario fere omnino supero, distincte 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 4, ad basin 

 radiatim affixis, erectis, vertice intra discum valde elevato, pulvinato, radiatim 

 striato, stylo alto late conico terminate. In Guiana Batava : v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. 

 et JIooJc., Surinam {Hostmann, 186 et 886). 



A very distinct species, easily recognized by its smooth, coriaceous, pale, broadly ovate 

 leaves, and its terminal paniculated inflorescence ; the axils of its branchlets are f-1 in. 

 apart; the leaves are 6-7^ in. long, 2|-3^ in. broad, on a petiole 5-6 lin.long, and with 

 about 10 pairs of nerves, with others shorter and intermediate, all anastomosing ; the 



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terminal panicle is 4 in. long, its branches l|-2 in. long ; its pedicels 3 lin. long ; the 

 flower expanded is l|-2 in. broad ; its sepals 2 lin. long ; petals 8 lin. long, 6 lin. broad. 



31. EscHWEiLERA PALLIDA, nob. I Ktmulis fusco-brunneis, ruguloso-striatis, lenticellis 

 flavidis verruculosis ; foliis oblongis, imo rotundatis, apice in acumen breve mu- 

 cronulatum subrecurvum subito attenuatis, subintegris vel in margine cartilagineo 

 revoluto punctis obsolete serrulatis, chartaceis, supra pallidis, opacis, planis, costa 

 tenui flavida carinata subprominente, nervis semiimmersis, subtus pallidissimis, 

 costa striata, nervis tenuibus venisque transversim reticulatis prominulis ; petiolo 

 fusco, tereti, canaliculato, marginibus inflexis, subtus ruguloso, limbo 16plo breviore : 

 racemo terminali, folio breviore; rachi subvalida, flexuosa, angulato-striata, cum 

 nodis subremotis longiuscule prominulis; pedicellis fuscis, roride pulverulentis ; 

 sepalis ovatis, obtusis, extus rugulosis et pulverulentis, imo gibbose incrassatis, 

 margine membranaceo ; ovario semisupero, 2-loculari, ovulis pluribus basilaribus, 

 vertice elevato, depresse pulvinato, planiusculo, radiatim striato, stylo fere obsoleto 

 umbonato. In Guiana : v. s. in hh. Mus. Brit, Cayenne {Martin) ; Karaouary 



{Sagot, 269). 



The axils of its branchlets are f-1 in. apart ; the leaves are 3|-6i in. long, 1|-3J in. 

 troad, on a petiole 3-4 lines long, and with about 10 pairs of nerves ; the rachis of the 

 raceme about 2 in. long, stout, with geniculate prominent nodes 1 Hue long, and 5 lines 

 ^Part ; pedicels 7 Hn. long ; sepals 3 lines long ; bud f inch in diameter. 



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32. EscHWEiLEEA OBVERSA, nob. : Lecythis ohversa, Berg in Mart. PI. Bras. I. c. p. 503 : 

 ramulis subtenuibus, subflexuosis, striato -sulcatis, pruinosis, minute verruculosis ; 

 foliis oblongo-ovatis, imo obtusis, aut s^pe angustioribus et in petiolum breviter 

 acutatis, apice in acumen acutum canaHculatim reflexum attenuatis, chartaceis, 

 ^rgine cartilagineo subrevoluto punctis obsoletissime crenulato-serrulatis, supra 

 ^ndibus, sublucentibus, sub lente minute granulosis, nervis costaque tenuibus pro- 



