﻿272 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEJE. 



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40. EscHWEiLEEA LAURiFOLiA : LecytUs ovatdy var. laurifolia. Berg in Mart. M. Br. 



/. c. p. 498 : ramulis fusco- vel cinereo-brunneis, rugosis, verruculosis ; foliis ovali- 

 bus aut elliptico-ovatis, imo rotundatis, in apice rotundo subito emarginatis, vel 

 in acumen obtusum breve subrepente attenuatis, subintegris, mp,rginibus revolutis 

 obsolete serrulatis, rigide cbartaceis, supra viridibus, subopacis, nervis tenuibus, 

 subtus luridc brunnescentibus, opacis, nervis venis costaque prominentibus ; petiolo 

 fusco, profunde sulcato, marginato, limbo 15plo breviore : racemis in ramulis 

 novellis brevibus, terminalibus, folio tertia brevioribus ; racbi tenui, subflexuosa, 

 nodosa, fusca, circ. 10-flora ; floribus parvis ; pedicellis calyce longioribus, tenuibus ; 

 sepalis acute ovatis, subinsequalibuSj imo gibbosis, carinatis, rugosis, marginibus 

 membranaceis et ciliatis ; ovario turbinato, semiinfero, 2-loculari, ovulis plurimis e 

 basi crcctis, vertice elevato, pulvinato, stylo conico obtuse umbonato. In Brasilia : 

 V. 8. in herb. Hook, sine loco {Sello). 



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The axils of the branchlets are f in. apart ; the leaves are 2 J-4^ in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 on a petiole 2-3 lin. long ; the racliis of the raceme is 1 J in. long ; the pedicels 3-5 lines 

 long ; sepals 2-3 lin. long ; petals 8 lin. long. 



This species is certainly remote from Z. ovata, differing in its less-coriaceous leaves, 

 darker and luridly brown below, rounded at base, much shorter raceme, with fewer and 

 much shorter flowers, on shorter and more slender pedicels. 



41. EscuwEiLERA GBACiLis, nob. : Lecytlm ovafa, var. ohscum, Berg in Mart. B. Br. 



I.e. -p. 498 : ramulis tenuibus, fusco-brunneis, rugulosis ; foliis ellipticis vel elongate- 

 oblongis, imo acutis vel subobtusis, apice sensim acutis aut repente acuminatis, sub- 

 integris vol ad marginem subcartilagineum punctis obsolete serrulatis, flaccide 

 chartaccis, supra pallide viridibus, granulatim opacis, nervis tenuibus semiimmersis, 

 rcticulatis, subtus rufule brunnescentibus, pulverulento-opacis, costa prominente, 

 nervis venisque reticuktis parum prominulis ; petiolo tenui, profunde canaliculato, 

 fusco, ruguloso, limbo l2plo breviore : racemis in ramulis novellis terminalibus aut 

 e foliis SDcpe caducis paniculam efformantibus, ramulis remotiusculis, gracillimis; 

 rachi folio dimidio breviore, flexuosa, tenui, compressa, nodulosa, 8-10-flora, hrac- 

 tcolis acute lincaribus, caducis. In Brasilia : v. s. in hb. Hook. {Sello, 383, cum flore 

 unico effoeto). 



^ The leaves of this slender plant are 2-3^ in. long, 10-16 lines broad, on a petiole 2-3 

 lin. long ; the terminal rachis on the young leafless branchlets is 1-U in. Ion 



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It bears no resemblance to £J. ovata, to which Berg referred it as a variety 



42. EsCHWEiLERA ACUMINATA, nob. : Zeci/tJm ovata, var. acuminata, Berg, in Mart. Fi 



Br. /. c. p. 497 : ramuHs tenuibus, teretibus, fuscis, cinereo-opacis, substriolatis, ver 

 rucuiosis ; foliis ellipticis vel eUiptico-oblongis, imo sensim subacutis et ibi canaK- 

 cuktis, apice longiuscule et acute acuminatis, subintegris vel in marginibus revolutis 

 punctis obsolete serrulatis, chartaceis, supra paUide viridibus, opaci°s, nervis divari- 

 catim adscendentibus paullo prominulis, reticulatis, costa tenui prominula, subtui 



