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minulis, reticulatis, subtus brimnescenti-pallidioribus, opacis, nervis venisque vix 

 prominulis, costa striolata prominente ; petiolo piano, marginato, subtus corrugulato, 

 limbo 12-16plo breviore : panicula ramosa, terminali, vel racemis in ramulis novellis 

 terminalibus, folio bre\4oribus, paucifloris, racbi flexuosa, longiuscule nodosa ; flo- 

 ribus majusculis; pedicellis sulcatis, calyce vix longioribus, cinereo-pruinosis ; 

 sepalis subrotundatis, margine membranaceo ciliolatis; petalis majusculis, luteis, 

 oblongis, rotundatis ; ovario breviter turbinato, cinereo-pruinoso, subinfero, 2-locu- 

 lari, OYulis paucis e basi radiantibus, suberectis, vertice plane pulvinato, stylo brevi 

 conico umbonato. In Amazonas : v. s. in hb. variis, Santarem {Spruce, 826 et 892). 



This is a tree about 30 feet high, growing, I presume, near the banks of the Ama- 

 zonas, near Santarem, as its vernacular name is Castanlieira das aguas ; its flowers are 

 white, with a strong smell of primroses. The leaves are 2-5| in. long, ^2 in. broad, on 

 a petiole 2-3 lines long, with about 12 pairs of nerves, with several others shorter and 

 intermediate, all anastomosing ; the racemes are 1 J-2 in. long ; the pedicels 2 lines long ; 

 the sepals IJ line long; the petals 9 lines long, 5 lines broad; the androphorum 6 lines 

 in diameter. 



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33. EsciiWEiLEiLi ELEGANS, nob. : LecijtJiis elegans, Berg in Mart. El. Br. L c. p. 499: 



ramulis ten oris, irrcgnlaritcr striatis, cinereo- vel fulvide pulverulentis ; foliis lanceo- 

 lato-oblongis, vol elongate- oblongis, imo obtusis, apice a medio sensim angustioribus 

 et in acumen angustum subacutum sensim attenuatis, subintegris, vel ad marginem 

 cartilagincum rcvolutum punctis obsolete serrulatis, chartaceis, supra pallide viri- 

 dibus, opacis, sub lente minutissime granulatis, nervis plurimis divaricatis versus 

 marginem longe adscendentibus venisque reticulatis immersis, subtus fulvide palli- 

 dioribus, valde opacis, nervis vix prominulis, costa prominente ; petiolo marginato, 

 corrugulato, limbo 20-24plo breviore: panicula e racemis 8 congestis terminali, 

 folio breviore; raehi tenuissima, crebre nodulosa, subgeniculata, striata, circa 20- 

 flora ; pedicellis calyci sequilongis ; sepalis parvis, rotundato-ovatis, extus pruinosis, 

 imo gibbosis ; petalis rotundatis, luteis, flavide maculatis ; androphoro aurantiaco ; 

 ovario semiinfero, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo paucis, e basi erectis, vertice 

 pulvinatim elevate, striate, stylo brevi conico umbonato. In Amazonas : v. 9. in 

 hb. Mm, Brit et Hook., Kio Negro, inter Barcellos et S. Isabel {Spruce, 1665). 



This species, according to Berg, is near U. micrantha ; but I cannot perceive such an 

 approximation. It is a slender tree, 25 feet high ; its leaves are 3^-5 in. long, 1-1| in. 

 broad, on a petiole 2-2i lines long, and with about 10 pairs of nerves, with others inter- 

 mediate, all anastomosod ; rachis of the racemes |-1 J in. long ; flowers in bud 5 lines in 

 diam. ; sepals 2 lines long and broad; the flower, when softened, becomes pale and semi- 

 dutinous, as in IE. amara. 



34. EscHwEiLERA ALBiFLORA, nob. ! Lecijthis alMjlora, DC, Prod. iii. 292; Berg in 3Iart 



Fl. Br. I. c. p. 609 ; in Linn. xxvu. 455 : ramulis pallide brunneis, glaucis, striatis 

 Junioribus tenuioribus ; foliis oblongis, imo sensim acutis, apice gradatim attenuatis 



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