﻿280 MR-J.MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



averse ecWnata. 5/amma in appendiculisbasalibussolummodo insita.iis Lecy/^^^ Ovarium • 



infcrnm 



plurima^ e basi erecta, anatropa. 



'us 



conicus. Stigma 



Pyxidium subtrigone cylindricum, 



r 



Ltn, paullo sub apicem zona ca/y can irregulariter lineari cinctum; vitta inter zomli 

 ona mperiore trigono-circulari : operculum isti conforme, breve, supra pulvinatum, 

 subconcavum , centro breviter umbonatum, subtus columella ad basin descendente 



igul 



intermanent, et angulis 



psricarpium exinde viduura l-loculare apparet, tenuiter coriaceum, intus nitidum, lineis 3 cicatricatis 



...• • i. tj. — „„T,^^^ci^ *«/.nr>,n«*.«i/i nanopllnfn-fibrnso. Fiemina in auoQue loculo 4-6. 



gnatum, epicarpio 



compressissima 



(scu iestce pars embryonifera) centralis, oblonga, compressa, pergaminea, ala lata submembranacea 



bry 



tereti, imo paullo 



ityledonibus 



magnis 



Americce tropicce et Antillanoe, proceree, fi 

 linales, pluriflori ; florcs speciosi, pedicellal 



1. CoL'RATAr.1 GriANENSis, Aubl. PL Gu. ii. 724, tab. 290; A. Rich. Ann. Sc. Nat. i. 



329, tab. 21 ; Toit. Mom. Mus. xiii. 159, tab. 8. figs. 7-13 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 294 ; Berg 

 in Mart. PI. Br. I c, p. 507 ; Linn, xxvii. 463 : ramis patentissimis ; ramulis sub- 

 tcnuibus, fuscis aut subcinereis, lenticellis minutis verruculosis ; foliis oblongis, imo 

 obtusis et subito breviter acutatis, apice in acnmen acutum repente constrictis, ad 

 marginera tcnucm crenulato-undulatis et obsolete serratis, submembranaceis, supra 

 bnimico-viridibus aut rufoscentibuS, sublucentibus, nervis plurimis divergentibus 

 scmiimmorsis, venis reticulatis, costa tenui, plana, striolata, subtus pallide brunneis, 

 opnds, nervis tcnuibus fuscis vix prominulis, costa tenui, fusca, paullo prorainula; 

 petiole fusco, profunda canaliculato, ruguloso, limbo 20plo breviore: racemo ter- 

 minali, folio dimidio breviore; racbi subtenui, nodosa, 12-15-flora ; pedicellis 

 l)revibu9, recur vulis, cum nodis articulatis ; calycis limbo campanulato, in lobos 

 6 acutos crcctos diviso ; petalis 6, inajqualibus, crassiusculis, obtuse obovatis ; ovano 

 subinfero, 3-loculai'i ; ovulis in quoque loculo 4, e basi erectis, stylo breviter subu- 

 lato, stigmate parvo globoso terminate : pyxidio cylindrico, subtrigono, imo obtuso 

 paullo sub apicem zona calycari lineari cincto ; vitta interzonal! erecta, diametn J 

 partem alta, margine tenui, paullulo reflexo ; zona superiore suborbiculari ; opercmo 

 alte pulvinato, radiatim sulcato, centro umbilicato et nmbonato, subtus columella 

 solida triquetra elongata aucto; pericarpio sublsevi, obsoletissime multicostato 

 opaco, brunneo, lenticellis flavidis maculate, coriaceo-Kgnoso, epidermide rimosa* 

 primum 3-lociJari, post columellse casum 1-loculari ; seminibus ut in char, generico* 

 In Guiana : v. s, pi. sbiejlore in hh. Mm. Brit., Cayenne {Aublet) ; v. friicL sice »^ 

 Jfu8. Brit, 



A tree of immense size, srowincj on the borders of rivers, with a straight truni. 



I 



J 



60 feet long and 4 feet in diam., aflFording an excellent timber ; and its inner bark, c( 

 posed of several scores of lamina), is applied to many useful purposes. The axils of 



