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pruinosa, ' compresse angulata, transversim corrugulata, flexuose crasse nodosa, 

 pauci- vel pluriflora; floribus majusculis; pedicellis cmn nodis articulatis, crassis, 

 striatis, pruinosis ; sepalis pedicello ^qmlongis, valde imbricatis, ovatis, submem- 

 branaceis, demum subcrassis, granulatim pruinosis, marginibus submembranaceis 

 ciliato-denticulatis ; petalis oblongis, submembranaceis, albis, siccis Mvidis, punctu- 

 latis, concavis ; ovario semisupero, tuberculato, 2-loculari, ovulis pluribus basilaribus 

 erectis, vertice intra discum pulvinato, stylo conico umbonato, stigmate minuto 

 subgloboso: pyxidio turbinis lusorii majuscnli mole; caetera ignota. In Brasilia, 

 prov. Pernambuco : v. s. in Jih. Mm. Brit, et Kew., Serra da batalba, Eio Preto 

 (Gardner, 2876) ; prov. Goyaz {Gardner, 3189). 

 According to Gardner this is a smaU tree, about 10 feet high, growing in the upland 



campos, with white flowers, and a fruit about the size of a large top ; the structure of the 



ovary shows that it belongs to this genus. The axils of its branches are J-l in. apart 

 the leaves have a very peculiar aspect, are 4J-61 in. long, 3J-5 in. broad, on a thick 

 broad petiole 2-3 lines long, and have about 14 pairs of nerves, with others intermediate, 

 all anastomosed ; the rachis of the terminal raceme is 2-10 in. long, with thick prominent 

 nodes 2-5 lines apart and 1-2 lines long ; the pedicels are 1 line long ; the flower in hud 

 10 lines in diam. ; the inferior portion of the ovary is 2 lines long and 3 lines broad. 



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37. EscHWEiLERA CORDATA, nob. : Lecythis cordata, Berg in Linn, xxvii. 457 : ramulls 



teretiusculis, sulcatis, pallide f uscis, brunneo-pulverulentis ; foliis rotundato-ovali- 

 bus aut suborbicularibus, imo cordatis, apice rotundatis et retusis, aut in acumen 

 brevissimum obtusulum recurvulum repente constrictis, marginibus repandis et 

 iiitegerrimis, pergamineis, supra pallidis, glauco-opacis, nervis semiimmersis, tenui- 

 bus, divergentibus, marginem versus adscendentibus, reticulatis, subtus nitidiorihns, 

 nervis venisque prominentibus ; petiolo vix ullo, valido, canaliculato : racemis ter- 

 minalibus, folio longioribus ; rachi valida, angulata, pulverulenta, 24-flora j pedicellis 

 crassis, calycem aequantibus, bracteolis caducis ; sepalis ovatis, obtusis, subsequali- 

 bus ; ovario semiinfero, 2-loculari, vertice conico-elevato, pulviniformi, pulverulento, 

 radiatim striate ; stylo brevi. In Venezuela, ad miss. Angustura Manas de Bar- 



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celona {Moritz, 585) : non vidi. 



This species, in the size and shape of its leaves, much resembles Lecythis Ollaria from 

 the same neighbourhood ; but tlie structure of its 2-locular ovary shows clearly that it 

 belongs to the genus Eschweilera : it differs little from U. tenax except in its more se sile 

 leaves. The leaves are said to be 2 J-2f in. long, 1^2 J in. broad, almost sessile ; the 



rachis of the raceme is above 4 in. long ; pedicels 3 Hnes long ; sepals 3 lines long ; petals 



long. 



38. EscHWEiLERA TENAX, nob. : Lecythis tenax, Moritz, Berg in Linn, xxvii. 456 : cor- 



tice tenacissimo; ramulis validis, interrupte striatis, fusco- vel cinereo-brunneis, 

 obsolete verruculosis ; foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, imo rotundatis, ssepe suo- 

 cordatis, apice in acumen breve obtusulum recurvum abrupte constrictis, D^^r- 

 giaibus revolutis cartilagineis subcrenatis, vel e punctis fuscis obsolete serratis, 



