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' fere concoloribus, ophcioribus, costa nervis venisque prominentibus ; petiolo tenuis- 

 simo, profunde canaliculato, ruguloso, limbo 12plo breviore : racemis axillari\)iis, 

 folio 4plo brevioribus; racM tenui, pauciflora; pedicellis brevibus, angulatis;' 

 sepalis oblongo-ovatis, fuscis, carinatis, subrugulosis, marginibus ano-uste mem- 

 branaceis et ciliatis ; petalis oblougis, concavis, submembranaceis, sinuato-den- 

 ticulatis ; ovario infero, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoq^ue loculo 3 ad basin dissepimenti 

 erectis, vertice depresso, stylo brevi, stigmate minuto apiculato. In Brasilia : v. s. in 

 hb. Sook., prov. Babia {Sello, 479). 



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' The branchlets are slender, with axils 3-4 lines apart ; tbe leaves are 2^-3 in. long, 

 1-lJ in. broad, on a petiole 2 J-3 lines long, and have about 9 pairs of nerves, with others 

 shorter and intermediate, all anastomosed: the raceme is J-1 in. long, bearing 6-9 

 flowers, on pedicels (including the base of the ovary) 3 lines long; the sepals 2 lines long, 

 1 line broad ; the flower in bud J in. broad ; style J line long. 



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48. EscHWEiLEEA? ODORA, nob. : LecytUs odora, Popp., Berg in Mart. FL Br. I. c. 

 p. 492: arbor procera, ramulis pulverulento-tomentellis ; foliis ovali-oblongis, imo 

 obtusis vel breviter acutis, apice abrupte acuminatis, obsoletissime serrulatis, sub, 

 coriaceis, supra subnitidis, nervis pluribus subimpressis, reticulatis, subtus nervis 

 costatim prominentibus venisque reticulatis prominulis, costa crassa ; petiolo valido, 

 anguste canaliculato, subpUberulo : racemis interdum paniculatis, folio dimidio bre- 

 vioribus ; rachi graciH, flexuosa, 13-25-flora ; pedicelHs calyce Splolongioribus ; fiori- 

 bus majusculis, odoratis, niveis ; sepalis subinsequalibus, ovatis, acutis aut obtusis, 

 imo gibbosis, carinatis, pruinoso-pulverulentis, margine ciliolatis ; petalis obtuse 

 obovatis, ciliolatis ; ovario semiinfero, 2-loculari, ovulis pluribus uniseriatim radi- 

 antibus, vertice altiusculo, pulvinato, stylo brevi conico umbonato. In Amazonas 

 ad Ega in sylvis (P%,i^, 2754) : wow tJ^c^i. • 



This species very probably belongs rather to J'affastrum, as according to Berg it is near 



IS Lecythis coriacea, differing in its thinner leaves, abruptly acuminated, its shorter 



r^emes, longer pedicels, and its sepals. It forms a tree 50 feet high ; its leaves are 



^i 9 m. long, 2i-4 in. broad, on a stout petiole, and with about 15-20 pairs of nerves; 



e rachis of the raceme is 2^-5 in. long ; the pedicels 6-8 lin. long ; sepals IJ lin. long ; 

 petals^e Hn. long ; androphorum 5 lin. in diameter. 



HWEiLERA ACUMiNATissiMA, nob. : LecytUs aciminafmima, Berg in Mart. FL 



lal'i" ^' ^' ^^^' ^^'^'^' ^^^- ^^^ • ramulis gracilibus, pruinoso-pilosulis ; foliis ob- 



""'^^s vel lanceolato-oblongis, imo acutis, apice in acumen longum et angustis- 



una abrupte attenuatis, subintegris vel' in marginibus subrepandis punctis obso- 

 ^^issmie seirulatis, submembranaceis, supra paUide virentibus, subnitidis, nervis 

 ^jaricato-adscendentibus arcuatim nexis, subtus brunnescentibus, opacis, nervis 

 ^^msque reticulatis prominentibus, costa utrinque prominente ; petiolo limbo 9-14plo 

 ^^ Jiore : racemis axillaribus et terminaiibus, folio brevioribus ; rachi angulosa, 



^osa; pedicellis calyce duplo longioribus; sepalis oblongis, obtusis, imo gibbis. 



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